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The Celestial Elves are elves that are residents of the Celestial Empire of Aurlûnor. Commonly referred to as the "High Elves", the Celestial Elves consider themselves to be the most cultured out of all the other Elven kinds, even going to as far as believing themselves as superior to all other beings. As a result, they tend to be closed off to the outside world, and do not seem all too keen on outsiders in their territory, nor all that trustworthy.

History
According to records in Aurlûnor, the Celestial Elves believe themselves as children of the stars, and refer themselves as "Celestialkin", believing that they are the first born children in the universe that inhabited a plane known as the Vale. They would be cosmic wayfarers in primordial forms, constantly travelling in the universe, finding a place to call home. The original form of a Celestial Elf is said to be that of a star-looking substance, with a figure that looks akin to an elf, except the form is that similarly patterned of the sky. Their mouths being that of flames of stars, their eyes being piercing bright white, and having a bald head with flames that seer out of them which resembles solar flares of the stars that they were birthed from. They would say to have descended into the world they call Celeia over 11,000 years ago, and would settle in the far western regions of Rathnir, where they would deem the perfect continent and this world to be the perfect world for their new home.

Recorded historical records however, tell a different story, and it is actually unclear where the Celestial Elves actually come from, but it is said that they were apart of the Elven Migrations from the west of Rathnir that occurred around 11,000 years ago. They would settle in the region they call the Grand Timber Expanse. Though, first settlements of these Elves had been discovered in the Western Jungles around 6,300 years ago. Prior of the Elven arrival, multiple Human tribes and minor kingdoms existed in the region. Due to the lack of poor records, it is not really known what happened during the period of their arrival up until the final Human bastions were wiped out 2,500 years ago, but wars had been seen between these elves and humans constantly, asserting dominance over these peoples. Rusted bronze slave shackles and humans with broken bones showed the brutality of these Elves in the early years before the establishment of Twin Dragon civil code.

Although mythical records showed that the whole population converted to Twin Dragon by the arrival of Sareariel Lelya-Earcala, evidence of this religion and philosophy being practice actually stretched back much further, with it first making an appearance with the first Kingdom of Almador. This was where the reduction of the harsh brutality of the various Celestial Elven city-states ceased, but saw humans of the region become slowly a minority, and more subjugated into Almadorian laws. Though, the Celestial Elves were quite unruly, craving their own ambitions, and when the power of Almador weakened with more corruption and disunion, they would later fragment into multiple kingdoms, starting the Warring States period. This would last until the unification of these states by Sareariel, who is known as the "Immortal Dragon Empress". Since her ascension to power over 930 years ago, the Celestial Elves had seen themselves grow in lifestyle, and living, as well as building magnificent structures of magic and technology. However, this would increase their xenophobia, and would make them more paranoid of the outside world, where they would see them as a threat to their society and culture.