Zephyr stared at the man. She knew of the war. One thousand years in the past, this land was occupied by the dark elves who loved coastal regions. They loved to bathe in the sun and get tanned.
In the past, a cult of high elves tried to burn the world tree and failed. The tree punished them with a curse, abandoning them and taking her grace away. The cult members burned with holy flames and flew deep underground, their skin as black as charcoal. They were the first dark elves.
But after milleniums, a hero named Cain Lisworth came and managed to mend the bad blood between them and the world tree, and they once again were graced, turned back into high elves with pale skin. It was the birth of the first moon elves.
Zephyr is the Great wind spirt one of the most powerful ones. No wonder a dragon and that monk wanted her powers.