The heavens shook and the earth trembled. As the Witch King and his councillors began their terrible ritual, the greatest wizards of the High Elves attempted to stop them, but such was the awesome power of the Witch King's Dark Magic that he and his coven of mages slowly and inexorably gained the upper hand. Shocked by the turn of events, one amongst the Witch King's court, whom was called Urathion of Ullar who saw that this plan for the madness it was, and brought word of it to Caledor I.
The daemonic legions would march once more upon the face of the world - but this time to the aid of their new allies.
Thus did they come to be known by their former brethren as the Druchii, the " Dark Elves." Consumed by madness, the Witch King decided on a final scheme with which he would undo the spells that held together the Great Vortex, and return Chaos to the mortal world. Malekith himself rode at the head of his host, a dread figure clad in armour as black as his soul - then, and ever after, he would be known as the " Witch King." Īs the war went on, the folk of Nagarythe became ever more desperate, relying on the blackest of sorceries and daemonic pacts. Thus did the great civil war later called " The Sundering" engulf Ulthuan and its Elven colonies - a desperate conflict in which quarter was neither asked nor given. Scarcely had Caledor been affirmed when the legions of Nagarythe swept down from their grim realm, bearing Malekith's banner before them. It was decided that there was only one Elf capable of the task: the third Phoenix King would be Imrik, son of Menieth, who upon his succession took the name Caledor I, for he was the grandson of the famous mage of the same name. Frantic consultations were held between the surviving princes, the chief priest of the Shrine of Asuryan and the captain of the Phoenix Guard. Leaderless, the High Elves did not pursue. Malekith and his followers fled north to Nagarythe. With Malekith's betrayal of Ulthuan, the Elven kingdoms of that island continent were plunged into turmoil once more.
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