Elven communities are led not by a Lord or Lady but instead by whomever is wisest and most able. Elves tend to follow their passions, becoming interested in a topic, hobby, vocation or activity as it suits them. An elf may choose to work on a piece of music for a century, only to abandon it to learn a new skill, or to travel, or undertake a task for the community. Because of his memory, if he does not return to the piece within a number of years, he may forget it and never finish it.

The wise one of the elves usually lays out the course of action for the community, pointing out how much food needs to be gathered or hunted, how much cloth woven, where repairs on a castle or hut need to be made. More pressing matters requires a decision by council, where representatives of the elves in the community meet. Such representatives are usually chosen by vote per each family in the community.

The emergency presented by the threats created by those who had abandoned the allegiance given to the One God caused a change in the organization of elven ways. Each of the isolated communities agreed to send an emissary to meet at the hidden city of Galathan. There they acknowledged the need for a strong leader who would be able to direct the elves in this crisis. Thanguron from the north was chosen, and he became the first High King of the elves.

Thanguron was a bold and decisive elf, and he understood the nature of the emergency. Until this time, the elves had not known war, the only weapons they had were hunting implements such as the bow and the spear. But many elves in their travels had seen humans using weapons such as the sword, and using armor made from metals.

Elves are incredibly individualistic, and Thanguron knew it would be hard to create a unified force such as those used by humans in their wars. Nevertheless, he was able to have elven craftsmen create swords and armor from materials readily available to the elves, and augmented such gear with magic. Each elf who heeded the call to arms arrived armed and armored, and trained amongst themselves until they became confident of their proficiency at arms.

What began as a series of minor skirmishes led eventually to full blown open warfare, until both sides decided the loss of life was not worth the violence and they ended the conflict, agreeing to stay to their traditional lands. The Northern elves became known as the Silver Elves, for their hair grew to be white and silver, and they worshipped the gods Frey and Freya while the Southern elves were dark and had hair of brown and became known as the Brown Elves. They lived mostly in the South in the Balkans and followed chiefly Artemis and Apollo but all of the Olympians were revered.

The elves who lived north of the Alps had predominantly golden hair, and were known as the Gold Elves. The High King Thanguron chose to rule from the city of Galathan, and mostly he chose as king to oversee that each community contributed needed resources for an emergency if a war or other disaster came about. The elves continued to learn about warfare on their own, and no organized army was created in any of the three regions inhabited by elves. All three races were content to retreat once again from the world, and those humans who had witnessed these battles attributed them as a great conflict between the gods.