In Battles Unit Roster Main article: High Elves unit roster Though their numbers grow fewer with every passing year, the Asur will die before they let their island homeland fall. The Asur were never a numerous people, and bitter wars against the Dark Elves and Dwarfs have reduced them to a fraction of their former strength. Though still a great power with a powerful navy and wide influence, their once-global empire has been reduced to just Ulthuan and a few outposts.
However, the Asur are also a race in decline. Whereas in other races such traits could prove fatal, in the Asur’s case they are assets, for the Elves have used them to attain knowledge and skills in magic and war that far outstrip those of almost all their historical adversaries. The High Elves are both conceited and detached, no doubt due to their immense longevity and the comparative isolation of their island kingdom of Ulthuan, which forces such a worldview to a great extent. The ancient High Elves have long stood guard over the world, ensuring it remains in balance – Daemonic efforts of hordes of Chaos and the foolish meddling of younger, ‘lesser’ races notwithstanding.
From their island fortress-paradise of Ulthuan near the centre of the world, the High Elves – although aloof and arrogant in their manner – have generally walked the path of Order, using their longevity to become warriors without peer and mages without equal. Although mortal, Elves lead incredibly long lives so long, in fact, that the spans allotted to humans seem to be as fleeting as those of mayflies. The High Elves – or Asur as they call themselves – are among the oldest civilisations in the world possibly, only the jungle-dwelling Lizardmen can lay claim to a longer existence. We are the Asur, the sons of Aenarion and Ulthuan shall never fall. We will emerge victorious and more intractable than ever to these turbulent times, when our corrupt brothers come to ravage our shores. Our beautiful land is besieged on all sides, but we resist like our fathers before us.
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