Avariel Elf

**Avariel Elves**, also known as Wingedfolk or just Avariels, are a species of Elf related to the Eladrin. They are one of the most ancient elven races still around.

Avariels are thought to have Birdfolk ancestry, giving them their wings. Against popular opinion, they are not directly related to Pixies.

With the Lythari, and Green Elves, the Avariel Elves took part in the Great Fey Migration, migrating from the Feywild Plane to Purapía, settling in Divindi.

In modern times, Avariel Elves are almost split 50-50 living in Feywild and Divindi.

They have been classed as near Extinct and as an Endangered Species a few times in there history, to the point where their existance was seen as a myth in some places. After thousands of years of keeping a low profile they currently have sufficient numbers to be free of the fear of extinction.

## Basic Infomation

Avariel have wings anchored to their shoulder blades, with adjoining muscles, tendons and skin extending to a point at the waistline. They have broad and muscular sholders to support and operate the wings, with great muscle mass centered at the shoulders, upper back, and chest. Avariels also have great core strength, and their thighs and legs are powerful for sprinting and jumping, but not very good at long-distance running.

The wingspan, colour and thickness are correspond to the Avariels race, (for example, a Saltu's wings are colourful and a Tesca's wings are thick for warmth) but the average wingspan is twice the length of their height.

Avariels are born with wings around half their height, proportionally tiny, with fluffy downy feathers. At the age of five they begin to fledge, with feathers growing until the age of ten. However the wings are still not fully developed.

They can usually fly by the age of ten, but it takes longer for their wings to have grown enough for them to keep up on long migration routes. When they are twenty-five their wingspan catches up with their height.

At the age of a hundred and twenty-five they are seen as adults, at which most leave their familial groups to join others. They usually migrate between groups until they miss their family and go back to their familial group, they find a new group, or they marry.

Avariel are said to have the most beautiful voices of all the Elves, and their songs were greatly sought after by bards of other races.

The races of Avariel and their wing types are:

* Campis: High speed wings in brown, golden, dark brown, grey, black, and scarlet shades.
* Saltu: High speed wings in red, green, blue, black and blue, yellow, yellow and blue, pink and black shades, just to name a few (most diverse race, with multiple combinations of wing colours).
* Silva: Elliptical wings in brown, black, dark brown, grey, chestnut, and scarlet shades.
* Tesca: High aspect ratio wings (active soaring) in white, black, white and black, grey, and dark brown shades.
* Vastitas: Low aspect ratio wings (passive soaring) in brown, golden, white, grey and chestnut shades.

## Civilisation and Culture

In addition to speaking elvish, the avariels had their own unique form of sign language based around aerial movement. Involving things such as flaps, stalls, and wind dips. It was a less subtle sign language than those of non-flying races, having been developed primarily for communication during flight.

Avariels are nomadic people, usually in migrating in small familial groups of around twenty to fifty people. When groups get too big, the group spilts off into two or more other groups.

They are usually polyamorous, with the average family having four adult's married having children with each other, and the most common combernation being two 'mums' and two 'dads'. Children are raised together with their half and step-siblings.

Avariels had good relationships with other good-aligned races who lived in the sky. They get along best with the Birdfolk. Avariels pitty their land Elven cousins for not having wings. Dragons, and Dragonfolk are Avariels enemies, with a history of conflict.