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 Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:32 am
I thought it would be fun to post what I have learned about elf's -- if any one finds something or if you already know something about elf's please share it here
Drow Houses
Drow society is based on the gain of status and the knowledge that only the strong survive in the world of the underdark.
Families of nobility (the ranking class) are grouped into Houses.
Inner House Rankings
A house consists of, in the order of rank, as follows:
1 A ruling Matron Mother.
2 The Matron’s first daughter.
3 Any daughters in birth order that are in training to become priestesses, or are priestesses.
4 Any daughters in birth order not in training.
5 Any priestesses not of the same family.
6 The Elderboy, first son of the Matron.
7 The Secondboy, the Matron’s second son. The third son born is sacrificed to Lloth at birth, unless one of the first two sons die before he is born.
8 The Patron, the Matron’s current lover.
9 The House Mage, if none of the sons has taken the position.
10 The Weapons Master or Trainer. Also a position that can be taken by a son.
11 Any warriors and mages.
12 Any slaves or workers.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:36 am
Drow names reflect the history of their language, having an elven sound but with the hard consonants and sibilant sounds adopted by the race. Unlike surface elves, drow usually have one given name at birth and keep that name throughout life. Names can be very important in dark elven society; they indicate a drow's position in her family, what House the family serves, and that House's position in the city. Drow who abandon their names often do so to break from their House and gain power for themselves From http://www.angelfire.com/darkside/umbravictus/elvendrow.htm There is a lot more on this site about names and more elf info also.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 10:49 pm
You should put up the Name Generator that Woodrow had the link to.
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:52 pm
Styk_Figure_BoB You should put up the Name Generator that Woodrow had the link to. This is the only name Generator link I kno about--http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/6735/ This link will let u kno what ur elf name is
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 6:05 pm
Origin : Elves were a very mysterious race from the beginning of time. Later they became supernatural beings, mainly shaped as humans. They were worshipped in trees, mountains and waterfalls.
Description : Elves vary in size from 4'10" and 5'8". However, according to their delicate bodies they seem much taller than they really are. Often male and female elves are hard to discern, at first glance. Both sexes usually have big, expressive eyes (in the most splendid colors). They wear their hair uncut and open, have graceful, fragile features and are of extraordinary beauty. Male elves also don't have any beard growth. Very typical for elves are their pointed ears, and high cheekbones. In modern descriptions, elves are either light or dark, the light elves having starlike eyes, faces brighter than the sun, and golden-colored hair; the dark elves are pitch black and have sometimes fluorescent eyes, this quality being indicative of their dealing with black magic. Both are attractive, in appearance at least. Elves prefer greens and greenish-greys while dark elves prefer blacks, dark grey, and sometimes silver.
Species: Dark or light, the elfic race is rarely seen and if so, elves only appear on certain times and on special places in the untouched nature. During the course of time elves moved to other places in the world and in many tribes their spiritual shape was lost completely and elves changed to beings consisting of blood and flesh. The light elves are a peaceful, nature-loving who love beautiful things and often try themselves in the arts of drawing and music. The black or dark elves are also called "Drow". Beautiful, agile, proud, dexterous and extremely deadly, they are the Drow, Elves of the underground. Very few is know about them.
Powers: In comparison to humans elves are stronger in spirit and in limb and have an exceptional constitution and endurance. When they grow older they seldom get weaker, instead they become wiser and even more fair. Elven senses, especially of hearing and sight, are much keener and intense than those of Men and are highly resitant to extremes of temperatures and also have several natural defenses against magical influences. The long life-spans of elves may be accounted to one of the main reasons that elves are very calm and patient in all their actions.
Even if some elves are said to be immortal, elves of all other tribes die a natural death after long lives. The amount of years elves live indeed varies enormously, ranging from 100 years to over 1000. It is also known that very often elves end their lives of their own will when they see a necessity to do so or if they think that their life's goal has been reached. Of course elves may also die when they are wounded severely, but in general elves heal very fast when they are tended to quickly. Death on the other hand is nothing an elf fears. The fact of death is interpreted by the elves as a return to nature.
Lore: Elves live in forests while dark elves live in deep underground caves. In spring they are viewed celebrating the blossoms and during the summer they swim in the rivers with their friends ondines. Elves usually settle in dense forests or at wooded lakes and lead quiet lives without interfering directly in other races activities and struggle for domination
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Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 9:00 am
The Elven Way, no elf, by action or inaction, shall cause harm to another elf. We do as we will as long as no harm is done. Life is a balance between happiness for yourself and concern for others. There is rarely a point to any conflict, and we try to avoid battles if we can. There are things, however, that we can not avoid. Disruption of the balance is not to be taken lightly. Elven memories are long ones, choose your actions wisely around them. Friends, and enemies, are not forgotten
from the Gray Company
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 2:52 pm
I really think that this kind of stuff should be posted in the "General Discussion" section...
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Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 10:32 pm
Dark Elves were once part of the Elven tribes, but were banished after they learned black magic in order to obtain the power to fight Humans. They lost the battle, but continued to study the dark arts. Dark Elves have similar features to their Elven brethren, but are taller, have blue-gray skin, and silver hair. They follow Shilen, the goddess of Death
info from Lineage
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:37 am
From Wikipedia,
This article is about beings from Norse mythology.
In Norse mythology, the light elves (Old Norse: Ljósálfar) live in the Old Norse version of the heavens, in the place called Álfheim underneath the place of the Gods. The idea of the light elf is one of the most ancient records of elves (Old Norse: álfr singular, álfar plural) preserved in writing, as close to the prototypical idea of the elf as we might get from Nordic mythology (as preserved an ancient Germanic paganism). The "light elf" designation is in contrast to the dark elf who is an earth dweller and may be a dwarf
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:10 am
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