Wood Elves

Wood Elves

History

The Wood Elves were the second of the peoples created by Azohr. They were tasked with protecting the balance of nature and to teach others to learn to live with it. Many of the druidic tribes and all of the Heart Keeper Tribes have learned to be one with nature from the wood elves. While trying to stay out of the squabbles of the peoples they have been called to war a few times in order to maintain the balance of nature.

Society

Wood Elf societies are lead by Matrons know are the Ladies of the Woods. The build their cities in the canopies of the great forests of Soanus. While they are separated by great distances the Wood Elves are able to travel between their kingdoms with great speed. Few outsider ever learn how this done as it is considered a great secret of Wood Elf society.

Appearance

• Height - Slightly shorter than their High Elf cousins, Wood Elves stand on average five feet up to five feet nine inches. They are considered Medium.
• Build - While still more slender than many races, the Wood Elves have a slim athletic build.
• Hair - Wood Elves hair tends to be more nature tones to help them blend in with the woods.
• Skin - Wood Elves typically have a brown tint to their skin, whether dark brown like the bark of trees or a light shade akin to a sun kissed tan.
• Facial Hair - None

Traits

• Blend with Nature - While in natural areas that have only minor foliage, rains, snowfall, mist, or other natural phenomena you can attempt to hide.
• Fleet of Foot - Your base speed is 35ft.
• Elven Weapon Training - You have proficiency with Rapiers, Longbows, Shortbows, and Glaives.
• Trance - Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.
• Keen Senses - You have proficiency in the Perception skill.
• Darkvision -  Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.
• Keen Mind - You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.
• Languages - You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvish. Elvish is fluid, with subtle intonations and intricate grammar. Elven literature is rich and varied, and their songs and poems are famous among other races. Many bards learn their language so they can add Elvish ballads to their repertoires.