Elves – essential to any fantasy novel. Ok, maybe not essential, but one of the most common. When I started writing this series, I wasn’t sure where I was going to take them, but I really liked how it turned out. Let’s dive in and look more about the elven race and how they fit into the larger world. Some of this is taken direction from the ‘Ranger’s Field Manual’, something I made for me to help keep track of who everyone was.

My idea on what the elves of Terraunum would look like – though I picture them with more clothes on the female side. More likely robes, fitting their station as healers. But these hit the skin tone and the ears pretty well.

Capital: Elmendorf

Powers: Healing

Symbol: Caduceus Preferred

Weapons: Daggers, Bow and Arrows

The Elves of Elmendorf have skin and hair in varying shades of purple. Most tend to wear very elaborate and highly decorated clothing, armor, and weapons. The Elves believe not only in function, but beauty.

With the power of healing, Elves, once fully trained, are some of the most well-traveled and widespread of the Races. Most human settlements of any size have at least one family of Elves living there, in addition to the human healers trained by them. Due to this power, Elves are the longest lived of the Races, with the average lifespan of a couple centuries. Additionally, their healing power enhances their senses, and the ability to slip around the senses of others, making them one of the stealthiest of the Races.

Calm, patient, and proper, their regal attitude sometimes ventures into the realm of being snobbish, aloof, and arrogant.

The capital city is the largest, but there are many other cities scattered throughout the Aarde Mountains, along the Trinity River, and within the Eav Forest. Each city or town has an elected leader and they report directly to the king.

Houses and buildings are made from either stone or wood. No matter the material, the design and decoration of each building is exquisite and ornate.

All Elves are trained in the healing arts. Once their schooling is completed, most Elves take up another occupation: farming, ranching, blacksmith, etcetera. It is only those who venture outside of Elven lands who are hired out as healers. For the most part, the Elves are self-sufficient, other than heavy trading with the Dwarves for their metalwork. With such long lifespans, birth rates are low among the Elves. As such, any new child is cause for great celebration. They also have a celebration in the spring, when the earth “heals itself” and starts anew.