By the Gods demand Lady Elesee gave birth to three daughters, when never in their history had an elf bore more than two children. Yet the sisters were special for the Gods had gifted them minds linked to each other. They thought as one, acted as one and fought as one, their prowess growing as the years sped by. Yet gifts from the Gods are rarely free. They were born for a quest to fight the one the Gods were powerless against. To lose would mean the destruction of their world for the Gods would destroy all life and rebuild it afresh. When the quest came upon them the sisters powers were greater than any elves before them, yet they lay down their arms and refused the fight, even knowing the wrath the Gods would rain down on the world for their failure.

With the birth of her daughter Norty thought her life complete, then the attacks began. Her daughter was in constant fear of her life and, when her mind was locked from the world, it sent her on a vengeance trail; to find the closest and dearest of friends could not be trusted. An old enemy, long since dead, still had influence from the grave over her enemies, yet help came from from an unexpected source, her people's oldest and bitterest enemies.

Johann Christoph Layrle (b.1710), possibly a son of Soloman Layrle, immigrated in 1736 from Germany to a German-speaking colony near Charleston, South Carolina. He taught a few years, then returned to Germany, and in 1754 immigrated again, this time (via Philadelphia) to Harpers Ferry, Virginia (later West Virginia). He married twice, moved to Culpeper County, Virginia, and in 1766 to Rowan County, North Carolina. Descendants and relatives lived in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and elsewhere.

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