Lithe and arrogant, the Elves who were once among the most dominant species have long since fallen from their grace.
Physical Description
Elves stand at around 6'4'' on average and possess thin straight hair, with small frames and lanky bodies. Their hair is typically shades of blonde or brown and their eyes can be any color, and their facial structure is diamond-shaped with pointy noses and chins, and possessing elongated pointed ears. Their skin comes in many colors similar to humans, however they naturally look like their skin is glowing or shining in the light. Although capable of growing facial hair, Elven society often forbids it, and is seen as one "going tribal", ending with ostracization.
Personality
Elven society greatly shapes the personality and view of life Elves typically hold. Society dictates a focus on Elves and only Elves - some go further yet to only focus on different subspecies of Elves (like wood elves and high elves). Other species are viewed as no better than animals at worst, or just flawed fools who need care in the best case scenario. Outside of this, Elves are typically traditionalists with a focus on study and magic. Heavy labor not able to be waved away from magic is typically done by the lower caste of Elves or slaves (if they practice it). Battle and crafting are two exceptions to this, as Elves take great pride in their traditional combat techniques and styles of crafting. High Elves have a penchant for philosophy and other "social arts".
History
Elves have a long and storied history of their hatefulness and spite toward humans, Yahweh, and many other humanoid species. Their bitterness toward YHVH is hard to pin down an exact reason, with most agreeing that He drove them from their first elven homeland, forcing them to settle in other places within Mortal IV that are less "pure" in their eyes. This myth has led to two different cultures of Elves arising on their own, the Sankat and the Sulut.
Sankat Elves are atheists who have tailored their culture towards subjugating other species, enslaving those inferior to them or slaughtering those who cannot be tamed. Sankat are distinguished by their ornamental armor made from the exoskeletons of large insectoid creatures, which serve about as well as iron and steel in their usability (counting as iron armor otherwise). Sankat are vicious and make very few allies, even among other Elves. Their system is divided further into a caste system, with Nobility and Warriors almost equal whereas clergy is next, workers after clergy, and finally all other species (slaves) at the very bottom.
Sulut make up the Elf culture most willing to deal with outsiders, though even this is tentative and not on very good terms. The Sulut are Elven Supremacists who view themselves as the guardians of all that is natural, seeing all non-Elven Humanoids as no different than animals who need to be cowed into obedience and submission, and who don't know what is best for themselves. Sulut take slaves just like the Sankat, but unlike the Sankat they treat their slaves similar to humans would treat a dog or cat, glorified pets. Sulut Elves are distinguished by their cobbles together wooden armor with some effectiveness.
Biological Details
Elves are considered young between 8 years old and 59 years old, are considered adults between 60 years old and 299 years old, and are considered old between 300 and 550 years old. They have a maximum lifespan of around (550 + 4d20) years.
Elves have enhanced vision, and thus are only able to see up to 3 squares in the dark unaided, and can see twice as far as normal in dim light.
Names
Elven names tend to 'flow off the tongue' and are filled with many syllables, some of which are able to be ignored as part of the word's pronunciation, typically including any double W or double L parts of a name - unless the sounds come at the beginning of the name in which they are pronounced. For example, Lluwwi would be pronounced similar to the French name Louis, whereas a name like Gallsanda is pronounced Gasanda instead. In addition, "y"s often replace the function of "i", thus resulting in names like Bernye instead of Bernie.
Male Names: Dwyat, Werner, Monswwar, Sellgado, Pryse, Zen'ndar
Female Names: Ranna, Havyrna, Sylynde, Wwynn, Llistra, Vyrga
Sankat Family Names: Sandr, Yon'nar, Sadrag, Gardynn, Wastyr, Pyrce-Cryn
Sulut Family Names: Brygyd, Emreld, Jyrsa, Rowwdann, Van'nere, Zygynas
Species Abilities
Ability Scores
+1 to Smarts and Magic
Creature Type
Humanoid (Elf)
Movement Speed
6 sq. Land
Size & Soak
Medium (4)
Elven Arrogance
Elves receive a +2 bonus to their Mind.
Woodland Stride
Elves ignore difficult terrain from forests, jungles, and other "woodland" environments, as well as ignoring nonmagical status effects inflicted by these.
Languages
Elves speak a language known as Elven, a wispy and complicated language which most find too difficult to learn. In addition, Elves speak Trade Speak.
