![]() ![]() And of course, there's usually more than just one type of elf.On a wider scale, expect an elven fighting force to utilise mobility and stealth over brute force, with lots of magical backup (or simply be a Badass Elite Army - after all if you live for millennia outside of violence or accident, you can get really good at fighting). On an individual level, Elves tend to wield elegant, graceful weapons (such as scimitars, rapiers, katanas, daggers, spears, and especially longbows) instead of large crushing weapons. A strong warrior tradition, albeit one that is usually more refined than most.However, sometimes they lack a certain creative flair. Anything they make is likewise beautiful, more durable, more delicious, and just plain better than human wares.Will either be exceptionally chaste and only have sex within the bounds of true love, or sexually liberated and probably polyamorous, depending on which the author considers more appropriate for a Superior Species.In any case, their glories are behind them now. In decline - they may be descended from a great civilization that collapsed in the past, be in the middle of cultural decline now, or be an outright Dying Race.Very often they are of androgynous appearance, and rarely have facial hair. Said magic may often be related with light and related concepts, due to its connection with the Norse Ljósalfar (light elves). Magical in one way or another, either from being highly spiritual, innately magical or producers of magitek.Even if they're not immortal, they're not likely to suffer the effects of old age. Methods include outright immortality to reincarnation to simply significantly longer than humans. These may range from a century through several to outright agelessness. Some favor "humanlike with a point at the tip", while others go with thin, triangular ears a foot long. The flavor of this betterness will vary across stories and authors between all-natural, magical, or just plain nasty. Especially other elves, and they won't let you forget it, nor will they accept any arguments to the contrary. Better than you, me, and even other elves.Most often this variance is primarily vertical - elves are generally depicted as slimmer than humans, regardless of if they're taller or shorter. They may be on average bigger or smaller than humans, depending on the work, but the degree of variance is almost always within regular human size ranges. Most elves usually share the following traits: In some cases, however, they may have a closer link to fairies and their world than other humanoids do, or be outright descended from them. ![]() In settings where both fairies and elves exist they are typically distinct creatures, with elves being typically more similar to humans than to fairies. They however tend to be much more "grounded" than either folkloric or Tolkienian elves. Modern-day fantasy elves tend to be very human-like, but distinguished by their pointed ears, much longer lives and closer connection to magic and nature. The Lord of the Rings greatly influenced later fantasy fiction, and in this manner also served as the maker of the modern interpretation of elves as one of the Standard Fantasy Races. The resultant Elves were very human-like in physical appearance, but immortal, magical, and much more closely connected to the supernatural world, in addition to possessing a tendency to inhabit isolated villages and ancient forests. The work based its Elves on both Germanic light elves and a vision of a humanity that did not fall from Eden. In short, the definition and characteristics of elves considerably varied across space and time. This image is where the modern-day concept of tiny, helpful elves in green clothes and/or pointy hats, such as Santa's helpers, ultimately comes from. Later on, elves and fairies (largely synonymous by this point) were sanitized into diminutive woodland humanoids prone to tricks and teasing but ultimately benevolent. In the British isles, Anglo-Saxon elf myths eventually mingled with those Celtic supernatural beings. note Not pictured: a sea elf, an eladrin, a shadar-kai, and many other elves.Įlves originated in Germanic mythology as a common type of fairy folk, the term sometimes being simply synonymous with "fairy". From left to right: a drow (dark elf), a wild elf, a sun elf, a wood elf, and a moon elf. ![]()
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