Ey'feay

Journal Entry II: The Great Diaspora of the Ey’Feay

Aien Ballen, Contract Archaeologist to the Dragon Imperium, Year 5330 of the Third Cycle

Abstract

In the wake of The Wombwood's destruction, the original floral elves, who called themselves Ey’Feay, dispersed across the fractured Sheywild and into distant lands. Though none of their true forms persist, echoes of their migration endure in scattered relics and fragmentary lore. This entry traces the hypothesised routes of their great exodus, reconstructs the ideals and customs they bore, and examines two pivotal artifacts that anchor these speculations in tangible evidence.

Introduction

When Wombwood fell, the Ey’Feay lost the solar nourishment that had sustained their half‐flora, half‐fauna bodies. Driven by necessity and reverence, clans of Ey’Feay embarked on perilous journeys to seek new soils and sunlight. Over untold centuries, these migratory peoples adapted, shed their botanical traits, and eventually diverged into the many subraces of Elves we know today. Yet the memory of their Floral Mothers’ seed still pulsed through every branch of their diaspora.

Surviving Evidence

Though most Second Cycle sites lie obliterated, the Seed Vessel is one relic that offers vital testimony to the Ey’Feay exodus. Unearthed in the River Sephel, this lacquered container is etched with spiralling tendrils and the inscription “Carry the Bloom Beyond.” It likely accompanied a clan navigating the eastern waterways, suggesting that riverine travel formed a major corridor of their diaspora.
From these relics and surviving scroll fragments, some core Ey’Feay tenets can be elucidated. Primarily relevant to the vessel mentioned, they, even in flight, viewed themselves as blossoms of a single great tree.

Hypotheses and Speculations

Based on the geographical spread of artifacts, I propose three principal migration arteries:

• A north-west migration, following disparate forest networks into colder temperate zones (now Grenanon).
• A southern marsh trail, skirting humid lowlands under heavy canopies (now Ferowada).
• An inland eastern forest occupation, crossing eastward to where the largest forest known to out time exists (now Shandan).

The Ey’Feay’s inherited plant‐fauna plasticity may have allowed early migrants to modulate transient chlorophyll infusions—accounts describe green‐tinged skin in certain nomadic bands. Over generations, environmental pressures extinguished these vestigial traits, yet the ethos of symbiosis with nature remained their guiding star.

Conclusion

The Ey’Feay diaspora forged the first great branching of elvendom, sowing the seeds of every known subrace. Though only scant evidence survives, it illuminates a journey of resilience and remembrance. As further relics emerge from peat and cavern, we may yet weave together the full tapestry of this primordial exodus, and restore a heritage all but swallowed by time.