Half-elf

Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. Some half-elves live among humans, set apart by their emotional and physical differences, watching friends and loved ones age while time barely touches them. Others live with the elves, growing restless as they reach adulthood in the timeless elven realms, while their peers continue to live as children.


Many half-elves, unable to fit into either society, choose lives of solitary wandering or join with other misfits and outcasts in the adventuring life.

Hergood Bladebrew, a half-elf adventurer from Merriby Main.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

To humans, half-elves look like elves, and to elves, they look human. In height, they’re on par with both parents, though they’re neither as slender as elves nor as broad as humans. They range from under 5 feet to about 6 feet tall, and from 100 to 180 pounds, with men only slightly taller and heavier than women. Half-elf men do have facial hair, and sometimes grow beards to mask their elven ancestry. Half-elven coloration and features lie somewhere between their human and elf parents, and thus show a variety even more pronounced than that found among either race. They tend to have the eyes of their elven parents.

Growth Rate & Stages

Half-elves mature at the same rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. They live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 180 years.

Additional Information

Facial characteristics

Half-elves often are indistinguishable from humans or elves, depending on the individual (they may look more or less like their fey parent based on genetics).

Average Intelligence

Half-elves are of average to high intelligence

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Darkvision and fey ancestry

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Half-elves use either human or elven naming conventions. As if to emphasize that they don’t really fit in to either society, half-elves raised among humans are often given elven names, and those raised among elves often take human names.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Elf
• Human

Lifespan

180-250 years

Average Height

5' 11"

Average Weight

150 lbs

Geographic Distribution

• Merriby Main
• Merriby West
• Oldvale

Related Ethnicities

• Merribian (Fey)
• Merribian (Main)
• Merribian (West)
• Oldvalian
• Peydosan

Half-elves often feel they have to make a name for themselves. Quinn Winsalan-Goldgrain didn't ascribe to that belief, but stumbled into notoriety regardless.