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There are many sources of information about the history of the Elves, if all their ancient local names are known (Giants, Titans, Anunnaki...); but some of the very best collections of information come from three particular authors - Zacharia Sitchin, Lawrence Gardner and Nicholas de Vere (after whom the main character of the Aelf Club series is named). Sitchin concentrates on B.C. as well as 'pre-historical' times (if they're pre-historic, then why do we have histories about them?!?); his impressive and massive body of information begins with the Anunnaki in the Middle East and Central Asia, and follows them chronologically into the Near East and even to South America. Gardner and de Vere also tell of the Anunnaki, as must be told in any introduction to the history of the Elves; they then follow the ancient scribal clues which lead to the descendents of the Anunnaki in Europe and the British Isles, where these descendents became known as the Elves (or 'Aelves' as they were called in Great Britain, an area known as Britannia in those olden times). Various epithets were given to the Elves; the Shining Ones, the Fair Folk (from whence the name 'Fairy' originated), the Gentry (alluding to their genetic connection with the highest royal houses of the time), and many others. It is surmised that the Elves originally came to the British Isles via Ireland and Scotland; the Irish Elves were known as the Tuadhe de Anu (or 'Tuatha de Dannan), and also as the Leprechauns and the Ben-Sidhes ('Banshees'). In Scotland they were the Pict-Sidhes ('Pixies'), and the Calendonian Wood Lords. Regardless of the geography, the Elves and their descendents (many of whom exist today) were all immensely special individuals, with incredibly sharp minds, myriad talents, and extraordinary spiritual abilities (of psychic nature). Author Stuart Brooke Richardson has taken these ancient truths and has woven them into his modern fictional trilogy, The Aelf Club series; his storyline focuses on a group of modern teenage Aelves in America, each of whom has received the impressive genetic heritage - and the associated gifts - from their forebears. |
