1988. Shadow's Return
The events that followed were exactly as what everyone would expect. Many of those that had finished what they were doing in the coliseum left to prepare. It wasn't that they had to make any more items or tasks finished for the ceremony. They had to rest so that they could witness it.
Regardless of Gil being a hero and Alma being the future elf queen, this was an event truly stabilizing the relationship of elves and humans within genesis. It was also a show that there would always be unity within the races.
Many of the elves had been very against humans and other races in general. The elves had even denied other races from nearing the forests where they lived for generations of other races.