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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8722154" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Here is an excerpt from the 5e Spelljammer: Light of Xaryxis.</p><p></p><p>"</p><p><strong>ASTRAL ELVES</strong></p><p></p><p>Long ago, some elves ventured to the Astral Plane. ... There, they ceased to age and could exist indefinitely without sustenance.</p><p></p><p>Astral elves were among the first creatures to dwell in the Silver Void [Astral Sea]. As other explorers have reached for the stars, astral elves have had to reckon with violent neighbors and strange visitors. Over the eons, astral elves have clashed with numerous invaders, including psurlons, mindflayers, and githyanki. When dealing with others astal elves customarily cover their faces with ornate visors. ... Astral elf warriors [have] the power to channel the radiant energy of starlight through their weapons, just as ... astral elf leaders the ability to cast spells and summon solar dragons.</p><p></p><p>Astral elves ply the Astral Sea and Wildspace in ships of their own design. These ships are fashioned from crystals harvested from Wildspace systems and bound with an organic plant-based [resinous] material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt these substances in various configurations to create star moth [ship]s, and other vessels. The elves also reshape ... in the Silver Void, floating cities and citadels.</p><p></p><p>Altho the Silver Void is their home, astral elves often venture into wildspace systems and place their ships and citadels in orbit around stars. Astral elves do this for several reasons. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the elves use to grow their crystals and repair their ships. Most important, astral elves use their time outside the Deep Astral [sea] to replenish their numbers by having and raising children.</p><p></p><p>Many astral elves are thousands (in some cases tens of thousands) of years old. Whatever their disposition, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike out to explore the far reaches of the multiverse, astral elves tend to see events happening elsewhere as having little or no meaning to them.</p><p></p><p>"</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Some thoughts.</p><p></p><p>The astral elf culture cannot age in the astral sea, so children cannot grow up there. The elves must leave the astral sea in order to raise children.</p><p></p><p>Mainly for children, the astral elves have satellites − citadels − orbiting the sun of a wildspace solar system, where time works normally and the children can grow up.</p><p></p><p>In other words, "astral" elves are also "solar" elves. Star=Sun.</p><p></p><p>They have affinity with solar radiation − starlight − and radiant energy and damage type.</p><p></p><p>They make political treaties − pacts − with solar dragons, who also inhabit near or inside the sun.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These elven crystals are probably not the same thing as the "crystal sphere" shards in Doomspace. But the crystals seem strong enough to make space ships out of, and the elves know how to "grow" these crystals.</p><p></p><p>Possibly, these crystals are "indestructible" to some degree, so that they must be grown into their desired shape. But once the shape is completed, it cannot be reshaped and is difficult to break.</p><p></p><p>As such, this resembles the "invincible" adamans of ancient Greek traditions. Adamans originally describes colorless corundum, relating to sapphire, ruby, and emery. From the Greek word come English words like "diamond", "adamant", and the D&D metal "adamantine" that literally means the metal is as hard as adamans.</p><p></p><p>The crystal seems to be a cool reference to adamans.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The themes of the astral/solar elves − sky, distant levels of the sky, solar corona habitation, and radiant beams − resonate the Norse concept of elves.</p><p></p><p>Love it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8722154, member: 58172"] Here is an excerpt from the 5e Spelljammer: Light of Xaryxis. " [B]ASTRAL ELVES[/B] Long ago, some elves ventured to the Astral Plane. ... There, they ceased to age and could exist indefinitely without sustenance. Astral elves were among the first creatures to dwell in the Silver Void [Astral Sea]. As other explorers have reached for the stars, astral elves have had to reckon with violent neighbors and strange visitors. Over the eons, astral elves have clashed with numerous invaders, including psurlons, mindflayers, and githyanki. When dealing with others astal elves customarily cover their faces with ornate visors. ... Astral elf warriors [have] the power to channel the radiant energy of starlight through their weapons, just as ... astral elf leaders the ability to cast spells and summon solar dragons. Astral elves ply the Astral Sea and Wildspace in ships of their own design. These ships are fashioned from crystals harvested from Wildspace systems and bound with an organic plant-based [resinous] material that hardens like ceramic. The elves sculpt these substances in various configurations to create star moth [ship]s, and other vessels. The elves also reshape ... in the Silver Void, floating cities and citadels. Altho the Silver Void is their home, astral elves often venture into wildspace systems and place their ships and citadels in orbit around stars. Astral elves do this for several reasons. Proximity to a star allows the astral elves to forge pacts with solar dragons and to collect starlight, which the elves use to grow their crystals and repair their ships. Most important, astral elves use their time outside the Deep Astral [sea] to replenish their numbers by having and raising children. Many astral elves are thousands (in some cases tens of thousands) of years old. Whatever their disposition, their longevity gives astral elves a perspective on time that few other kinds of creatures can appreciate. Whether they choose to live in quiet contemplation or strike out to explore the far reaches of the multiverse, astral elves tend to see events happening elsewhere as having little or no meaning to them. " Some thoughts. The astral elf culture cannot age in the astral sea, so children cannot grow up there. The elves must leave the astral sea in order to raise children. Mainly for children, the astral elves have satellites − citadels − orbiting the sun of a wildspace solar system, where time works normally and the children can grow up. In other words, "astral" elves are also "solar" elves. Star=Sun. They have affinity with solar radiation − starlight − and radiant energy and damage type. They make political treaties − pacts − with solar dragons, who also inhabit near or inside the sun. These elven crystals are probably not the same thing as the "crystal sphere" shards in Doomspace. But the crystals seem strong enough to make space ships out of, and the elves know how to "grow" these crystals. Possibly, these crystals are "indestructible" to some degree, so that they must be grown into their desired shape. But once the shape is completed, it cannot be reshaped and is difficult to break. As such, this resembles the "invincible" adamans of ancient Greek traditions. Adamans originally describes colorless corundum, relating to sapphire, ruby, and emery. From the Greek word come English words like "diamond", "adamant", and the D&D metal "adamantine" that literally means the metal is as hard as adamans. The crystal seems to be a cool reference to adamans. The themes of the astral/solar elves − sky, distant levels of the sky, solar corona habitation, and radiant beams − resonate the Norse concept of elves. Love it! [/QUOTE]
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