Greenfolk
The "Greenfolk" are a type of Wood Elf that live in Typhoid Forest. Genetically, they are no different from standard wood elves; however, they are shunned by some. Immense contact with certain aspects of nature during birth turns the skin of these elves a sickly shade of green. Most Wood Elf mothers contribute this to contact with an "unlucky" plant of some sort. The Wood Elves are superstitious that way. What actually causes this strange transformation is the presence of a pixie during or just before the birth. Somehow, the unborn baby senses the presence of the Fey creature, and when it does, it's skin turns bright yellow. The pixies often don't realize that they have created any difference; in fact, most fly by invisibly, lost within their own thoughts and not paying any attention to what is happening around them. Thus, the true nature of these transformations is lost to the Wood Elves, at least for now.
As the young Wood Elf grows, it is often forced into solitude. Because of it's skin color, the child is shunned by some and blasphemed by others of it's kind, which see it as a demon come to haunt them. These Elves often flee their homes after a few years, trusting the wild more than they trust their own people. They rarely meet with others of their kind, and when they do, it is sometimes under hostile conditions.
The older the young Elf grows, the lighter it's skin gets. Eventually, it's skin turns light green, significantly resembling that of a pixie. In fact, evil Greenfolk often generate harems of pixies around them, as they convince the unintelligent creatures that they are superior beings which the "lesser folk" should follow. Curious and malleable as they are, the pixies often believe them, following them around and doing almost anything which their "rightful masters" ask of them.
Rightful Rulers of the Fey. You have advantage on Charisma checks to affect tiny Fey.
Outcasts. You have disadvantage on Charisma checks to affect Wood Elves.
Always on the run. You have proficiency in the Wisdom (Survival) skill.
As the young Wood Elf grows, it is often forced into solitude. Because of it's skin color, the child is shunned by some and blasphemed by others of it's kind, which see it as a demon come to haunt them. These Elves often flee their homes after a few years, trusting the wild more than they trust their own people. They rarely meet with others of their kind, and when they do, it is sometimes under hostile conditions.
The older the young Elf grows, the lighter it's skin gets. Eventually, it's skin turns light green, significantly resembling that of a pixie. In fact, evil Greenfolk often generate harems of pixies around them, as they convince the unintelligent creatures that they are superior beings which the "lesser folk" should follow. Curious and malleable as they are, the pixies often believe them, following them around and doing almost anything which their "rightful masters" ask of them.
Rightful Rulers of the Fey. You have advantage on Charisma checks to affect tiny Fey.
Outcasts. You have disadvantage on Charisma checks to affect Wood Elves.
Always on the run. You have proficiency in the Wisdom (Survival) skill.
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