Editing Akhentour (section)

=== Prehistory & The Bronze Age ===
Prior to recorded history, the oral tradition of the Diomedian elves explains that the land of Akhentour was largely home to the wood elves and [[tabaxi]] who had settled in southern Akhentour. [[Human|Humans]] and other beings lived there as well but not in any meaningful numbers. The elves describe traveling to Akhentour from "faraway lands" in their stories, but no one had a clear idea of where they traveled from until 38th century VR, when the [[Leophynsia|Leophynsian]] elves were first contacted. It was discovered that the elves of Phynsia had their own woods known as [[Dyomedean]]; the linguistic connection could not be ignored. Moreover, more recent expeditions of the newly unearthed [[Deneshae]] have found ancient artifacts and ruins belonging to the legendary [[Tesselari]] elves, whom many believe to be the original, precursor elves to Avo.

The general consensus by historians is that the Tesselari traveled westward across [[Yonavi]] when it was originally a whole landmass, perhaps to escape the wars between the [[dragonborn]], while a second sect of elves sailed eastward into [[Leopha]], becoming the Leophynsian elves.

The tabaxi left Akhentour at some point, likely around the 400s VR, due to various infighting and civil wars in [[Morentar]] that required more tabaxi bodies for battles. Humans rose up from their absence and became a strong and prominent player in the country ever since.

Dorian (or more specifically, Morentar) was discovered by [[Storybearers]] in 826 VR; it is believed that the Diomedian elves' oral tradition accounts for the 1,000 years prior, though, of course, elven prehistory dating is iffy.