Elf was strategically at a dead end.

Era lui l'ultimo elfo. [...] Il più grande, il più potente e l'ultimo, quello dopo cui non ci sarà nessun altro.

Elf

is about as dead as it can be. That game is over.

It is a solemn thought: Dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork

Impossible. An old elf swearword.