High Elves

The High Elves are those kindreds of the elven race who often make their dwelling-places in high and hidden vales amidst mountain peaks, or on their slopes or even their snow-capped summits (this is the origin of their name). Some of these places are large enough to be called cities, but most are smaller. Like the havens of the sea-elves or the forest homes of the wood-elves, they are often protected by spells of warding and illusion that conceal them from non-elven trespassers.
Many high elves inhabit the Elven Isles in the midst of the Encircling Sea; here they are less concerned with staying concealed in such secret refuges. Of course many of them do dwell among the mountains that rise in the centers of these islands, but others raise their towers on high bluffs overlooking the ocean, or on the green plains and wooded hills, or upon the shores like their sea-elf cousins.