Trope: exiled for mysterious reasons

An Age the Gods Dreamed Of

122 – Fallen Atop the Mountain: Patience

Time to Read: 5 minutes

Accompanied by her captors, Uteri is taken into the depths of Jos-Kin temple. Is it for her meeting with the Abbot or does something more sinister await her in the tunnels through the mountaintop?

"dark" elf, big, strong monstrous men, exiled for mysterious reasons, new recruit tries to be tough, reasonable explanations for wonderous things, some people just cannot let a grudge go, the kindly old man, there is more going on here

An Age the Gods Dreamed Of

115 – Fallen Atop the Mountain Ch.1: Diligence

Time to Read: 5 minutes

In a land where the Gods dream, an exiled grey elf climbs Mount Gneise in search of enlightenment from her patron, the Goddess of Magic Atheek. There are a lot of hurdles to surmount. Chief among them having been on the wrong side of a war that only just now fading into memory...

a monastery high in the mountains, a trial by combat, adventuring to find oneself, ambushed by guards, dark magic harms the user, exiled for mysterious reasons, exiled from their home, hyper-competent woman, obviously a test, saved by their military training, sexy dark elf, they are intuitive spellcaster, they survive a dangerous encounter, they were created for war, this magic comes from faith