Here is an article I wrote from the points. It is 300 words.

Time Before Remembering

All of Ryyah ruled by immortal Elders, led by one King King died unexpectedly and for unknown reasons. Death was unknown to these Elders and they did not have protocol in place to deal with the power vacuum the kings death created. Four groups of Elders (the predecessors to all the modern Elves) began to compete for power.

Civil War between 4 main factions

Ended with the shattering of the source stone Created the Great Chasm between West and East Ryyah blanketed in total darkness Elders did not come back together, but broke off and formed individual sovereign kingdoms.

Darkness

Lasted 100,000 years

Elves lost immortality

Twilight Time

Darkness begins to recede 10,000 year transition Sword Elf kingdom established west of Great Chasm, lasted for 2000 years Fire Elves rediscovered by Sword Elves Sword Elf kingdom destroyed by army of Shadow Elves Fire Elves forced into alliance with Shadow Elves and created Order of the Temples Flame Survivors of Sword Elf kingdom cross the Great Chasm to flee the Shadow Elves and settle in the southeast. They become known as Southern High Elves.

Twilight Wars

During final 1000 years of Twilight Between Fire, Ice, Shadow and high Elves (4 groups descended from the 4 main Elder factions) Determined modern boundaries and alliances Western Wood Elves established Southern high Elves request sanctuary from Northern king 1/10th of Southern Elves disliked Northern kings terms and head east Settled with lesser Elves and established new kingdom Founded Alderwood Flourished for 8000 years

The world of ryyah was once a peaceful place for all the elves until the sudden death of their only king. This came as a surprise to all the immortal elders who did not anticipate the death of their king and worst still did not have any mechanism in place for choosing their new leader. Due to the selfish nature of the elders, a war erupted among them as each of the four faction of elders tried to rule the world of Ryyah.

The way between the four factions lasted for many years but ended with the shattering of the source stone. The result was the world surface was shaken but the shattering of the stone thus a deep opening on the surface divided the world into two: the east and the west. Without the stone, the world was purged into total darkness but this did not help the elder come to together and look for solutions. Instead they separated even more to form their own four kingdoms. The darkness in the Ryyah world lasted for 100,000 and as a result all the elves lost their immortality. The twilight period followed after this period but the transition was slow as it took the world 10,000 more years to have the light back. At this time the west chasm was established by the sword elf kingdom that ruled over it for 2000 years. The sword elves also rediscovered the fire elves but the sword elf kingdom was attacked and destroyed by the shadow elves. At the war, the fire elves were forced to alliance with shadow elves thus forming the Order of the Temples Flame. The sword elf kingdom survivors had to escape to the other side of the great chasm and settled at southeast of the east chasm. This earned them the name Southern High Elves. A war erupted Between Fire, Ice, Shadow and high Elves kingdoms and boundaries had to be formed. This war was fought at the last 1000 years of the twilight.