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<blockquote data-quote="Khorod" data-source="post: 854323" data-attributes="member: 1636">From the novels, 2ed Complete Elves, and 2nd &amp; 3rd FRCS, Gold elves never struck me as being CG, at least in terms of their leaders and heroes.&nbsp; I've always pegged the bulk of Gold elves as extremely proud NG people, who get wrapped up in their charismatic leaders and follow along in plots which vary from CG to LE.&nbsp; So, I'd probably recategorize them as Usually NG, with description text that points out that almost half the elves are scattered across the alignment spectrum.Disregarding the fact that books label them as CG, what do they look like?&nbsp; They have enough consistent aspects of law and non-good that this seems to be one of those non-issue alignment debates.&nbsp; Particularly as CG being so kewl, it can encompass everything if you're of a mind for it.&nbsp; I don't see where anyone on this issue is truly wrong.**For the Dark Elven debate... from RPG's, fantasy fiction, and mythology as a whole I have somehow absorbed the notion that in fantasy terms, a Dark Elf is evil, and that's the only generic definition of the term.&nbsp; I can't cite that because its just one of those terms - and many people seem to feel the same way.Forgotten Realms has pretty much redefined it, not in defiance of convention but because the ages have changed the meaning of the word to the Elves of Faerun.***And that's my interpretation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Khorod, post: 854323, member: 1636"] From the novels, 2ed Complete Elves, and 2nd & 3rd FRCS, Gold elves never struck me as being CG, at least in terms of their leaders and heroes. I've always pegged the bulk of Gold elves as extremely proud NG people, who get wrapped up in their charismatic leaders and follow along in plots which vary from CG to LE. So, I'd probably recategorize them as Usually NG, with description text that points out that almost half the elves are scattered across the alignment spectrum. Disregarding the fact that books label them as CG, what do they look like? They have enough consistent aspects of law and non-good that this seems to be one of those non-issue alignment debates. Particularly as CG being so kewl, it can encompass everything if you're of a mind for it. I don't see where anyone on this issue is truly wrong. ** For the Dark Elven debate... from RPG's, fantasy fiction, and mythology as a whole I have somehow absorbed the notion that in fantasy terms, a Dark Elf is evil, and that's the only generic definition of the term. I can't cite that because its just one of those terms - and many people seem to feel the same way. Forgotten Realms has pretty much redefined it, not in defiance of convention but because the ages have changed the meaning of the word to the Elves of Faerun. *** And that's my interpretation. [/QUOTE]

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