Hulrein Elves

A tribe of elves displaced from their homeworld when the introduction of slavery resulted in a terrible conflict; the Hulrein Elves fled to Nexulai shortly before the portal was sealed. Coming from a nomadic lifestyle, they volunteer to police, adapting their extensive tracking and hunting skills for the purpose of maintaining law and order. Many among their younger generations have become fascinated with the technology found in Nexulai and there has been a growing movement towards adapting technology to incorporate magic. For these reasons, the elves of Hulrein are a welcome sight to many living in Nexulai. Lacking no special affinity towards any particular element, they are capable of using most any type of spell so long as a said field holds their interest. They are a curious race that in the wake of the tragedy of their own world, have developed a strong sense of duty towards justice and maintaining peace.

History
On their native world of Rufsh'ai, the Hulrein tribe were a nomadic group of hunters and gatherers split among 23 groups spanning the great plains that stretched over the central portion of their continent, surviving on hunting the great Retham beasts that grazed in large herds across the continent, as well as subsisting on the fruits, berries and grains that naturally grew across the land. They utilized bows with great efficiency and kept tamed wolves for companions and aids for their nomadic lifestyle. They maintained a stable peace and trade with their more settled cousins living along the mountains that bordered the plains, whom preferred a lifestyle made possible by agriculture and made their farms on the far side of the mountains from the central plains. When a portal opened up near the base of one such mountain, while there was uncertainty, and perhaps even fear of the foreigners on the other side of the portal, but soon the elven tribes of Rufsh'ai came to allow trade through the portal.

At some point 10 years after the opening of the portal, a Buktan trader came through the portal and discussed the possibility of trading goods to them for Elven children, explaining the concept of slavery to the Elves he sought to trade with. The goods were tempting, but the tribe opted to capture people from their neighboring tribes rather than to trade their own, and as a result, they went on a warpath, and even after the government clamped down on sentient trafficking through the portals, the Elves still found ways to smuggle enslaved individuals through with illusory magics, and had begun to take up the practice of keeping slaves themselves. Soon the whole continent was caught up in the craze, save for the Hulrein, whom were attacked the most as a result of how exposed to attack their nomadic lifestyle was. Surrounded on all sides by hostile factions, they turned to the one group that showed any sympathy, the people of Nexulai whom worried that it was only a matter of time before the Elves decide to attack the city in attempt to enslave them as well.

In the days prior to the portal's sealing, the tribes of Hulrein recieved a missive from an Averian Eagle Nexulai State Explorer who went by the name of Henric Ulrein, whom slipped past the fortress built around the portal. The message promised the one people whom had not pursued the immoral activity of slavery a safe haven, and apology for having allowed for the situation to arise. Agreeing that their own world was now too dangerous, they gathered all who were willing to settle in a new world, fully three quarters of the remaining free Hulrein and prepared their belongings to make a dash through the portal. The remainder sought to fight for the freedom of those now enslaved, but first they aided in the attack on the portal, holding it long enough for those seeking refuge to escape before providing the aid needed to shut down the portal from both sides. Henric Ulrein opted to remain behind to fight alongside those warriors who chose to fight against the slaver tribes.

After the portal was sealed, the elves renamed their tribe in honor of the Averian whom delivered the message and remained behind, believing him the incarnation of their Eagle Spirit, whom they had worshipped as the embodiment of freedom, bound to nothing, even the land itself.

In spite of becoming accustomed to a civilized lifestyle, they continue to teach old traditions such as those relating to hunting and gathering. As a result, they were quite adept at serving as police and State Explorers for the city of Nexulai, and their traditional bead and leatherwork is held in high esteem across Akreaus, though they bar their goods from being traded to Buktan, whom they regard as being responsible for the suffering they endured. Additionally, their services and training are in high demand in law enforcement agencies across Akreaus and the worlds that Nexulai has become connected to.