Elves

Legend states the elves were the first civilized beings to arise on the mortal plane, and they largely consider themselves the last such to arise as well.

In human pre-history elves bred humans in captivity as chattel, keeping them as pets, draft animals, and occasionally war beasts.

In modern times, Elves consider humans terribly ungrateful and lacking in proper supervision. They are persecuted and reviled by humans to different degrees, depending on political expidency of minority persecution within that particular realm.