Álfar

=== Description ===
Álfar bear a stout form in the eyes of men, and stand just shy of their hairy crowns. Álfar faces are flat, pale and freckled as the moon. The eyelids of this folk bear no crease above and lift to eyes of brown, amber or blue. The thick hair upon their heads are a shock of white or as dark as charcoal. Unlike men, the Álfar have large ears that taper to a point and are rosy against the frigid cold of the north. The men of the Álfar grow full beards that are not shaved. Álfar also dress in the skins and furs of the animals they hunt but are known to trade for finer clothing by way of horse to the far south where “the land turns green”. They inhabit the lands surrounding the Sulus Lake as it is named in their tongue. 
=== Origins ===
In Álfar myth, it is said that two daughters were left by their father at the peak of a mountain for suitors to find them, one daughter was made of wood and one of clay. 
The daughter of wood was courted by sunlight and grew her children, mankind, upon the warm soil. They would sow and till the earth green with food. The daughter of clay was courted by water and would shape her children, the Álfar, also known by others as elves. They would shape the will of beasts and master the icy waters of Lake Sulus.
=== Migrations ===
Long ago, the Álfar traveled to the lands around the Sulus Lake from the great winters of the north. A millennia ago humans from the southwest came to Lake Sulus who brought iron, and beasts of burden.
=== Culture ===
Upon the coldest shores and isles of Sulus the Álfar tribes hunt, fish and herd reindeer. The north folk are all pale with blue eyes and white hair. The Álfar tribes farther south raise cattle and horses. These southern Álfar have dark hair and brown eyes unlike their kind who live in the colder reaches of the north of the lake.
Horses and cattle were brought from the southwest by men. The Álfar of the south of Sulus tamed them to be hardy for the fierce cold of the north. 
=== Cuisine ===
Among southern Álfar, milk, butter, curds and yogurt are staples with which they cannot be without. All Álfar forage for berries, roots and other wild plants which are scarce in the tundra. The northern Álfar rely heavily on fish and reindeer. Álfar make far journeys south for foods such as bread, tea and alcohol from the lands of men.
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Category:Álfar