Battle of the Elven Tears

The Battle of the Elven Tears was the armed conflict of 144 DR, between the elves of Chondalwood and the nation of Chondath.

History
The unrest that eventually led to the faithful Battle of the Elven Tears started in the. By then, the Emerald Corridor cities were actively deforesting Chondalwood, turning it into lumber. The production was halted in the by a large contingency of elves who emerged from Chondalwood. Lord Anthony Illistine used the elves an opportunity to forge an alliance with the Free Cities of the Vilhon Reach as none of the settlements that would later become Chondath were happy about the halted industry. In the early winter of, Anthony Illistine sent the joined army off the Free Cities into Chondalwood to exert dominance over the elves. The armies destroyed the forest city of Ariel-than with only a few survivors who fled deer into Chondalwood. The total number of slain elves was recorded to be more than two thousand.

Outcome
The massacre was named the Battle of the Elven Tears. The Free Cities resumed lumber production, and Lord Illistine's influence grew through the region. Within six months after the Battle of the Elven Tears, the Free Cities of Arrabar, Mussum, Samra, and Shamph, joined into the nation of Chondath under the leadership of Governor Illistine.