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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 9569720" data-attributes="member: 93670">The  Khoravar date back to 3.5 eberron.  If anything it's calling them off as distinct so that eberron GMs are not saddled with endless inappropriate FR lore being dumped into their game by well meaning players & FR superfans.  Going beyond that it also makes for more room to make the eberron race options fit their eberron lore mechanicallyHere is a little blurb about them[Spoiler]Is there a particular culture and history for Khorvaire elves among other regions, such as in cities or the Five Nations? How did it come to be that those elves left their Valenar and Aerenal roots, to the point that half-elves were in large enough numbers to be considered their own distinct race (Khoravar)?As the Undying Court rose to power, there were always elves who opposed it and chose to leave Aerenal to explore other opportunities. There was a greater wave of migration following the eradication of the Line of Vol. The Vol bloodline was the only one that was exterminated; her allies had to choose exile or to swear oaths to the Court, and many chose exile. While others, like the Phiarlans, were disturbed by the conflict and left of their own accord. That was 2,600 years ago. So there are places like House Phiarlan and the Bloodsail Principality where elves maintain a unique culture, but many of these immigrants fully integrated into their nations. A typical Brelish elf is Brelish first, elf second. Elves in Thrane are likely to be devoted to the Silver Flame; it’s just that an elf elder devoted to the Flame might have personally known Tira Miron. But the short form is that elves in Khorvaire could trace their roots back to followers of Vol or immigrants driven by curiosity, but for most those roots are long buried and they have assimilated into the local culture.Meanwhile. the reason half-elves are considered their own distinct race is because they ARE their own distinct race. Most Khoravar are children of Khoravar, and their original elven ancestors could be buried so deeply in their family trees that they don’t even know who they were. Khoravar are more fertile than elves, and so over the course of thousands of years, they’ve spread more rapidly.[URL unfurl="true"]https://keith-baker.com/sidebar-elves-of-eberron/[/URL][/spoiler]I'm not sure which book(s) mention them, and I'm not going to search through them to find references, but I suspect that races of eberron has a noteworthy section devoted to them.Personally I'm hoping that the unannounced book is one with mechanical changes to the rules like 3.5's phb2/unearthed arcana books or 2e's player options combat & tactics.</blockquote>

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