"The Woe"

A mysterious disease or curse thought to be magical in nature that spread from the west and either killed or drove the original settlers of The Borderlands to flee nearly two hundred years ago. It is also known as "The Sadness of the Elves" and was said to be a malaise that caused sufferers to descend into a sadness so profound that they could not be roused, even to feed themselves or care for loved ones.

"The Woe" is believed to have caused the destruction of the elven kingdoms to the west and the few elves that exist today are those who fled or those whose parents fled or had gone abroad in the years prior.