Elf

The elves are a race of humanoid people with pointy ears and long lifespans. They are native to the Royaume noir in Fabelwelt.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Elves largely resemble slender real-world humans, although they tend to be slightly taller and have pointy ears. Very few subraces deviate from this model, but sea elves also have a pair of gills on their necks and webbed digits, reflecting their more-aquatic way of life.

Biological Traits

Elves can be divided into several subraces: high elves, wood elves, drow, sea elves, Eladrin, Shadar-Kai, and Gith. The Gith are only distantly related to the other subraces, and are sometimes seen (especially by other elves) as a separate race.

Growth Rate & Stages

Elves reach physical maturity around the same age as humans, but they live far longer.

Ecology and Habitats

While the natural habitat of most elves is deep in the forest or woodlands, sea elves are most at home underwater and drow are happiest when underground or indoors.

Biological Cycle

Eladrin undergo significant changes in appearance and mood when the seasons change.

Additional Information

Social Structure

To elves, order and structure are everything. It is to this end that they, more-so than most other races, fall into natural hierarchies. The older elves are superior to the younger elves. The accomplished are superior to those who have yet to make their mark on the world. The nobility is of a richer blood than the commoners. Most notably, elf society does not recognize all elf races as being equal. They organize themselves into a racial totem pole, where those higher on the totem pole feel free to act at the expense of those lower on the totem pole, and those lower on the totem pole are compelled by society to bow to and put every effort into appeasing those higher on the totem pole. The ordre naturel, as it is called in elf culture, is the following (moving from lowest on the totem pole to highest):
Githyanki < Githzerai < Drow < Wood Elves < Sea Elves < Shadar-Kai < Eladrin < High Elves

Facial characteristics

The most characteristic feature of elves are their pointy ears.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Elves are native to the Royaume noir in Fabelwelt. They occupy a colony in Wagakeya, the Colonie pleuvieuse, but they can be found pretty much anywhere on the planet.

Average Intelligence

High elves tend to be particularly intelligent, but elf intelligence otherwise tends to just be average. Wood elves, on the other hand, tend to be a little wiser than the average person.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Some elves such as high elves have innate magic powers.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Elves use male and female names, but they typically do not adopt these "adult" names until they choose to later in life when they feel they have experienced enough of the world to be considered an adult culturally. Elves are born with unisex "child" names.

Major Organizations

Royaume noir

Major Language Groups and Dialects

The native language of the elves is Elvish. Sylvan, while unrelated to the elves, is typically written in Elvish script. Most elves can speak Common.

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Aesthetically, elf culture largely resembles that of the real-world French in the 17th and 18th Centuries.

Historical Figures

Galinndan Xiloscient is the current king of the Royaume noir. He is known for his weak sense of governance and for having turned the kingdom into a theocracy in 352 AD.
Tiaathque Othronus is the current High Priest of the Royaume noir, and thus its current Head of Government.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Elves, especially those higher on the ordre naturel, tend to view themselves as superior in at least some shape or form to other races, although this is seldom expressed explicitly. Beyond that, though, elves tend to get along with other races, as long as the elves do not mention which nation they come from.

Lifespan

Up to 750 years

Conservation Status

Elves are very common throughout the world.

Average Height

5' to over 6'

Average Weight

100-145lbs.

Average Physique

Sea elves and Shadar-Kai tend to have stronger constitutions than the average person.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Elves come in a much larger variety of skin tones than humans do. Some may even be shades of blue or red. Eladrin may change color with the season.

Related Ethnicities

• Gith