Wood Elves



The largest group at the splitting of the elves, the smallest remaining one. In the war that followed the splitting, the high elves quickly left the combat, but thew wood elves and dark elves fought for many years. In the end, superior magic skills proved superior to superior hunting skills, and the wood elves were decimated. The dark elves kept on until there were only 10000 wood elves remaining when the dust settled, then walked away without declaring peace, causing a great hatred towards them in all wood elves. To top this slight off, the wood elves had to abandon the old elven capitol, which had served as their fallback point in the end of the war, because the amount of magic wrought by the dark elves corrupted the nearby animals, who all now share a blood lust specific to elves, not differentiating between any different race of elves, driving the wood elves' hatred of the dark elves home. Since then, to prove that they are worthy of the tribe and protect them from beasts that have wandered beyond the "veil," a circle of land near the middle of the forest surrounding the capitol where the beasts are concentrated, each wood elf must raise a wolf cub as a lifelong companion to help them with their various woodland tasks. If that wolf should die, by wood elf law the elf must take on a new companion, although there are no restrictions to which this one should be. The wood elves prefer the traditional bow, as using a gun is so loud it scares away all the game, but all the hunters carry flintlock pistols in case they come across an adversary they cannot overcome using normal means. They prefer to move on their own feet rather than those of a mount. Generally slight of build, fair of face, and sharp of ear, the wood elves enjoy lighter brown tatooing ink on their pale skin. Sharp facial features attribute to their fabled beauty.
 * rarely leave forests
 * hate dark elves
 * fast
 * strong
 * all round in combat
 * all possess wolf companions
 * 5-6 feet tall
 * est. pop. 40000
 * life expectancy 47.3 years