Katarru

The Katarru (Old Sainic for "Highest Men") were an ancient race of human-like beings, often refered to as Elves, and presumably the ancestors and/or creators of all human races now populating Tarris. While once populating Tarris, they came from another, distant planet orbiting a distant star, and reached Tarris in their unquenchable thirst for knowledge by using both technological and arcane methods. Not much is known about their true nature, and most people who even know of their existence believe them to be divine creatures. Some of their structures can still be found in remote locations on Tarris despite their extreme age of dozens of millennia, withstanding the test of time, and many assume that there are large subterranean structures left behind by them. Their extremely advanced technology allowed them to shape reality around them, and gain powers indistinguishable from magic.