What do the elven kids actually do those thirty years? Study and procrastinate? What about their 'teenage' years? And when do they set out for adventure for the first time (speaking spe9cifically of those who get into that), and how do the adults feel about that?
Elves aren't human, so it can be anything the players want really. The baseline starting adventuring ages varies slightly by class and studying for those classes takes A LOT longer for elves than for humans. They simply aren't living as quickly as we are. They take their time. They tend to be unfocused, flighty as the dwarves would say, and spend a lot of time simply enjoying being alive. This probably means singing, dancing, playing games, telling stories, and so on. They aren't interested in performing a class. Classes are more of a human thing. Elves who take up classes are generally emulating humans anyways, whether it be a PC class or not. Rather, if something needs to be done, someone will eventually do it. There is no rush.
I suppose in the very early years elves really are a bit like humans. Toddlers are like toddlers, kids spend time being kids, teenagers are teenagers, but it all lasts much longer from the human perspective. An elven friend from your childhood never stopped being a kid. It may be your whole life before they become a young adult, mature enough in their behavior to understand you - at least in how you changed after they first came to know you.
I'd like to hear where to find the best fluff on all this, and any ideas or experiences from your campaigns. What do those first hundred years really look like?
Those first hundred years are probably more eventful, but also far more often forgotten. Just like we humans and our shorter lived pets. House pets generally mature in a different arc than we do, but after the first few years they settle into a steady aging rate. They have fewer experiences than we do, but if they were more self aware they would still forget the experiences of their lives quite like we do.
We live a long, long time even as humans. Yet even seemingly endless, highly eventful story entertainments end and we can go on. We don't remember everything. That's what elven lives are like, but with far less focus on classes than humans.
