The majority of fantasy fiction that features a race of elves, have the elves in the downward slope of their civilization. Dying out. Tolkien did this, the Dragonlance campaign of dungeons and dragons, R.A. Salvatore's Demonwars series, Warhammer 40k has the Eldar dying out, World of Warcraft has them losing their society...etc etc. The list could go on forever. So why is this? Why don't authors have the elves at the peak of their civilization? Why are they always dying? Why are they never a massive political and military power ruling everything around them? I don't understand this trend.
2007-04-07
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