Elf

One of the original species of humanoids brought to life by The Great Seeding. Like all of the First Children they were originally immortal until after the effects of the Calamity. The elves were provided the longest lifespans of all species at around 700 years. They have a multitude of subspecies found throughout Rüt.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Humanoid with two arms each with a hand with five finger and two legs with a foot each and five toes, one head, two eyes, one mouth, one nose with two nostrils, two pointed ears.

Biological Traits

With unearthly grace and fine features, elves appear hauntingly beautiful to humans and members of many other races. They are slightly shorter than humans on average, ranging from well under 5 feet tall to just over 6 feet. They are more slender than humans, weighing only 100 to 145 pounds. Males and females are about the same height, and males are only marginally heavier than females.
Elves’ coloration encompasses the normal human range and also includes skin in shades of copper, bronze, and almost bluish-white, hair of green or blue, and eyes like pools of liquid gold or silver. Elves have no facial and little body hair.

Growth Rate & Stages

Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 700 years old.

Ecology and Habitats

They live in places of ethereal beauty, in the midst of ancient forests or in silvery spires glittering with faerie light, where soft music drifts through the air and gentle fragrances waft on the breeze.
Most elves dwell in small forest villages hidden among the trees. Elves hunt game, gather food, and grow vegetables, and their skill and magic allow them to support themselves without the need for clearing and plowing land. They are talented artisans, crafting finely worked clothes and art objects. Their contact with outsiders is usually limited, though a few elves make a good living by trading crafted items for metals (which they have no interest in mining).
They are often classified as different elven subspecies based on where they were born or make their home.

Additional Information

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Increased hearing, usually has an innate spell casting ability

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Elves are considered children until they declare themselves adults, some time after the hundredth birthday, and before this period they are called by child names. On declaring adulthood, an elf selects an adult name, although those who knew him or her as a youngster might continue to use the child name. Each elf’s adult name is a unique creation, though it might reflect the names of respected individuals or other family members. Little distinction exists between male names and female names; the groupings here reflect only general tendencies. In addition, every elf bears a family name, typically a combination of other Elvish words. Some elves traveling among humans translate their family names into Common, but others retain the Elvish version.
Child Names: Ara, Bryn, Del, Eryn, Faen, Innil, Lael, Mella, Naill, Naeris, Phann, Rael, Rinn, Sai, Syllin, Thia, Vall
Male Adult Names: Adran, Aelar, Aramil, Arannis, Aust, Beiro, Berrian, Carric, Enialis, Erdan, Erevan, Galinndan, Hadarai, Heian, Himo, Immeral, Ivellios, Laucian, Mindartis, Paelias, Peren, Quarion, Riardon, Rolen, Soveliss, Thamior, Tharivol, Theren, Varis
Female Adult Names: Adrie, Althaea, Anastrianna, Andraste, Antinua, Bethrynna, Birel, Caelynn, Drusilia, Enna, Felosial, Ielenia, Jelenneth, Keyleth, Leshanna, Lia, Meriele, Mialee, Naivara, Quelenna, Quillathe, Sariel, Shanairra, Shava, Silaqui, Theirastra, Thia, Vadania, Valanthe, Xanaphia
Family Names (Common Translations): Amakiir (Gemflower), Amastacia (Starflower), Galanodel (Moonwhisper), Holimion (Diamonddew), Ilphelkiir (Gemblossom), Liadon (Silverfrond), Meliamne (Oakenheel), Naïlo (Nightbreeze), Siannodel (Moonbrook), Xiloscient (Goldpetal)

Major Language Groups and Dialects

Elvish

History

A side effect of the seeding was the creation of new sentient species in the planes.. First the dragons, the most powerful of the new species of beings to inhabit Rüt came to the land.
Then the elves, the dwarves, and the humans, the oldest of the races of sentience. The magic infused into the 12 Seedlings and planted in the Great Seeding spread as the Continental Rüt System grew and continued to spring forth new life. 
One of the events that make The Great Calamity, the Anomalies of Impurity and creation of the Infernals. While the Last Legion was imprisoning the Infernals into the Lament Configuration a deal was struck to allow the Infernal of Death, Look, to remain in a specially created sub-dimension where he would be tasked with escorting the no longer immortal species to the afterlife.

Genetic Descendants

• Drow
• Half-Elf
• High Elf
• Moon Elf
• Sea Elf
• Sun Elf
• Wood Elf

Scientific Name

A. Alfus

Origin/Ancestry

One of the three original humanoid species of Rüt brought into life during the Great Seeding.

Lifespan

700 years

Average Height

5 foot to 6 foot

Average Weight

145 to 150 lbs

Geographic Distribution

• Sunhill Principality