Elf
Basic Information
Growth Rate & Stages
Elves mature much slower than humans, reach adulthood at age 100 and full physical maturity at 120, and living up to 600 years.
Additional Information
Facial characteristics
Males can not grow beards, however some may boast some short wisps of hair, the bone structure of both males and females is delicate, with high cheekbones, far set eyes, and straight, slender noses.
Perception and Sensory Capabilities
Elves are capable of seeing in dim light, just like the Lyneans, although to a lesser extent.
Civilization and Culture
Beauty Ideals
Long hair, in both males and females, tall, lithe, with the epitome of beauty being the rare genetic anomaly causing children to be born with vestigial wings.
Gender Ideals
Males are often seen as being more into the physically demanding arts such as sculpting, whilst females should be more interested in creative arts, such as painting, or drawing, musical instruments and dancing are a common past time for both.
Courtship Ideals
When a male wishes to court a female, he must first pass her a flower, his choice of flower will show his intentions towards the female, if the female accepts his flower, the two must then be seen in a public dance hall, dancing together three times in a single night, and he must compose a ballad in her name to sing in honor of her before a semi-public gathering. Only then can he stand before her parents with the request to officially begin courtship.
Relationship Ideals
Male and female Elves typically hold the same sway in a household, however, the female always has the final say in the rearing of her own children.
Major Language Groups and Dialects
Telim is the language of the Elves.
Common Etiquette Rules
Polite to the extreme, Elves are extremely fastidious when it comes to social etiquette, a bow must be so low, and no lower, a handshake is a light touch of the fingers, not a grasping of palms.
Common Dress Code
Men typically wear opulent waistcoats with large pantaloons, whilst females wear long gowns with bustles and bodices, a waist that is just slim enough to be willowy, but not scrawny is required.
Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals
A flower festival is held every spring, and it is traditionally a time when those males with courtship on their mind, choose their flower from amongst those that fall from the anghyumalǎng̊
Common Taboos
A womea must never be alone with a male unless they are married or related within the 3rd degree.
A man must never dance with a woman of lesser status, though a woman can.
History
Though the longest lived race on Alavareja, even the Elves do not remember the times before the Days of Darkness. Many stories are told, however, of a landscape much different from that which we see now, and technologies so extraordinary that the common man could not even begin to image it.
Historical Figures
Arcanist Wungenghiyi, who was the one to invent the means by which the Flying Cities fly.
Interspecies Relations and Assumptions
Close ties bind the Elves and the Lyneans, as the Lyneans were the first to bring the good tidings that the surface was once more a safe place (safe being relative).
Genetic Descendants
Lifespan
600-800
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Elves typically have a golden or silver tint to their skin, even when they haven't seen the sun in a long time.
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