MarkB
Legend
it's probably a bit of Call A Rabbit a "Smeerp" with writers wanting to differentiate their elves from others, plus some instances of wanting to differentiate individual subraces within their fiction.
In Elder Scrolls, for instance, the "-mer" races include not just multiple varieties of Elf, but also Orcs (Orsimer) and Dwarves (Dwemer).
In Elder Scrolls, for instance, the "-mer" races include not just multiple varieties of Elf, but also Orcs (Orsimer) and Dwarves (Dwemer).