Elf

**Elves** are a race of people in Osreth.

## Physical Description

Elves tend to have white skin, white hair, and ferret faces. People with goblin *and* elven heritage tend to have darker skin.

Typical elven features tend to be finely pointed. They often have pale eyes, that can be gray or blue. Elven nobility often have narrow, pointed faces that get compared to weasels.

Elves often wear large amounts of jewelry in their hair, ears, and on the rest of their bodies, particularly their fingers. Elves often braid their hair.

White is an imperial color, and usually reserved for the ruling family, the Drazhada.

## Abilities

Elves have prehensile ears, which often move in accordance with emotion, but can be controlled with practice.

## Characteristics (culture, habits)

Elves principally reside in the Ethuveraz, or the Elflands, which is ruled largely by the elves, though the current emperor, Maia Drazhar, is half-elven and half-goblin, and goblins and those with goblin heritage also hold positions of power in the government, the economy, and the religious hierarchy. In the Ethuveraz, the principal language is Ethuverazhin. The Elflands have been notoriously hostile to all foreigners. Elves are a very religious people, and there are many followers of many different gods and goddesses.

“The art of dueling was no longer much practiced among the elves—the Varedeise emperors had disapproved of it wholeheartedly as something fit only for goblins—and it had never been taught to women at all.”

At least some goblins consider elves to be a cold people, with their focus on class differences, racism, and bureaucracy. Elvish society in the Ethuveraz has societal sexism favoring men, and homophobia, and goblins and those of goblin heritage face stigma and racism.

There were rumors in Amalo that werewolves were half-elven monsters, a curse, or the remains of an ancient people "driven underground by the advent of elves".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Addison, Katherine. “4. The Funeral at the Ulimeire.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
2. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “32. Shulivar, Bralchenar, and Narchanezhen.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Addison, Katherine. “17. Dinner with the Goblin Ambassador.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
4. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *Min Zemerin's Plan*. 2022.
5. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “16. News from Barizhan.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
6. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “2. The Radiance of Cairado.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
7. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “11. The Funeral and the Wake.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
8. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Grief of Stones*, First ed., Tor, 2022.
9. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “1. News Comes to Edonomee.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
10. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “3. The Alcethmeret.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
11. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “A HANDBOOK FOR TRAVELERS IN THE ELFLANDS.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
12. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “24. The Revethvoran of Dazhis Athmaza.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
13. ↑ Addison, Katherine. “33. The Great Avar Departs.” *The Goblin Emperor*, English 1st ed., Tim Doherty Associates, New York, NY, 2014.
14. ↑ Addison, Katherine. *The Witness for the Dead*, First ed., Tor, 2021.