Who is the "big bad"? The Dark Lord?

Do all races still co-exist in the shattered kingdoms? Will they cooperate? Will they help fight the darkness again?
My thoughts are that after the final battle the elves and dwarves withdrew to grieve their losses and rebuild. They became reclusive and isolationist, particularly the elves. I find it particularly tragic when elves die for some reason. Maybe because they are effectively immortal and don't have to die unless they put themselves in harm's way. On top of this they are slow to reproduce. I think that death would hit elves particularly hard and make it harder for them to recover psychologically than it is for humans. The one scene in the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers that particularly saddened me was the death of the elf commander, Haldir, at the Battle of Helm's Deep.
So I think that the dwarves and elves would be reluctant to join a new war. Particularly because the elves would've been participants in the first one. I think it would be interesting if later in the story-arc the characters are tasked with heading up a diplomatic mission charged with persuading them to join the battle again.
The isolationist tendencies would also make dwarves and elves rare in the wider world and thus the object of curiosity and some fear. Also, as is traditional, the dwarves and elves would be distrustful of one another, adding to the difficulty of any diplomatic mission.
I want to know more about Lord Wulfric's role.
I haven't put much thought into Lord Wulfric's role yet. I see him as being self-interested but ultimately being on the side of Law. But at first he will be a hindrance to the PCs because of his self-interest and his distrust of adventurers running around his lands potentially causing trouble.
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