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The greatest of our warriors swore to uphold this vow. As we laid the first stone for the city, our people vowed that no human would ever set foot on our lands. Our people came from farthest Tevinter to claim this new land. And although she died, her sons kept her promise.

In gratitude and kinship, Andraste promised the elves a new land: the Dales. When she rose up against them, we rose up with her. The human prophet Andraste was a slave in the Tevinter Imperium, as our ancestors were. Gaze upon its white walls and golden spires, built on the broken dreams f a people. There, see the Winter Palace at Halamshiral. We feel the weight of what was lost, and we see, not trees, but lives given for freedom.Ī Promise Lost, as told by Keeper Gisharel to the young hunters of the Ralaferin clan on the outskirts of Halamshiral They refuse to see anything but wood and moss and leaves, and hope to remain ignorant of the blood that was spilled.

They find it an inauspicious one and refer to the forest only as the Greatwood.

I hear that most humans in Orlais do not call this place by its true name. The trees that once represented a mighty army were now living symbols of sacrifice - the Emerald Graves. The knights fought in defense of our land, and almost all perished. But the humans were many, and their Chantry powerful, and they eventually conquered the Dales. When the humans began encroaching once again on our borders, the Emerald Knights banded together to protect us from the incursion. Together, these warriors were the Emerald Knights of Halamshiral, and the forest of their trees was named the Emerald March. Long ago, before the fall of the Dales, a tree was planted for every warrior who pledged themselves to the guardianship of the Dales. Our people call this place the Emerald Graves. The Emerald Graves as told by Keeper Gisharel of the Ralaferin Clan