chapter twenty five elves mate for life , or not at all , when the bond by death is broken an elf will mourn their partner , they will be inconsolable in their grief and they will fade , they will perish , should they not perish they will exist with a permanent void within , a great chasm the soul can not traverse and they shall be a shell of their former self empty and alone for the remainder of their existence the elven scrolls adikavi was gone .