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Narsil
Another thing to consider on top of that is that eladrin were in the previous editions as an entire sub-group of extraplanar beings alongside such beings as angels, archons and guardinals. The idea that they were the new high elves with increased connections to the fey therefore erased the inhabitants of an entire plane from existence. And then the Feywild was introduced as a replacement, but for fans of Planescape that was just another poke in the eye.
And then someone had the bright idea that if eladrin are the new high elves, then maybe they're the new moon elves and sun elves as well. So then Evereska, Myth Drannor and Evermeet, completely and utterly iconic to the elves of the Forgotten Realms, are now eladrin nations instead. Seriously. Go check the Forgotten Realms campaign guide.
Complicating matters are the eladree and celadrin concepts, both of which are elven/eladrin hybrids. Only, the elves they are hybrids with are in fact now eladrin, and the eladrin they're hybrids with no longer exist.
Seriously. Bugger the eladrin.