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trying to make an alien-themed race but they keep turning into elves, help.
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<blockquote data-quote="Blue Orange" data-source="post: 8687720" data-attributes="member: 7025997"><p>From TV Tropes (<a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardFantasyRaces" target="_blank">Standard Fantasy Races - TV Tropes</a>):</p><p></p><p>Long-lived, pointy-eared and magical. Elves are usually portrayed as a far older civilization than humans, and will likely look down on the latter as unsophisticated children, but as long past their prime; they are usually either a <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VestigialEmpire" target="_blank">Vestigial Empire</a> or a truly <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DyingRace" target="_blank">Dying Race</a>. They are usually either found in an <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnchantedForest" target="_blank">Enchanted Forest</a>, where they live <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InHarmonyWithNature" target="_blank">In Harmony with Nature</a>, or in shining marble cities. Different works may blend these two extremes to various degrees or split them between different elven groups, often calling the former Wood Elves and the latter High Elves. <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElvesVsDwarves" target="_blank">They don't get along with dwarves</a>, usually because of some ancient rivalry or slight, and tend to look down on humans as little more than barbarians. <strong>Dark elves</strong> may be present as a distinct kind of elves, usually with black skin and white hair, who live underground in an evil or at least amoral society; dark and non-dark elves typically despise one another, and dark elves usually have no positive relationships with any other race. Elves are also more likely than any other race to get into an <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InterspeciesRomance" target="_blank">Interspecies Romance</a> with humans, producing <strong><a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HalfHumanHybrid" target="_blank">half-elves</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p>So they could:</p><p>-Be short-lived</p><p>-Have no ears</p><p>-Be of recent origin (perhaps created by a mad mage?)</p><p>-Be rapidly expanding and on their way up (creating conflict with existing races)</p><p>-Hate the woods, living instead in cities, underground, or on the ocean</p><p>-Be really fond of dwarves (if you have any)</p><p>-Really look up to humans (but not be interfertile!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Blue Orange, post: 8687720, member: 7025997"] From TV Tropes ([URL="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardFantasyRaces"]Standard Fantasy Races - TV Tropes[/URL]): Long-lived, pointy-eared and magical. Elves are usually portrayed as a far older civilization than humans, and will likely look down on the latter as unsophisticated children, but as long past their prime; they are usually either a [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VestigialEmpire']Vestigial Empire[/URL] or a truly [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DyingRace']Dying Race[/URL]. They are usually either found in an [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EnchantedForest']Enchanted Forest[/URL], where they live [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InHarmonyWithNature']In Harmony with Nature[/URL], or in shining marble cities. Different works may blend these two extremes to various degrees or split them between different elven groups, often calling the former Wood Elves and the latter High Elves. [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElvesVsDwarves']They don't get along with dwarves[/URL], usually because of some ancient rivalry or slight, and tend to look down on humans as little more than barbarians. [B]Dark elves[/B] may be present as a distinct kind of elves, usually with black skin and white hair, who live underground in an evil or at least amoral society; dark and non-dark elves typically despise one another, and dark elves usually have no positive relationships with any other race. Elves are also more likely than any other race to get into an [URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InterspeciesRomance']Interspecies Romance[/URL] with humans, producing [B][URL='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HalfHumanHybrid']half-elves[/URL][/B]. So they could: -Be short-lived -Have no ears -Be of recent origin (perhaps created by a mad mage?) -Be rapidly expanding and on their way up (creating conflict with existing races) -Hate the woods, living instead in cities, underground, or on the ocean -Be really fond of dwarves (if you have any) -Really look up to humans (but not be interfertile!) [/QUOTE]
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