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Modern Fantasy elves (with some exceptions) trace their roots back to JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth universe. Typically elves are like humans in most respects, with a thin build, long ears, greater dexterity and long lives (ranging from several centuries to biological immortality). | Modern Fantasy elves (with some exceptions) trace their roots back to JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth universe. Typically elves are like humans in most respects, with a thin build, long ears, greater dexterity and long lives (ranging from several centuries to biological immortality). | ||
Often their are several catagories of elves. The most common being High Elves (which live in cities), Wood Elves (which are more primitive and live in forests) and Dark Elves (which often have grey skin and are Slavocratic). | Often their are several catagories of elves. The most common being High Elves (which live in cities), Wood Elves (which are more primitive, territorial and live in forests) and Dark Elves (which often have grey skin, have cultures with supremacist ideologies and sadistic tendancies and are Slavocratic). | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
*[[Eldar]] | *[[Eldar]] | ||
[[Category: Fantasy]] | [[Category: Fantasy]] | ||
Revision as of 02:55, 14 March 2011
Elves are of humanoid sapients common in fantasy settings. They are based on mythological creatures of Norse origin.
Tolkienian inspired Elves
Modern Fantasy elves (with some exceptions) trace their roots back to JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth universe. Typically elves are like humans in most respects, with a thin build, long ears, greater dexterity and long lives (ranging from several centuries to biological immortality).
Often their are several catagories of elves. The most common being High Elves (which live in cities), Wood Elves (which are more primitive, territorial and live in forests) and Dark Elves (which often have grey skin, have cultures with supremacist ideologies and sadistic tendancies and are Slavocratic).