Magic VS Technology

Well young one, it is time for us to educate you on how the war between magic and technology got started.  Many centuries ago, man kind started developing on its own, and split apart from the magical world, some of the things they developed were absolutely amazing.  Such as the vehicles they created that could fly through the air and carry hundreds of people inside them, or the strange devices they had that allowed them to talk to each other from around the world as if they were standing next to each other.

Others creations were not quite so good, one of the items they discovered was how to use chemicals to cause explosions.  Ordinarily no big deal, after all this is very similar to what the fire elves do with magic, but the humans couldn't stop there.  Once they realized what they could do with their new powder, they expanded upon it.  They built larger and larger weapons, until they could no longer control the damage their own weapons caused.

When they started to kill off the magical creatures that were still living, although in hiding, nearby their own cities, well something had to be done.  So we elves got together with the dwarves, dragons and goblins, somehow word got out to the trolls, ogres and giants about the meeting and they decided to attend.  After much discussion, and a few calming spells placed upon the more violent members of the meeting, we decided that it wasn't mankind that needed to be destroyed, but the technology.

Here is an excerpt from one who was there for the start of the war:

The first battle was an unplanned affair to say the least.  Several of us elves and a few unicorns were attending a rally being held by a group of humans who wanted to protect the forests near where they lived.  We figured it would be a good place to get a few human allies and thus be able to better pick our targets to have the least loss of life on both sides of the war.  Something happened across the field from where our group was talking to some humans, and suddenly there was pushing and shouting.  A friend of mine Aleksa climbed a nearby tree, when suddenly there was a loud boom and smoke started pouring out of the crowd.  Hot tempered as she was Aleksa responded to this attack on such a peaceful group and called forth a fireball.  The look on her face when the she landed on the ground was classical, she had forgotten to hold onto the tree when she used both hands to gesture while casting.  Needless to say her fireball went off, but it went high over the crowds and struck a building farther along.

As you can imagine, the humans panicked, both the demonstrators and the police thought they were under attack, and in a way I can't say I blame them for thinking such.  The police drew their guns and started shooting into the crowd, and the crowd started to attack the police.  Aleksa decided at that moment this was going to be the first strike by the Elvin army, and leaped astride a unicorn, and charged towards the police.  Rapidly the unicorn was soaked in blood, as it horn pierced the heart of any person that got in its path.  Aleksa rode tall as she cast one fireball after another into the police lines, trying to drive them back.  It was not long before the police shot and killed her, inciting the rest of us to join the fight.

I mourn for the hundreds of people that were trampled under my unicorns feet, and the dozens more who fell to the stroke of my sword, and yet we were able to get to a building where they taught each other how to use technology.  As myself and two other elves, Arrol and Iris fought to keep the crowds back from the doors, Devin and Derrick (twin brothers) entered the building and started the destruction of it from the inside.  We watched from outside as the windows blew outward raining glass and metal down on the people below, seconds before the twins staggered out of the door using each other for support.

Pulling the two onto our unicorns backs, we raced towards the trees of a nearby park as dozens more fell to horn and sword.

From the diary of Elena Warrior turned Historian of the Mountain Elves