"In many ways the presence of the wizards at this time seemed much more than mere coincidence, as their presence seemed to answer the call for occult knowledge and greater lore, which was needed in coming to some understanding of the lore that had been practiced on the hapless victims
that served the evil one in the east. Perhaps against their better judgement, the wizards became involved with the doings in the east, and showed the elf king much that he wished to know. What they didn't know was that the elf king had become erratic, and his closest friends and servants began to distrust his judgement. In his dealings with the east he had become obsessed with knowing his enemy, and went himself in a pursuit that many deemed pointless, if not a little mad.
"He was tormented by nightmares of invading hordes, and by degrees let the ruling of his kingdom fall into other hands, while a badly disorganized period of feuds between his heirs and lesser nobility ensued. I believe that although his visions may have been prophetic, he had succumbed to the madness of despair, and little knew or cared about the doings within his kingdom, which needed to be organised and strong if indeed it had to face a powerful enemy like the one he envisioned.