Oura

Oura is the ancient home of the enigmatic and brilliant Ourei, and their crueler cousins, Nimonna.

A Mysterious History
Little is known of Oura, as The Grey Elves completely disallow other races to step foot on their island. Elves who travel elsewhere, which is a rare enough occurrence in itself, rarely share much about their home and previous lives. As a result, information about Oura is limited by whatever can gathered through coastal excursions, which has left scholars with little more than meticulous descriptions of its beaches. Daring trespassers who trek beyond have made claims of spotting sparkling marble cities built of impossible architectures before they were captured, but such claims are rarely believed.

Limited Information

Despite the difficulties, scholars have still managed to learn a few facts about the isle. The forests of Oura consist of strange, massive conifers found nowhere else on Auvrum, and equally foreign animals. The island's elevation rises very quickly from it's coastlines, and Oura is assumed to sit quite high above the lands nearby. A few small mountain chains have been spotted in the distance, and they appear to be very old and eroded, hinting that Oura is very old and was possibly formed by volcanic activity.

A Plague of Rumors

Due to their reclusiveness, nearly all widespread 'facts' about Grey Elves and Oura are nothing more than gossip. Claims, such as Grey Elves being immortals that control Veriah from their hidden ultra-advanced society, are not a rarity amongst less educated individuals.

Dealing with Trespassers

The Grey Elves take trespassing incredibly seriously, no matter how big or small they may be. They do not dole out punishment to the individuals, but instead, threaten to diminish their cooperation with the Free Cities. Trespassers are simply delivered back to their homes unharmed, and their local government decide their sentences, which are typically extremely harsh.

A Brief Incursion

Trivia
As of late, ancients hieroglyphs depicting Gray Elves have been uncovered in archaeological dig sites located in The Spire. Groups of Andouran scholars are currently traveling there to learn more.

The Nimonna are one of the oldest races of Veriah, and one of the first peoples to be subjected by Umbaroth. Those who could escape retreated The Under to escape his rule, leaving most of their race behind. After thousands of years hiding in a largely unsuitable, darkened home home, Umbaraoth and the Nimonna had seemingly vanished from Oura. The returned to the surface with ghostly skins and marked themselves as the Ourei, the survivors of the apocalypse.