Elves

They are one of the many races that inhabit the universe of the manhua known as The Demon King Who Lost His Job.

## Appearance

They are like humans in appearance with their most distinguishable feature being their elongated ears. Elves as a whole exudes a noble appearance with both men and women being shockingly beautiful and full of elegance. Based on their skin tone, there exist two types of elves, the light fare elves, and the dark-skinned dark elves.

## History

At the start of the Human Era, elves migrated south to the southern continent along with the rest of the races to be part of the United Kingdom. They did so to escape from the expansionist policy of the human nations. Since then, they have lived in the United Kingdom in harmony with the other races.

But at the beginning of the founding of the Southern United Kingdom, the king’s council only allowed one person to stand for the race and hold power. This caused a civil war to erupt among the two opposite factions of the elves; The White Elves led by the current elven king and the dark elves led by the Ashdoll. The fighting was intense and thou Ashdoll was stronger than his brother, he was slain through trickery; thus, bringing the civil war to an end. Hence, both elven factions were brought under a single leadership of the current elven king much to the annoyance and displeasure of the dark elf faction.

## Society

The elves are led and represented in the parliament of the United Kingdom by the Elfin Royal Family represented by the White Elf King.

Before the formation of the United Kingdom, the elves were divided into two groups, the white and dark elves led by the brothers Lanxi Nehemiah Lansie and Sombra Ashdoll Lansie respectively, since the Elven era. Though both groups are similar, the striking difference among them is the colour of their skin and their philosophy and future for their race.  After the civil war, the white elves has placed themselves in a dominant position among the elven society must to the hatred and displeasure of the dark elves.

Sadly, since the war, Dark Elves have been treated with distrust and are denied from reaching an elevated position in the elven society. They are always almost treated as second-class citizens by the white elves. This discrimination has led to the rift between the clans to further widen, with some dark elves now working to resurrect their fallen lord Sombra Ashdoll Lansie in the shadow.

The white elves believe that for their race's prosperity and future they must live in harmony with the other races while the dark elves believe that they should take over the world and once again re-establish the elven era.[2]

All elves irrespective of their factions believe in the same elven god, Corylon[1], and have the same skills. Hence, they tend to be very particular about food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Although they have a proud personality, they will never be polite and tend to be very direct.

## Strengths and Abilities

#### Long Lifespans

Elves are known to posses a long lifespan.

#### Sensitivity to Magic

Compared to humans, elves can better sense magic and creatures affiliated with them.

#### Blood Bond

Elves are capable of sensing the life force of their descendants. Hence they are able to know if their offspring are dead or alive.

#### Forbidden Spells

The elves have in their disposal three forbidden spells. These spells are forbidden as they require huge sacrifices of the living to cast.

* Elven Sorrow - A forbidden spell that if successfully cast would resurrect a dead person. This spell takes a long time to cast and the main ingredient for this spell is the sacrifice of an elf with royal blood. But if the spell were to fail, then the person who was to be resurrected will be forever trapped between the space between Hell and the land of the living.

#### Super Dark Potion

* Super Dark Potion.
* A Dark Elf enhanced by the potion.
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It is a potion created by dark elves and is used to increase the consumers' combat ability by making them enter a state of extreme excitement and rage.

But if anyone other than dark elves consume it, they will lose their senses and; will eventually burst and die. Still, it is used as a hallucinogen in underground fights to increase the fighting strength of the fighters.

The extreme drawback to consuming this potion is that for the price of great strength; the mental ability of the user is permanently reduced to a great extent. Due to this drawback, the potion is banned, especially in the human kingdoms; and if confiscated is at once destroyed. Hence, the potion is priceless as it is not easily available.

#### Swift Tiger Strike

A martial arts technique used by elves to raid beasts in the forest.

## Weakness

#### **Internal Faction**

Due to the mutual distrust and hatred among the two elven clans, there seems to be a general unease and mistrust among the elven races. This only worsened when the current king tricked and killed his brother, the leader of the dark elves, during the civil war. After the war, the dark elves were not happy with having to forcefully assimilate their clans, with the white elves keeping the dominant position.

## Trivia

* *Elven Sorrow cannot resurrect a being whose souls has reached hell.*
* *Elven blood is used in dark magic to make potions that extend a beings lifespan beyond their natural limits.*
* *Elves are sensitive to dark magic, more than humans.*
* *A very small number of elves live in the human kingdoms, and most of them come to do business or work.*
* *Dark Elves are capable of consuming a fighting portion known as the "Berserker Portion" that greatly enhances their physical strength and allows one to fight without limit.*
* *Dark Elves specialise in Dark Magic whereas Light Elves have affinity towards light Magic.*
* *Orthodox elves do not eat meat.*

## References

1. *The Demon King Who Lost His Job Novel Chapter 162*
2. *The Demon King Who Lost His Job Novel Chapter 193*