Elves

In ancient times, elves dwelt in many places throughout the cooler climes of the earth many ages before the titans. With the fall of the titans and the great flood, humans have increased in numbers and cities across Asdar. Elves dwell principally in forests where they consider themselves the guardians of the fauna and flora. Elves are somewhat shorter than humans on average with the exception of Sibbarine, Sungotine, and Jinguese elves who are considerably taller than humans. They have pale skin and pale colored eyes, blue, tan, or green, according to their variety. Their ears are characteristically pointed and their features slight. They speak their own language, elven, which is thought to be the uniform with dialectal variations throughout the world. Most elves enjoy a lifespan of the greater part of five centuries (about 450 years). They love nature and enjoy natural beauty which is reflected in their artistry and architecture which is designed to enhance and mirror the manner of nature with little impact on the environment.

Elven Homelands

• Disdrire Forest
• Findorian Forest
• Jinguese
• Lhotan
• Nymentho
• Selymbria
• Sungo

Relationships between Humans and Elves

The elves are an ancient and stand-offish race in the world of Asdar and in the west often avoid the company of humans whom they consider to have brought great harm to the forests, rivers, and plains of the world. Asdaran elves as a race prefer the forests where they dwell against the ongoing encroachments of humans. Pytharnian humans regard elves with mixed attitudes. Elves in Pytharnia and the west are mysterious as most humans have not seen an elf but have likely seen dwarves and halflings. Their mystery gives cause for wonder but also mistrust. In the far east, however, Sungotine elves are held in great esteem by humans and in the Empire of Sungo and in Jettuba, elven rulers hold sway over majority human populations. The relationship between elves and humans thus differs broadly between east and west. Elves are uncommonly sighted in human lands and sometimes regarded with suspicion.

Elves of Disdrire

Thousands of years ago, the elves shared the rule of the Disdrire Forst with the Geddamin giants. Over the centuries, the power of the giants has waned and they no longer hold sway. The elves in turn have increased in leadership, but their domain has shrunken against the encroachment of the ever expanding human dominion.

See Also

• Comparative Lifespans of Humanlikes
• Comparative Heights of Humanlikes
• Humanlikes
• List of Creatures and Humanlikes of the Asdaran Universe