Elf {43 pts}

Attributes: ST(-1) {-10}, DX(+1) {+20}

Secondary Attributes: Per (+1) {+5}

Advantages:

Appearance (Attractive) {+4}

Magery 0 {+5}

Unaging {+15}

Voice {+10}

Disadvantages:

Callous {-5}

Quirks:

Aloof {-1}

Cultural Notes: Elves, in theory, can live forever, although few are able to maintain an interest in the world for longer than approximately 2000 years. The Elves left in The City have not regressed as their distant kin in the forests and oceans, and are refined and disdainful of the “lesser races”. Leadership of the 12 Families falls, generally, to the Elf with the strongest will to lead. In the event 2 want it, there will be a gradually escalating war between them and their supporters until one is either dead or loses interest. Elves are regarded as cruel and distant, more interested in obscure research or games than in real interaction with other races – or each other. The occasional Elf will form a bond with a member of a different race, but said relationships have almost all ended after at most a decade.

The long lifespans and low birthrates of the Elves make for a relatively static culture. Over the last several thousand years, the Elves of The City have developed a society that seems at first to be contradictory. Their political and social organization means that every Elf knows at birth his or her place in the overall hierarchy. While families will rise or fall within the hierarchy due to feuds and status games, the overall social structure remains intact, for even the oldest Elf does not remember it being any different. At the same time, all Elves seek diversion and entertainment. The more decadent or obscure the sensation, the better. . Magic provides the greatest chance of something diverting, dangerous or delightful happening, so many Elves devote themselves to its pursuit. Even the greatest love between two Elves pales over time, so most adult Elves live solitary lives, interacting with each other as little as possible. Sexism is regarded as an amusing affectation of the "lower species", possibly due to the lack of overt sexual dimorphism among Elves.

Of the other species, Humans garner the closest thing to respect, an almost amused tolerance. They look the most like Elves, and the socially conscious among them are more than willing to ape their betters. Dwarves are tolerated for their nimble fingers and amusing creations, but no Elf worth mentioning would publicly befriend one. Orcs are, at best, despised. Their lives are over in a flash, they breed too fast (some Elves refer to Orc families as "litters", though this is not common) and they are, above all else, ugly. Some Elves have engaged in experimentation, breeding Human and Orc slaves together, using magic to make them interfertile. These "half-Orcs" are, so far, all sterile, and the experiment is so far dubbed a failure, although some Elven wizards hold out hope that a more tractable and attractive species can be created to eventually edge Orcs aside.

Appearance:: Elves are slightly shorter and thinner than humans of the same HT and ST, with less pronounced seconary sexual characteristics. Males do not have facial hair and females have small breasts. Hair color covers a wide range, from pure white to jet black and blue or green are the most common eye color, though amber, grey and red are not unknown. Skin tone varies with the family and whims of the elf, pale white and jet black are currently very popular at this time.

wild elves

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