War of First Light

The War of First Light was a conflict that broke out in the earliest years of Anura between the Shades and the Eladrin. The conflict began when the Shades passed from the plane of Shadow into Anura and began attacking the Dryads. The Arch-Dryad Lavenderis called upon his Feywild allies, the Eladrin, to aid him. The Eladrin promptly led a force into Anura to combat the shades.

The Eladrin had never before been exposed to the true force of death. While they won the war, many Eladrin were killed by the shades, and succumbed to undeath, creating the first vampires. While the Shades were few, the Vampires quickly became numerous. The war raged for years, with the Eladrin struggling to overcome the Vampire hordes.

Eventually, the Eladrin gained the upper-hand, fighting the Vampires to a standstill at the Doomrise Bastille. After two years of beseiging the Doomrise Bastille, the Eladrin at last conquered the fortress, slaying the Matriarch Silvanna Doomrise in the process. Thus ended the War of First Light.