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Message: <blockquote data-quote="discosoc" data-source="post: 7205284" data-attributes="member: 6801554">Actually, the elves in this setting have mostly gone "feral" as a result of spending too much time away from the Fey (a place they've lost reliable access to).  Dwarves are isolationists who's only presence on the surface is to act as the official banking house for whatever society happens to be in charge (they handle the minting and acquisition of outdated coin and bullion, which is considered both illegal tender and a rare collector's item).  Halflings are nomadic wanderers after having played a fairly major role in the mass subjugation of the known world centuries ago (basically used as the military might of an invading alien species), and believed to be directly related to goblins.  Gnomes somehow developed a hivemind intelligence in order to drive back the alien invaders mentioned above, and have since become very reclusive.  The current human societies formed from the ashes of slavery (mostly at the hands of halflings), but remain pretty fragmented.There's also rather large political and religious dynamic around the idea that the gods are living creatures that embody very specific ideals around which nations are lead and built.Anyway, the whole feral elves thing keeps them from gaining any major power.  Not all actually go feral within a normal human lifetime, but the reputation is enough that they are considered liabilities and rarely tolerated around humans.  There is a bit of lore involving how, upon finding their connection to the Fey dead, various elves searched for solutions in their own ways.  High elves assumed they could brute force their way back in via magic, and mostly stayed put.  Wild elves chose to search for the original Waygates in the oldest parts of the world.  Dark elves left to search the world's deepest places for answers, but where dramatically changed after going a bit too deep (something the dwarves warned them about).  The average elf that's seen out in the world, including player characters, are probably rare exceptions or lone survivors.</blockquote>

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