The Treaty of Delas

The East Colassian Treaty of Delas, more commonly known simply as the Treaty of Deals was signed between the dark elves of Kahdisteria and the gnomes of the Order of Delas.   It was signed in 1613, the 180th Zodiac year of Mera of the The Feudal Era.  It is likely that the dark elves deliberately chose this auspicious year for Mera as a symbolic concession to the gnomes.   The dark elves agreed to outlaw slavery of gnomes forever and freed all their gnome slaves for a very small ransom.  In exchange the Order of Delas to cease all subversive and military action against Kahdisteria and would cease assisting in the liberation of non-gnomish slaves.   The Colassian Confederacy was able to hammer out an armistice with Kahdisteria in 1699 but there treaty only led to a formal cessation of hostilities, no lasting peace was established and no slaves were freed.  The dark elves have not stopped kidnapping new slaves though they have gotten more covert about it.  The vast majority of slaves in Kahdisteria come from forced breeding rather than kidnapping.  For their part, human adventurers have not stopped raiding Kahdisterian ships and outposts but they have also become more covert in their actions.   The gnomes had very few frontline warriors in the Confederacy, but the slave revolts they periodically helped incite weakened the dark elves military position considerably. Most members of the Colassian Confederacy maintain that they could have utterly crushed the dark elves or at least negotiated a better treaty if the Order of Delas never stopped their guerilla warfare.