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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6340856" data-attributes="member: 6677017">Of course. As I understand it, the Noldor were a small minority of elves left in Middle-earth. But (and I'm not an expert by any means) as I understand it most of the elves of Lothlorien were not of the Noldor variety. Which is why I gave my disclaimer about the Tolkien subspecies as not really what I was getting at.The point is that Rivendell had buildings and "civilization," while both Lothlorien and Mirkwood elves dwelt in more natural environments. The impression I've gotten of D&D elves is that wood elves are the ones who live in the more natural end of the spectrum, while high elves live more on the "built" end of the spectrum. But the impression I also have gotten of D&D elves is that even the high elves use a lot of nature in their buildings. So when I see that piece of art with buildings of stone in the forest, I wonder what they are going to do for high elves. Shining citadels on an island?It just seems someone forgot to take into account the intentional contrast between the subspecies when they assigned that village to wood elves. (Do we know that's what it is, or was that reviewer just giving us an interpretation?)</blockquote>