The Rods of Rulership, an Elven History Lesson

The Legend of the Silverleaf Crystalline Rods of Rulership
Over 8000 years ago the Races were united and traded freely across the Lands. Elven Kingdom, Dwarves, Halflings, Humans and multiple other races interacted with free will and happiness. Then the Change began.
Of course, it all started with the humans. Fisindor Rawliad, the original Emperor of the Free Lands as they were once called, began to see power and personnel gain in taxing and corrupting the relationship formed amongst the main “good” races. Trade routes began to suffer and tolls were formed on key trading routes. Agreed upon patrols across the lands were discontinued by the Rawliad family. The Elves, Dwarves and other races could not keep up the patrols on their own and renegade Orcs, Goblins, Trolls, Giants and even worse abominations began to unite and form war parties of their own.
Back in Elvenholme the King of all Kings, Elvyrsathaar Silverleaf and his beautiful Queen were given no choice. With the constant threat of war upon their lands they decided to build the Crystalline Shafts of Ruler ship. They decided with Elvyrsathaar’s unique ability to form magical rods that this power could be used for the betterment of the seven unified races and once again unite them all under one banner.
For fifty years he tolled at creating the rods. Each one was formed of four crystalline leafs around a central rose bud of ivory. All set upon a Rod of pure adamantite, each Rod was engraved with the race it controlled. He imbued the ability of Awe, Leadership and Command to levels of untold power over the races. One formed for Humans, One for elves, one for Dwarves , one for Halflings , (insert other three races) and another Rod in which history has forgotten its purpose.
Meanwhile, during the creation of these 7 Rods the great wars began. Each race defending its own territory versus the unified monsters, the elves were never able to meet with the other kingdoms and provide the gift of rulership over each others armies and once again unify the kingdoms. Every Kingdom retreated back into their old ways of defending their own kingdoms.
The King of Kings, once he had completed the Rods, began to suffer an unknown, incurable sickness due the power of his soul he imbued into the rods.
Fisindor, ever the spy and knowledgeable ruler discovered the Rods through his network of spys and henchmen and sent an emissary into Elvenholme with the hope of rousing the Silveleafs into meeting.
The Elven Seers foretold of a great corruption amongst the leaders and the risk of meeting Fisidor was too high to accept. They appealed to their leader to destroy the rods before they fell into the wrong hands.
Upset beyond compare, as a final act of courage, the Elven rulers broke apart the Rods into four pieces each and send them across the lands to all the corners of the world, never to be reborn again.
This legend is the driving force of Folashal Silverleaf and he believes if he could find the Rod of Elven Rulership he once again could unify the Elven races and bring them back into power, of course, he cares not for the other rods....