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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9287085" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Elves manifest Human ideals, for themselves and for Humans.</p><p></p><p>Human ideals are conflictive. Ideals can run amok, when one ideal becomes so focal it starts to neglect other ideals.</p><p></p><p>In any case, it is always an idealism that motivates an Elf. Elves are powerful magic that make ideals happen. Elves train their magic to become even more powerful to do so. Elves often form communities to cooperatively combine their collective magic to champion an idealism. A community magical ritual is called "mythal". The participation in a mythal is what defines a particular elven community and its local culture. These mythals can be vast Epic magics when Elves of Epic Tier get involved. A mythal can create a majestic city, an airborne city, can modify the bodies of community members, and so on. A mythal can be for any conceivable community-wide goal. Even the elven communities of modest tiers can perform impressive and impactful mythals.</p><p></p><p>Humans can appeal to an Elf, by discovering the idealism that the Elf cherishes, and relating oneself in the context of the ideal: compassion and justice, ambition and pragmatic tactics. Elves notice and appreciate Humans who are unusually idealistic − sincere, compassionate, proactive, hopeful, whole-hearted, idealistic. These Humans bring out the best in Elves.</p><p></p><p>Idealism drives Elves to make the Human world an idealistically better place − not just a more pleasurable world for Humans but a world where Humans themselves can choose to become better versions of themselves. Make the Human world a better place. Material Plane a better place. Make the multiverse a better place. Like Humans, there are many Elves who want to stop and relax from the effort, and to return home to their Garden of Eden, Avandor. But they cannot return until they complete their fateful task. It is the Human world and the multiverse that must become more ideal. The Elves navigate the timelines and choices to optimize toward this goal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9287085, member: 58172"] Elves manifest Human ideals, for themselves and for Humans. Human ideals are conflictive. Ideals can run amok, when one ideal becomes so focal it starts to neglect other ideals. In any case, it is always an idealism that motivates an Elf. Elves are powerful magic that make ideals happen. Elves train their magic to become even more powerful to do so. Elves often form communities to cooperatively combine their collective magic to champion an idealism. A community magical ritual is called "mythal". The participation in a mythal is what defines a particular elven community and its local culture. These mythals can be vast Epic magics when Elves of Epic Tier get involved. A mythal can create a majestic city, an airborne city, can modify the bodies of community members, and so on. A mythal can be for any conceivable community-wide goal. Even the elven communities of modest tiers can perform impressive and impactful mythals. Humans can appeal to an Elf, by discovering the idealism that the Elf cherishes, and relating oneself in the context of the ideal: compassion and justice, ambition and pragmatic tactics. Elves notice and appreciate Humans who are unusually idealistic − sincere, compassionate, proactive, hopeful, whole-hearted, idealistic. These Humans bring out the best in Elves. Idealism drives Elves to make the Human world an idealistically better place − not just a more pleasurable world for Humans but a world where Humans themselves can choose to become better versions of themselves. Make the Human world a better place. Material Plane a better place. Make the multiverse a better place. Like Humans, there are many Elves who want to stop and relax from the effort, and to return home to their Garden of Eden, Avandor. But they cannot return until they complete their fateful task. It is the Human world and the multiverse that must become more ideal. The Elves navigate the timelines and choices to optimize toward this goal. [/QUOTE]
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