The Era of Elves lasted 9,000 years, marked by a time when the continent was mostly forested and the Elves controlled it all with their Deep Magic— a gift from the Sun God Koralas that drew on the inherent magic of the planet; and Divine Magic— a gift from the Goddess of the Blue Moon Ayara. Twilight of Istriya tells how the Elves lost a war to the Orcs for supremacy over Tivara.