Elves

The elves of Dellan generally keep themselves to themselves, staying mostly in their Great Forrest, known colloquially (and slightly derrogatoriliy) as “Elfland”. Elves are not, by nature, a curious people, and are generally content to hunt for food, gather berries, and generally occupy themselves by simple living. They have no interest in leaving their Great Forrest, and as such elves are rare beyond it. That, however, does not mean that they are unheard of. Occasionally and elf will wonder what is beyond their borders. Often, without so much as a goodbuy, this wanderlust will grab them, and they will pack what little things they have, and head off into the Beyond (that is, the lands beyond the Forrest). It is not a coincidence that the elven word for “Beyond” is almost identical to the elven word for their afterlife. These wandering elves are thought by those in the Great Forrest to be one tree short of a forrest, or touch by the Mood Goddess. Their reasoning is founded on the change that comes over elves after they have been wandering in the Beyond. They find the sedate life of the elves to be difficult to handle. Some return, but rarely stay long. Elves who wander find themselves caught between a longing to return to the forests, but knowing that such a return is no-longer truly possible. They become liminal creatures, stuck between two worlds, never really of one or the other.

Elves have a natural distrust of things that are natural, considering it to, in some way, be “wrong”, though most elves cannot articulate why this is. They generally feel unsettled in cities.

Elves are tall, and slender, often though of as “willowy”. They have sharp pointed faces with almond eyes, and pointed ears.