Jürgen Hubert
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Re: Evil elves, good drow: an idea.
I smell an opportunity for another plug of my setting here!
Here's an excerpt dealing with elves:
"Elves
Elves have a lot of advantages over humans and other shorter-lived beings - and they know it. They are longer-lived, usually more attractive, don't need to sleep, are very talented in the magical arts, and the experience accumulated over the centuries of their existence means they can do just about anything, and do it with style.
Typcally, elves see humans as interesting toys, pets, irrelevant, or a threat to their way of life. Few elves, even those of a generally benevolent nature, take humans seriously on an individual basis - after all, there are hundreds of millions of them around, so how important can a single one be?
Elves travel to human cities and realms more often than one might expect - young elves (usually not more than a century or two of age) go there to celebrate, observe these interesting little creatures, and generally "sow their oats" before moving back to the elven realms and assuming a position of responsibility (as much as there are positions of responsibility in elven realms). There they usually dabble in the arts, warfare, or politics. The intrigues of the latter type should be watched especially careful, for their attitudes can be described as a cat playing with a mouse, a child playing with an ant farm, or a noble playing out war strategies with tin soldiers - except that the tin soldiers are usually flesh-and-blood humans.
Human city-dwellers usually view elves with a mixture of awe and distrust. The upper classes especially seek out the elves dwelling in their midst, for the attendance of a well-known elven artist can make or break a party."
How does this sound for evil - or just nasty - elves?
Lurks-no-More said:
I smell an opportunity for another plug of my setting here!
Here's an excerpt dealing with elves:
"Elves
Elves have a lot of advantages over humans and other shorter-lived beings - and they know it. They are longer-lived, usually more attractive, don't need to sleep, are very talented in the magical arts, and the experience accumulated over the centuries of their existence means they can do just about anything, and do it with style.
Typcally, elves see humans as interesting toys, pets, irrelevant, or a threat to their way of life. Few elves, even those of a generally benevolent nature, take humans seriously on an individual basis - after all, there are hundreds of millions of them around, so how important can a single one be?
Elves travel to human cities and realms more often than one might expect - young elves (usually not more than a century or two of age) go there to celebrate, observe these interesting little creatures, and generally "sow their oats" before moving back to the elven realms and assuming a position of responsibility (as much as there are positions of responsibility in elven realms). There they usually dabble in the arts, warfare, or politics. The intrigues of the latter type should be watched especially careful, for their attitudes can be described as a cat playing with a mouse, a child playing with an ant farm, or a noble playing out war strategies with tin soldiers - except that the tin soldiers are usually flesh-and-blood humans.
Human city-dwellers usually view elves with a mixture of awe and distrust. The upper classes especially seek out the elves dwelling in their midst, for the attendance of a well-known elven artist can make or break a party."
How does this sound for evil - or just nasty - elves?
