Elves

The Elven people are actually natives of the “Fae-realms” - the land that lies on the other side of the “Green Veil”. As a strongly magical race, those that live on Oberon prefer to make their home in locations where the barriers between Oberon and the Fae-realms are the weakest. The location where this is most true is the kingdom of Lyrazante and this is considered the Elven homeland on Oberon.

The Elves that inhabit Lyrazante are made up of two distinct sub-races: The Qual’Sidhe (pronounced ‘Kwahl-Shee”) or “High Elves” and the Sylv’Sidhe (pronounced ‘Seelv-Shee”) or “Wood Elves”. There is also the Elad’Sidhe or “Eladrin”.

It is known that the Eladrin rule the Fae-realms and rarely travel over to Oberon, where their mystical power is greatly diminished. The High and Wood Elves don’t speak much of their Eladrin cousins and seem quite happy to not have to interact with them on a daily basis. It is common knowledge that the Elves of Oberon settled there to escape the tyrannical rule of the Eladrin but the exact details are a mystery even to most Elves.

There are tales of a fourth Elven culture, called the Drow (or ‘Dark Elves’) but many scholars consider these to be the product of Elven folktales designed to frighten children.

Elves are the same height but a slightly lighter build than the average Merebian Human, with pale skin and light hair colours. Elven eyes are reflective, like that of cats, which has led to stories of Elven eyes glowing at night.

The Elves of Oberon follow the monotheistic religion which they call “the Duty". Although an individualistic culture “the Duty” instils a form of caste system across the Elven people.

In addition to “High Merebian”, Elves start with proficiency in their own language, “Sidhe” (pronounced “Shee”).

Oberon Elves consider Dwarves to be “simple but honest” and have generally good relations with them. They consider Gnomes to be “idiot cousins”; they admit that they are related and will defend them but sometimes find them embarrassing. Elves are both impressed and horrified by the accomplishments of Humans but find individuals to be worthy of their time. Elves try to look past the origins of Tieflings but remain cautious around them. Individual Elves may get along with Ymirkin but as a people they have little in common and hence are usually ‘neutral’ towards them.