i'm talking about the wood elf's wild hunt, the one where they turn into ferocious monsters and devour everything in their path, including themselves eventually. The point of this post is, how are the wood elves not extinct yet when they do this? And how many people are usually included in this hunt or turned into this ferocious beast?
Because they don't turn into the Wild Hunt unless Valenwood is under severe threat. In the entire history of Tamriel, there have only been three instances of the Wild Hunt that were recorded, one of which was stopped by blocking off the canyon in which the Hunt had been initiated.
From what we know from A Dance in Fire, a group of Bosmer when into a sacred temple, where they initiated the hunt. I don't recall how many were in there, if any number was listed, but it likely included the majority of the village's people.
Anyway, I think of all the things Bosmer experience, this is the most serious of all (this coming from a people who are rarely ever serious). They never do this lightly as they know their bodies will be destroyed in the process, and they believe that every Wild Hunt unleashes new, horrific monstrosities into the world (there's the implication that no Wild Hunt is ever truly destroyed).
Then you have your answer, though I highly doubt sacrificing 1000 Bosmer to the Hunt is necessary. In fact, that risks causing an uncontrollable wave of monsters on a catastrophic scale. I highly doubt such a thing has ever happened, but then, the numbers for how many monsters were in a Wild Hunt are not generally recorded.
In A Dance in Fire, we know that there were "a hundred voices" inside the temple for that particular village. So, we know that at least a hundred beasts flooded that canyon, but it was probably less if we also consider that there is some exaggeration going on on part of Scotti's less than accurate storytelling.
Edit: Is is mass genocide if those you are killing have invaded your land and are on your land? I don't think so. It's not like they went over into Elsweyr and destroyed all the Khajiit. They destroyed all the Khajiit in that village, and probably wanted to wipe out the opposing forces along the border.
It's not much different from carpet bombing an area.
Thats what I mean, if they already defeated/consumed their enemies wouldn't the first thing they see to eat is them? Also if they did disperse wouldn't they end up killing the valenwood population, seeing as these unstoppable creatures who eat anything in their path can't easily be stopped, or even be stopped.