Elves of the Big Stretch

There are a variety of different **elves** that live within the Big Stretch. This page documents the subraces that are native to the plane itself.

## Elf Style Guide

This image details the visual/physiological differences between each subrace.

### Image Transcription

* **SAND ELVES**
	+ Notes above head
		- Large Size Variation
		- Lives ~200 years roughly
		- Darker skin typically
	+ Antlers
		- Can be many different shapes
	+ Eyes
		- Black sclera
		- Yellow-brown irises
		- Black pupils
	+ Ears
		- Short and pointed
	+ Tough arms
	+ Spry legs - SPEED
	+ Varied body types by sex 70%
* **PLAINS/HIGH ELVES**
	+ Notes above head
		- Shorter than all other elves
		- Lives longer than most (300 yrs)
		- Skin varies
	+ Head
		- Lighter hair
		- White sclera, dull-colored eyes
		- Longer, rounded-off ears
		- Thin or no eyebrows
		- Other than head, little to no hair
	+ Long fingers for casting intricate spells
	+ Little sex dimorphism (10%)
* **WOOD ELVES**
	+ Notes above head
		- Lanky and tall typically
		- Lives roughly 150 yrs
		- Dark skin
		- Highly passionate
	+ Gray/white painted markings
		- They do this to themselves when young; does NOT come off
	+ Long, sharp-ended ears
	+ Thick eyebrows typically
	+ Can grow facial hair
	+ Gray sclera, irises vary
	+ Tough bones, hard to break
	+ smol feets
* **WILD ELVES**
	+ Notes above head
		- Tall & thin typically, can also be very stocky tho
		- Physically strongest, typically
		- Live 175 years, roughly
		- Skin varies
	+ Ears are mid-length and end in tufts
	+ Sex dimorphism 40%
	+ Cat-like eyes; dilate when Hype
	+ Sharp nails
	+ Well-toned body, naturally good at putting on muscle
	+ Fur on random places
	+ Feet got claws as well
* **DROW**
	+ Notes above head
		- Height similar to humans
		- Most mysterious
		- Lives up to 250 years
		- Skin varying shades of purple
	+ Longest ears; curve upward
	+ Hair is light pink to white
	+ sclera matches hair; darker shade for eyes
	+ Black blood
	+ Skin weak to the sun
	+ Hands very graceful
* **SNOW ELVES**
	+ Notes above head
		- Stocky
		- Lives 175 years
		- V furry
	+ Same as wild elves but more furry

## Sand Elves

*(See: Sand Elves)*

**Sand Elves** are the one subrace of elf native to Halintar. They have their own page, which goes more in-depth about their physiology, habits, etcetera.

### Physical Features

* **Eyes**: Black sclera, yellow or brown irises, black round pupils
* **Skin:** Tan/dark
* **Ears**: Short & pointed, "triangular" shape. Often wrapped up to avoid getting filled/damaged by sand whipped around by the wind
* **Hair**: Black OR white; rarely also comes in grey (about as rare as a redhead)
	+ **Antlers**: Only elf subspecies with antlers, which shine a brassy color and shed every 2-3 years or so. Can grow or be groomed in many different shapes.
* **Height**: On average, slightly taller than humans (by a handful of inches). Third-tallest on average of elves.

### Misc Lore

* Native to the Northeastern Badlands, adapted to hot desert life
* Said to have been created by Dinante himself
* Have a strict coming-of-age/exile system
	+ Sand Elves who are "part of society" tend to shave their antlers down to brassy buttons, while exiles tend to let them grow out.

## Plains Elves (High Elves)

**Plains Elves**, known in the more distant past as **High Elves**, are one of two races of elf native to Kaiken.

### Physical Features

* **Eyes**: White sclera, dull-colored irises of any shade
* **Skin**: Very variable
* **Ears**: Long-ish, rounded ends
* **Hair**: Lighter-colored, varies
	+ Little or no eyebrows
* **Height**: Slightly shorter than all other elves + humans

### Misc Lore

* Lives longer than most other elves, capping at around ~300 yrs
* Very little sex dimorphism
* Previously called high elves due to living in high-up regions of Kaiken- but after their homeland was obliterated by the Conflux, moved to either live with wood elves or live in the vast plains.
* Typically spellcaster

## Wood Elves

**Wood Elves** are the other elf race native to Kaiken.

### Physical Features

* **Eyes**: Gray sclera, iris color varies
* **Skin**: Dark
* **Ears**: Long, sharp-ended
* **Hair**: Blacks, browns, dark greens. Rarely white or blond
	+ Can grow facial hair, which is typically kept short and well-groomed
* **Height**: Tallest of the elves, lanky.

### Misc Lore

* Live about 150 years
* Very passionate
* At a young-ish age, they take enchanted white chalk/paint and mark their faces based upon what they are passionate about in order to declare such feelings to the world.
	+ This stuff does NOT come off
* Powerful bones

## Wild Elves

**Wild Elves** are the race of elf native to Ohwald.

### Physical Features

* **Eyes**: Any color iris with feline pupils, with sclera that is a much lighter hue.
* **Skin**: Variable
* **Ears**: Long, pointed, ending in tufts of fur (similar to a caracal or bobcat)
* **Hair**: Hair on the head can be in various shades of dark green or blue; matches fur on tufts of ears.
	+ Also has tufts of fur on the ends of their ears, as well as on various other parts of their body such as hands, feet, elbows, and knees
* **Height**: Slightly taller than the average human, though not on same level as wood elves.

### Misc Lore

* Lives about 175 years
* Have various closed/elves-only settlements in Ohwald
* Renowned to typically be excellent fighters/mercs
* Clawed hands and feet make them dangerous even when fully unequipped of any weaponry

## Snow Elves

**Snow Elves** are an elf race from Guddacha. They are believed to be distant descendants of Wild Elves.

### Physical Features

* **See Wild Elves,** except they are fluffier all around

### Misc Lore

* Snow elves are distant descendants of Wild Elves who left to begin lives in Guddacha. They've evolved to have much more fur than their ancestors in order to live in the tundra wasteland

## Drow / Dark Elves

Unknown to most of the world due to the cutoff of the Underdark from the rest of the Big Stretch, **Drow** or **Dark Elves** are a subrace native to the realm far beneath the continents of the realm.

### Physical Features

* **Eyes**: Sclera matches hair; eyes are a darker shade of that color
* **Ears**: Long ears, arched upwards and pointed
* **Hair**: Light pink to white
* **Height**: Same average height as humans
* Black blood

### Misc Lore

* Not from "the Stretch" as a whole- from the Underdark, which is completely inaccessible by natural/physical/normal means