Elf Maidens of Thurn
Copyright© 2023 by Rachael Jane
Chapter 1: An impossible problem to solve.
Fantasy Sex Story: Chapter 1: An impossible problem to solve. - For fifty years since the capture and transportation of their forebears to Thurn, the women of a race the Thurnians call Elves have been at the mercy of the citizens of Thurn. Although talented in metal and leather work, it is the Elves beauty and sexual allure to Thurnian men which is in most demand. Wealthy men are now creating private harems of Elf Maidens while government officials wrestle with the problem of the ever-increasing population of Elves in Thurn.
Caution: This Fantasy Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including Ma/Fa Consensual Heterosexual Fiction Fairy Tale Post Apocalypse Sharing Light Bond Group Sex Harem Polygamy/Polyamory Interracial Lactation Masturbation Oral Sex Pregnancy Squirting
“In short, Alex, you are tasked with solving the Elf Maiden problem,” says the Chief Procurator, bringing his twenty minute monologue to an end.
“I was under the impression that General Wang was attending to that matter,” I reply.
“He was. As was Lord Grenville and Justice Fallow before him. All failures. Men whose brains live between their legs. That’s why I’m giving you the task. You are eminently qualified.”
“What eminent qualification would that be?” I ask.
“Your friendship with the Emperor’s daughter, of course. The Emperor might at least consider whatever you propose without rejecting it out of hand.”
Cassandra and I enjoyed a two-year platonic friendship while we were studying history together under Professor Hans. These days the whole subject of Thurn’s ‘ancient’ history is forbidden knowledge. Any historical records referring to events more than a hundred years ago are locked away in the castle archives. Access is restricted to the Keeper of the Scrolls, and to students, like Cassandra and me, who obtain a special permit from the Emperor himself. I doubt Cassandra and I would have gained the permit had Cassandra not been the Emperor’s own kin. Even so, our access was limited to events within the last two hundred and fifty years. I wish we could have researched further back into our history, but I nevertheless enjoyed my time studying history with Cassandra. It was a pleasant experience that came to an end when I was appointed to my current government position.
Cassandra and I have neither seen nor contacted each other for over eighteen months. Consequently, our former friendship hardly qualifies as a gateway to the Emperor’s favour. But the Chief Procurator isn’t going to listen to any argument on that point. Both he and I know that I’m being given this hopeless task because he regards me as a threat to his own position. Having me destroy my own career by wrestling with a problem that few Thurnian men want solving would fit nicely with the Chief Procurator’s ambitions.
You might ask ‘what is the Elf Maiden problem?’ An excellent question that has no easy answer. At its core, the so-called problem relates to the disruption that the arrival of Elf Maidens caused to the traditional Thurnian lifestyle; a hierarchical way of life that has purportedly existed for many centuries. That disruption was triggered fifty years ago by the arrival in Thurn of ‘elves’, a previously unknown race of people, discovered during one of Thurn’s rare voyages of exploration. The invaluable contribution ‘elves’ now make to Thurn’s commerce and industry is conveniently ignored when criticising the social effects that adult elves ... Elf Maidens ... have on Thurn’s wider population and way of life. Any upheaval in Thurnian traditional social norms is invariably referred to as an Elf Maiden problem. It’s far from certain whether the changes attributed to the presence of Elf Maidens are a problem at all.
Even now, there are huge gaps in our knowledge about Elf Maidens. Nobody alive today can determine with any certainty whether the group of a hundred or so female ‘elves’ brought to Thurn came willingly, or if they were kidnapped. Either way, the ‘elves’ arrival rapidly changed Thurn in so many ways that scholars and officials still struggle to understand the full impact on Thurn society.
To my mind, one obvious solution to the so-called Elf Maiden problem would be to return all the ‘elves’ to their homeland. Unfortunately, nobody knows where that is after all these decades. Having transported over a hundred adult female elves to Thurn, Gregori’s charts and journals of his expedition were promptly destroyed by order of Thurn’s ruling council. The reason for such wanton destruction of historically significant documents is one of many state secrets that men like the Keeper of the Scrolls jealously guard.
In any case, a wholesale rounding up and deportation of elves will be unacceptable to the elite of Thurn. The Emperor is reputed to have a harem of twenty Elf Maidens. He clearly has no interest in parting with any of them. It’s a miracle that he still has the stamina to rule his empire.
The underlying disruptor from the addition of Elf Maidens into Thurnian society is one of biology. Thurnians and ‘elves’ are two distinct races. We are compatible in many ways, but with a few important differences. Outwardly we appear the same, apart from the enlarged and pointed ears of ‘elves’. Both our races mature at more or less the same rate, and few of us live beyond our fortieth birthday. However, each race has obviously adapted over time to respond to the extremes in the climate of our natural habitat.
Thurn enjoys a pleasant temperate climate for eight months of the year. However, the bitterly cold winter storms are brutal, and deadly for infants and the old alike. The seas to the north and east of Thurn freeze in winter, and floating ice is a hazard for sailors even during the height of summer. Nature has adapted the reproductive clock of Thurnian women so that they are only fertile for three weeks in summer. Babies are born in the spring, giving them time to grow, and a much greater chance of survival during the following winter. Similarly, a male Thurnian’s sexual drive is equally dormant until he detects the pheromones of a fertile woman. It has been nature’s way of ensuring peace and harmony in Thurn for centuries. Except, of course, in the short Rutting Season, when Thurnian women come into heat, and men get territorial and possessive. During those three weeks or so, normally docile men get aggressive and squabble for the right to copulate with equally eager women.
The well established reproductive-cycle in Thurn was disturbed fifty years ago. Emperor Rambold commissioned his cousin, Gregori, to investigate rumours of a habitable land across the sea, far to the south of Thurn. After weeks at sea, a verdant land was located. Gregori named it Rambold in honour of the Thurnian Emperor. According to the few records that remain, Rambold enjoyed a moist subtropical climate, with plentiful fish in the rivers, and trees laden with fruits and nuts. The sailors initially thought Rambold to be uninhabited, but deep in the forest they discovered a nomadic race of people. At first glance the natives appeared identical to any Thurnian man or woman; except for their ears, which were noticeably larger than those of the average Thurnian. Gregori named the new race ‘elves’. Of course, they weren’t the elves of fairy tales, but the name has stuck ever since. As the explorers discovered to their cost, Rambold’s forests were also home to several species of large predatory animals that hunt by stealth rather than speed. Sharp hearing was essential to survival in the forest, which may be why nature adapted the ‘elves’ to cope with such dangers.
Another difference between the two races is the strong body odour of the elves. More recent research has shown that their body odour deters wild animals from attacking them. However, many Thurnians, women in particular, find the odour repulsive. The derogatory term ‘stinking elves’ is commonly used in many social circles. Thurnian men are more tolerant of the elves’ odour, but for completely selfish reasons.
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