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Aenorian and Alyena Amarthedir - The High Elves
By: SuspiciousActivity Date: June 18, 2019, 7:58 pm
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The High Elves, also known as Gold Elves, sometimes as Sun Elves
due to their superior ways, are the closest subrace of elves to
the Eladrin. They are extremely rare and sought after in the
realms due to their intelligence. Charming and eloquent, High
Elves typically felt themselves superior to most other races,
including other elves. Like all of the Tel-Quessir, the High
Elves were close to the height of humans, but with notable
differences. High elves have wonderful bronze-colored skin and
hair most often of copper, golden blond, and black, with red
more uncommon but not unheard of. High Elves typically have
green eyes, though golden ones were also common, often with a
liquid appearance, and silver, black, hazel, or copper hues had
also been seen. Like their Moon Elf brethren, male High Elves
were typically taller and heavier than females, sometimes by as
much as five inches (~12.7 centimeters) or twenty pounds (~nine
kilograms).
High Elves had a reputation for being stronger and more durable
than other elves. This was not necessarily the case for all the
elves. High elves are known as the sole protectors and
inheritors of Corellon Larethian's legacy in the Prime Material
Plane. Patient and deliberate in most of what they did, they
demonstrated an orderly nature uncommon to most elves,
preferring to master a skill before applying it rather than
learning as they go.
Rushing was out of the nature of High elves, who, while less
sporadic than most races, had a mastery of whatever they applied
themselves to. The High Elven qualities of patience and mastery
often both demonstrated themselves in High Elf art. High elven
architecture, while undeniably beautiful in most cases, was
often flashier than what other elves commonly built, a quality
in part due to the fact that High Elves would accept nothing
short of perfection, working tirelessly in their art to
constantly raise the aesthetic bar.
High Elf art, poetry, music; all of these demonstrated a regal
attitude that had come to be closely associated with High Elven
tastes. To a High Elf, the grander a piece the better. Heroic
ballads or tragic epics the preferred form of literature amongst
the subrace. High Elves loved and enjoyed learning, perhaps even
to a point that others might find surprising. Nearly all High
Elves had access to a private store of knowledge and no
self-respecting High Elf lacked the capacity to read or write.
Contrastingly, many Sun Elves preferred clothing that was at
once beautiful and understated, with subdued colors like blue or
green favored over bolder hues. Most Sun Elves decorate
themselves with gold or mithril embroidery in subtle patterns
woven into the design of their clothes and which added to the
beauty of the clothing without seeming flashy or showy.
Similarly, most sun elven jewelry was simple in appearance, but
in fact exquisitely complex both in construction and design.
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A pair of signatures are listed, Aenorian and Alyena Amarthedir
(Sloan and Shanninndrah)
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