Star Elf

The Star elves, also called adamine elves, and Dar'Qasire'fae in their own tongue, are the highest in the casting order of sky elven society as they are the favored of the elvish patron deity, Ethsinthael. They are the wielders of high elven and clerical magic within their society, gifted special powers by their patron god which they hone through training that takes place over the course of their lives. Many star elves act as mage generals within their cities army or as military advisors while others take places in temples and other magic circles as leaders. It was star elves that first began the moon elves descent into a martial asset of the sky elves military as its numbers were initially very low as neither star nor sun elves wished to risk their lives on the battlefield.

## Sociocultural Information

### Languages

* Eldmati
* Sudai'in

### Distinction(s)

* Lithe and wirey
* Longer ears
* Heavier fey resembalence

## Description

Star elves were lithe and wirey, most not having any sort of military or strength training so they are quite thin and weak, with pale white skin the color of milk. They stood taller than their sky elf kin between 7 to 8 feet tall with thin limbs and long fingers which made spellcasting easy. Star elves have silver, black, white, or purple eyes which are typically dappled with flecks of other colors similar to a galaxy. Their hair is often the same color of their skin or black. They had the longest ears of the Qasire'fae at about a foot long, just shy by 5 inches of fey races ears, which they adorned with jewelry and tattoos to exentuate their length and elegance. They were beautiful in a sort of otherworldly way with how they more closely resemble their fae cousins than the other elves.

## Abilities

In addition to the innate spells which are granted from their ethereal-fae heritage, star elves favored defensive abjuration or enchantment spells that could easily protect themselves or allies with. They are able to cast spells faster than other races, perhaps a gift from Elsinthael himself. Just a few of the more favored spells of star elves are: protection from harm, protection sphere, hold monsters/hold person, and shield.

### Innate Spellcasting

When reaching teenagerhood, a star elf would gain the ability to cast *shield* once per day and upon reaching adultood they could cast the spells hold monster and hold person.

## Society

### Culture

Sun elves, moon elves, and star elves live together atop their mountainous societies with moon elves acting as the primary military be it guards, warriors, spys, or otherwise it often falls upon the moon elves shoulders; not to say that there are not sun or star elves which may join the ranks of the military, many sun elves serve as a general in the military and star elves often serve as battlemages.

Dar'Qasire'Fae are typically clerics, priests, or battlemages within sky elven society, favored by elsinthael they have an innate aptitude for spellcasting and learning magic so even if they are not chosen to be a cleric or paladin of the Patron of Elves they still can learn spellcasting through wizardry or even sorcery if they are born with sorcery magic. Star elves saw the value in having relations with races outside their own, sky elf or otherwise, as such they were the ones who proposed an allyship with the dwarven race that still mostyly stands to this day; of course there are sky elves and dwarves that neglect this allyship but the majority honor it and come to the aid of the other when it is needed. They are far less prejudice than the sun elves but still moreso than moon elves, the most agreeable of the sky elves.

Star elves typically have children less out of wanting them but rather needing them as without a certain number of star elven children being born the clerical world would become stagnate. As such a star elf will often only have one to two children but will have multiple partners for other reasons.

### Art and Leisure

Like their sun elf counterparts, star elves also enjoyed the grandeur that wealth could afford them in similar ways. They enjoyed "simpler" forms of art and expression like pottery, weaving, knitting, and jewel-working but could open their mind to the more gregarious forms like painting, ballads, or dancing; afterall a staple of Elsinthael is celebration and festivity. Star elves prefered their architecture to lack windows in order to keep the area dark and poised for reflection or worship, lighting candles was a daily routine especially at person shrines. For a wealthier family it was expected for them to have their own place of worship within the home that house members could retreat to in order to privately worship and to hold nightly guided meditation/worship.

Star elves favored clothing that was rich but dark in color with simplistic yet elegant cuts of flowing sleeves and protuding mantles. The most popular color was typically blue or purple lined with black or a dull gold and enchanted, if they could afford or do it themselves, with any number of effects. They were detailed but not gaudy like they percieved sun elves to be.