Destan
Citizen of Val Hor
Branok said:
In this game setting, elves love elves.
Ostia Prim (the campaign world) has a handful of different types of elves. Amelyssan is a horadrel (high elf); the Valusian Isle also has gammhedrel (wood elves) and morhedrel (delve elves, or dark elves). Outside of the Valus, we have furnadrel (desert elves), marinadrel (sea elves), and a few others. Baleraphon's race, that of the Sorrow Elves, has long been extinct (the party had encountered the spirit of Baleraphon in the Duskingdell barrows prior to slaying Ral the Torturer).
Now, that said, elves in Ostia Prim are superior folk. They are graceful, without a doubt. They have an unmatched economy of movement - elves on Ostia Prim seem to glide rather than walk, and flow rather than run. They do all of this, apparently, without effort. They rarely - if ever - prespire. Their skin is smooth and unmarred by imperfections or freckles. Even scars disappear after a time.
But the elves know they're superior.* They are, as a race, haughty and arrogant. And arrogance breeds cruelty, so that are that as well. Most elves sneer at the Weanling Races of Man and Gnome and even Dwarf. Most folk are unsure if elves are aloof because other races dislike them, or if other races dislike them because elves are aloof.
Amelyssan, of course, does not fit neatly into this racial stereotype. But, as you may have seen, nor is he some fun-loving and affable companion. He largely keeps to himself, minds his own agenda, and seeks knowledge where it can be found. It is a hard character to write, and doubtless is a hard character to play.
Anyway, I will try to put some more words into the ol' horadrel's mouth. Thanks for the comments and the question.
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* I have loosely modeled my 'arrogant' elves on those elves of Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series, should anyone wonder.
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