Wood Elf (Feir'Dal)

## Wood Elf (Feir'Dal) - The Forest Folk

### **Background**

Wood Elves, or Feir’Dal, are the free-spirited cousins of the High Elves. Far more tolerant of other races than the haughty Koada’Dal, Wood Elves are pleasant and friendly. Their skins are tinged an oaken color so that they blend with their natural surroundings in the forest. Another distinction of the skin is an almost subtle glittering effect, as though they have been lightly sprinkled with fairy dust. Wood Elves prefer cloth and hides for clothing, but they have been known to don light chain or scale mail, usually of rare metals. A distinct and rare type of armor is the living armor made from the symbiotic relationship between Wood Elf and forest flora. Wood Elves defend nature. A woodland in danger is equivalent to a city under siege to a Feir’Dal. Both call for defense. He seldom taunts, preferring to act rather than waste time with words.

Feir’Dal come from the tree city of Kelethin, a series of platforms and elevators built skyward into the awesome beauty of the Greater Faydark. Wood Elves love celebration and song, dedicating their lives to the praise of their creator, Tunare. Their welcoming and accepting nature has lead to close ties with other races, especially Humans. This particular closeness has, in turn, sired the vast majority of the Half Elf race. Though smaller than the typical Fighter, the fierce devotion of Wood Elves nonetheless makes them formidable warriors of the forest. They are distrustful of high magic, often leaving such pursuits to their more intellectual cousins. Their lithe forms and high dexterity make them excellent Scouts, however.

### **Faith**

Wood Elves will always be loyal to Tunare, the Mother of All. They have a longstanding tradition of druidic worship, honoring the primal forces of Nature and Growth. A few Feir’Dal have begun to investigate shamanism, tying spiritist philosophy into the worship of their goddess.

### **Effects of the Shattering**

Wood Elves are deeply linked to the Faydark, and long more than anything to return to their ancestral wood. Though they have built a new home in the city of Qeynos that bears a resemblance to their beloved forest, nothing can take its place. Though happy and pleasant most of the time, a few Wood Elf Bards are known to sing songs of sorrow. They feel cut of from Tunare, though they are confident she will return and take them home. The Feir’Dal are trusting of most good and neutral races. Although they loathe evil races, they usually only initiate conflict with those who dare taint the purity of Nature. The sole exception to this is in regard to their hated cousins, the Dark Elves. The Feir’Dal, like the High Elves, see the Teir’Dal as abominations that must be destroyed, and they will actively seek to thwart the plans of their evil counterparts.

### **Pros and Cons**

#### **Pros:**

* Wood Elves have a very high natural Agility and above-average Wisdom. These two combined make for excellent Scouts and healers.
* You get infravision, which lets you see heat sources (warm-blooded creatures). This is very helpful when searching for monsters late at night!
* Wood Elves tend to prefer natural magic over purely divine or spiritual magic, so the Druid subclasses will be the most common Priestly professions. A few Templars and Mystics will also provide healing and spiritual guidance to the Feir’Dal race

#### **Cons:**

* They have below-average Stamina
* Wood Elves have low Strength.