Magical elves6/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Arcane research and accomplishment are seen as both practical goals, in line with being a soldier or architect, and artistic endeavors as great as poetry or sculpture. Their naturally keen minds and senses, combined with their inborn patience, make them particularly suited to wizardry. In the most insular of elven societies, they may even be treated as lower class.Įlves also have an appreciation for the written word, magic, and painstaking research. When such work must be done within a community, a few elves may find themselves drawn to it, but regardless of their craftsmanship, such “dirt-wrights” are generally seen by other elves as being a bit off. Most, however, find manipulating earth and stone to be distasteful, and prefer to avoid forging, stonework, and pottery. While this can make them excellent guides to outsiders they befriend who must travel through such lands, their disdain of those who have not learned to live off the scant land as they have makes such friends rare.Įlves have an innate gift for craftsmanship and artistry, especially when working in wood, bone, ivory, or leather. When they can carve out a sustainable, reliable life in deserts and wastelands, they take pride as a society in the accomplishment. Although, like most, elves prefer bountiful lands where resources are plentiful, when driven to live in harsher climates, they work hard to protect and shepherd the region’s bounty, and learn how to maximize the benefit they receive from what little can be harvested. Society: Many elves feel a bond with nature and strive to live in harmony with the natural world. Where city-dwelling elves encounter other urbanites, the elves are often fashion trendsetters. While elven clothing often plays off the beauty of the natural world, those elves who live in cities tend to bedeck themselves in the latest fashions. Forest-dwelling elves often have variations of green, brown, and tan in their hair, eye, and even skin tones. However, as their coloration often matches their surroundings, the elves of a single community may appear quite similar. The coloration of elves as a whole varies wildly, and is much more diverse than that of human populations. Their eyes are wide and almond-shaped, and filled with large, vibrantly colored pupils. It is a mistake, however, to consider them weak or feeble, as the thin limbs of an elf can contain surprising power. Physical Description: Generally taller than humans, elves possess a graceful, slender physique that is accentuated by their long, pointed ears. Those elves who spend their lives among the short-lived races, on the other hand, often develop a skewed perception of mortality and become morose, the result of watching wave after wave of companions age and die before their eyes. ![]() Elves take great joy in forging alliances with races that share or exceed their long lifetimes, and often work to befriend dragons, outsiders, and fey. Elves’ bodies slowly change over time, taking on a physical representation of their mental and spiritual states, and those who dwell in a region for a long period of time find themselves physically adapting to match their surroundings, most noticeably taking on coloration that reflects the local environment.Įlves value their privacy and traditions, and while they are often slow to make friends at both the personal and national levels, once an outsider is accepted as a comrade, the resulting alliances can last for generations. However, their links to nature are not entirely driven by pragmatism. By necessity, they must learn to maintain sustainable lifestyles, and this is most easily done when they work with nature, rather than attempting to bend it to their will. Elves can expect to remain active in the same locale for centuries. Some of this understanding is mystical, but an equal part comes from the elves’ long lifespans, which in turn gives them long-ranging outlooks. Elves seek to live in balance with the wild and understand it better than most other mortals. While fey are truly linked to the flora and fauna of their homes, existing as the nearly immortal voices and guardians of the wilderness, elves are instead mortals who are in tune with the natural world around them. ![]() The long-lived elves are children of the natural world, similar in many superficial ways to fey creatures, though with key differences. ![]()
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