Creation of the Elves

When Feradíl reached manhood, he took the daughter of Anu, Aelona, to be his bride.

The First Mortals
Once the land had been created, but before it had been shaped, the god Ferad íl emerged to the mortal realm and formed life to spread across the land. He first created plants, trees, shrubs, and weeds to grow all across the land. Then his brother Bruídhin came forth and created beasts, animals, and creatures of all sorts to roam the wilds. After this Ferad íl's wife, Aelona, asked   Bruídhin to creat  creatures for her own. Wild birds to soar into the heavens of her father's realm, from the small canary to the great eagle.

After seeing the creations of his wife and his brother, Ferad íl created creatures of his own. He called upon the aid of Edaril, the wisest of the gods, and suggested they create a creature far better than any that had already been made. Edaril guided Ferad íl in creating the new creatures in the likeness of the gods, namely of  Ferad íl and his wife Aelona. The creatures stood  on two legs, and by the guidance of Eradil and the knowledge of Aelona, they were taught the skills of creating tools like the gods had, as well as learning magics that they possessed. Ferad íl and Aelona became the parents of the elves, and Edaril mentored them. Ferad íl had created these creatures to live lives as long as the gods themselves, but their mortality left them subject to injury and disease by the frailty of their forms, yet they would become the longest-living creatures to walk the realm of mortals.

Elven Deities
Many elves thus worship  Ferad íl, their creator, especially those of the Woodlands. However, some of the High Elves also worship Edaril, believing that his wisdom granted to them is among their greatest of gifts from the gods. Still, others will worship Aelona, the mother of their race. Some even worship  Ferad íl's brother Bruídhin, but not many outside the druids. Almost all elves despise Fengorath and Caelith, the gods of the Dark Elves.

Most elves don't actually believe in  Ferad íl or Aelona as their gods, but rather their ancestry. Even some of the oldest elves claim they can retrace their ancestry back to him, and they hold him as an honored figure rather than an unreachable divine. Ferad íl was actually defeated in the Ruin, as it is recorded in the elves' songs of their history, but is considered a deity as they remain faithful to their fore-father.

Cultural Roots
This myth is mainly believed by humans, especially those who worship the Entarion, as part of their folklore. Elves acknowledge this history in some ways, mainly that  Feradíl was the first of their race.

The Sons of Feradíl
Feradíl was the first of all elves, and the first king over them. In his days as ruler he had Aelona to be his queen, and she gifted him with many children, of them six sons. His sons were Edaris, oldest and wisest of them, the twins Tynriel, the swift and cunning, and Seraeus, who was called the Traitor, Caendil, the son who gathered the stars, and Duíndil, who became mortal like man.

After The Ruin, when their father Feradíl was slain when fighting against the Nameless One, the sons of the elven king banded together to fend off the threat of Fengorath, whose armies still roamed the overland. They fought against the Five Curses of Fengorath, slaying them and banishing their spirits from the overland, until there was only Fengorath and his eldest son remaining.

On the day of the twins' births, Fengorath bewitched Seraeus, cursing him to become one like his own. Seraeus's flesh became dark and his hair ash-white, and all his descendants after were also cursed by this mark (Although his father nor his brothers knew why he had this distinction). After their father was killed in the fight against the Nameless, Fengorath turned Seraeus against his brothers, turning him onto his own kin and cursing his youngest brother Duíndil. Edaris and the others cursed Seraeus for his treachery, and Tynriel renounced him as his brother with whom he had shared their mother's womb. Duíndil became old with age, far faster than any of his kin, and became weak and withering quickly for the rest of his days. It is said that his sons were the first of all men, and the curse of Seraeus is carried by all men, the curse that all men age and one day will die.