Humanoid Races of Harem Hotel

A few humanoids from Harem Hotel

Harem Hotel features a number of intelligent races with who you will meet, interact, and more. This page provides a general overview of the races including their characteristics, demeanor, along with their history. These are descriptions of broad groups rather than individuals. For information on specific members of the various races, see the pages on Main Characters, Side Characters, or Minor Characters. *Note: this page contains lore and spoilers and may reveal aspects of the story intended to be uncovered gradually. Proceed with caution until you have fully completed the stories of all characters.*

## Humans:

You get it. Arrived in Syl'anar 312 years ago, and thereafter conquered the lands in a religious crusade.

## Elves (Sylves):

A broad category for a number of related species found in Syl'anar. Although humans often group Drow together with Elves, they appear to be more distantly related and are not included in the traditional definition of Sylves. With the exception of the dark elves, whose longevity is halved, the expected lifespan of elves is 1000 years [double check this.] Elves are considered as adults at 126 years of age, and mature accordingly slowly, but we don't know the rationale behind the specific number. Half humans live half the lifespan of their elf parent. [Need information on maturation, and how the difference scales with less elvish blood after.] Elves all possess long pointed ears, although desert elves are most notable for this. Elves are said to possess perfect memory retention. Some claim Elves learn new things more slowly than humans, but it is unclear how much of that is baseless prejudice.

### Common Elves (Alari):

Sometimes also referred to as lowland elves by high elves, their name derives from the great forests where they originally made their home. They have black hair, pale skin, golden eyes, and freckles. They are known to have keen vision and farsight.

### Desert Elves (Talvi):

Desert elves have bronze skin, dark hair, and light brown eyes. They are socially structured into tribes, and possess different perspective on religion than other elves. Syl'anar has allowed a certain number to live freely in the desert, but their situation is far from good. Still, it is perhaps because of this that more of their initial culture is intact in comparison to the other elf races. They are known to possess excellent hearing, and their ears are larger and more horizontally oriented than other elves.

### Dark Elves(Tindi):

Dark elves possess browned skin and [???] hair. Their civilization was based in the deep dark jungles of Syl'tin, which Sylvia says to be sacred to them[check,] and they were the first elves to meet and clash with the human expedition. They live for only half as long as other elves. They appear to mature accordingly quicker as well[check.] Their purple eyes afford them excellent night vision, but also makes them fairly sensitive to the light. It is unconfirmed, but possible, that Dark Elves originated through long term racial mixing of elves and drow. Mixed race humans with dark elf ancestry may inherit their purple eyes incompletely: these pink eyes have relatively weak vision and no known advantage.

### High Elves:

High elves are very likely one and the same as snow elves, or Alosi, who were driven out of Syl'osi by the common elves before humans ever arrived on the continent. The name high elf seems to be a shortened form of highland elf, just as Sylvia refers to common elves as lowland elves, and high elves seem to prefer this naming to snow elf and forest elf. High elves have almost perfectly concealed themselves from humans until now, living on an island in Syl'iath shielded by use of crystals. High elves control the supply of crystals that fairies rely on for their survival, and are essentially treated as slaves and spies due to this reliance. High elf society is structured based on a queen said to be a living demigod and an aristocratic class underneath her. We have seen little about the life of the commoner high elf. High elves, in contrast to fairies, may be able to instead use crystals to call forth lightning or explosions: either innately or with the help of an artifact. This is hinted at with the repeated sabotage of infrared satellite launches with "blue sparks" that would be able to see through the concealment of the base in Syl'iath. High elves have blonde hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. High elves are the only elves confirmed to be able to make use of crystals. Although we don't know of any particular advantages High elves possess in terms of their physical features, their blue eyes seem very dominant in all mixed race descendants.

### Snow Elves(Alosi):

The suspected race of elves that historically lived in the land of Syl'osi before common elves. Almost certainly are the high elves, but it's unconfirmed.

### Moon Elves(???):

Supposed ancient race of elves featured in their religious myth, likely to be the common ancestor the the current races of elves.

## Other Races

### Fairies:

Small(about the size of a hand) colourful winged humanoids native to Syl'iath. Fairies rely heavily on use of crystals, which they can use to become invisible. They are likely responsible for the concealment of the high elf island, but given they can usually basically only conceal something the size of themselves, there should be some sort of special circumstance in play. Slaves and spies to the high elves, due to reliance on crystals. Fairies remain unknown to humans outside of the events of the plot. Fairy invisibility can be seen through by infrared devices. It is unknown what principle invisibility works under, but direct manipulation of light fits better than mental interference, given they don't seem to show up on normal photographs. Fairies use crystals by mounting them on a circlet on their forehead, which also seems to be the case for high elves and ancient gaianists. When crystals are overused, approaching a limit of 100 uses, the crystal will have a chance to explode. This is often fatal for the user. The temperament of fairies is pure and childish, as often depicted in other media, but they seem to have a knack for identifying a person's nature and deciding who to trust. It is unknown whether there are variant races of fairies. There is a possibility that they are close cousins to the cherubim, as seen in the vision at the grave of gaius.

### Cherubim:

Seen in a vision at the grave of gaius, it's unclear whether Cherubim exist either presently or historically, or whether the [apostle?] of Freedom displayed her true form. It is likely each [apostle?] is a different race inspired by biblical angels, ones that may have existed on the Capitol's continent long ago. Cherubim appear as humanoids with [2?] pairs of white feathered wings. It's unclear if their size is closer to fairies or humans.

### Orcs:

A race with gray skin and tusks referenced in Elvish myth that may have once existed. Supposedly won victories over the ancient elves.