Lei waited her turn to speak, listening curiously. When Niomah started listing the elements they commanded she wondered. The woman said she followed the Earth goddess, and claimed that Lei commanded the element of wood. She did not argue, but Lei had never known any spells, and she would never claim to command the forest, she respected it, lived in harmony with it, and could hear the song of the forest, but all true elves could. Perhaps that was what she meant?<br/><br/>"In answer to your question, I am here to aid my people. My folk have never involved themselves in the quarrels between your kingdoms, but not long ago the humans of Graoria sought embassy with us. We answered and they demanded we allow them to march through our woods. We had seen what happened to those who allowed their warriors in, thinking that acquiescence would keep them safe. We refused, and so they attacked us. I was wounded," her hand dropped to her side, and her eyes looked far away as she spoke. "Only a few of us escaped. Then they began to attack our outposts and villages near the forest's edge. They killed the old and the young, taking anyone else alive as slaves..." Her hands returned to the table and clenched into fists. "And so I will aid your people to defeat these barbarians. And that, Rose Angmar, is why I am here."