The elves of northern Erethor, called the Erunsil, dominate the forest from its northernmost reaches to the southern end of the Highhorn Mountains. They wear heavy clothes and thick furs when traveling or at rest but prefer light leathers when fifighting or scouting; in those circumstances, they rely more on their natural fortitude than on clothing to resist the cold. The Erunsil live in giant shelterwood trees surrounded by groves of massive, evergreen winter oak. Their homes are magically grown hollows in the massive trees, insulated by creeper vine and heated by hearthstones. They are hunters and live offff the natural bounty of the forest. Groves of tuber and nut-bearing plants supplement their diets of deer, caribou, and ebo-ta meat. These northern elves have fought the orcs and other threats in the mountains for thousands of years and are experts at hunting this prey. Their culture has long since become entirely consumed by this ongoing war, and perhaps only the Witch Queen herself remembers the skilled bards and poets the Erunsil used to be. Now they are fifierce warriors; they have been keys to the defense of Erethor since the Shadow fifirst menaced the elves. They carry powerful icewood bows and vicious paired fifighting knives, using both to deadly effffect.