The Qualinesti

The third volume of the Elven Nations trilogy finds Kith-Kanan, exiled prince of the Silvanesti, leading his weary refugees into the western forests to found a new elven homeland after the Kinslayer War tore his people apart. The Qualinesti follows the hard work of building a nation out of displacement and grief, and the compromises with humans and other races that a purist elven kingdom was never meant to require.