Originally, Yu Lin Bloodhawk had wanted them to live by the harbor, where the troops could keep them safer. But later, when the villages were being planned, none of them wanted to live there anymore. Instead, they asked to establish a village of their own. They were all insiders, so naturally they had priority. Yu Lin Bloodhawk let them choose an area they liked.
The terrain the elves chose was the exact opposite of what the humans preferred. Humans liked places with plenty of flat land, while elves favored more hills and gentle slopes, though they did not want to be too far from the Harbor District. After considering one place after another, they finally picked a half-plain area where hills and gentle slopes covered half the land.
The elves built their village in the Low Hill Country, planting all kinds of fruit trees on the surrounding hillsides. The City Lord had issued an order encouraging tree planting, but only fruit trees were permitted.
Any kind of fruit tree was fine, but trees with inedible fruit were not! Still, the fruit trees in Elf Village were not very big yet. Somehow, these elves had managed to lure several hundred treants, both large and small, over from Quel'Thalas to help tend their orchards and fields.
When the houses in their village were built, they were just like the houses the humans received: unfinished shells. Once construction was complete, the builders left.
But how could this bunch of elves possibly live in unfinished houses? They had some savings, so they went back to Quel'Thalas and bought a whole shipload of assorted fruit. Then they hired craftsmen and those human refugees to finish and decorate their homes.
They paid a set amount of fruit for each stretch of time worked. There was no