Elysorri Elves

The wild people of the woods. Elysorri elves live is settlements called Groves. A grove is earthly huts and tree dwelling town or village. Most of the Elysorri elves have tribal families, sometime marring into other tribal families, simply for partnership of the two or more tribes. Elysorri elves gain tattoos as the grow and earn them based on what their role is in the tribe. Hunters and green wardens gain they're by the hunts and protection to the Karrin. The magical inclined one gain their as they develop their magical attunements to the spirits and earth. The magical attuned elves usually have spirals and animals' tattoos that reflect the spirits they have relationship with. Some may even transform themselves into the similar animals. They believe, without any doubt, that they will return in another form for their people. If that be the dire bear they hunt on Samhain or they come back as guardian spirit. (That is for magical types only.) An animal companion for the green wardens or whatever. their cycles never end. they are born as Elysorri but they come back as a flower, food, or tree. The hunter, and warriors of the tribes are fearless and expert marksman. The Green Wardens are the weapon specialist, and they are called the by some as "Assassins of the trees". You are always watched when you enter their woods. You will never notice them, unless they want you to notice them. Green Wardens have The Huntress Boons powers, given to them by the goddess of the Hunt and wife of El' Shuan. The god of the Elysorri elves. The god of the hunt and the masculine fertility flow of nature. The goddess Anne also helps the Green-warden. Anne is the goddess of animals and fertility in jungles and forest. she is the female flow of nature.

Heritage Attributes:

Choose two	at creation	at D6
Agility	Presence	Willpower
Strength	Itelligence	Psyche

Heritage Skills:

Choose three	at creation	at D6
Shoot	Notice	Mysticism
Heal	Travel	Tame

Heritage Skills:

• Born with a bow in hand- Elysorri Elves start this talent at d8. when they shoot a bow, they get to add this talent to their shot for more accuracy or damage. Hinder- d4 instead and get a plot point. above effect still applies but at a d4 instead.
• Hunter's tack- This talent allows the Elysorri Elf to move through wooded area like a shadow. Not leaving a track behind or making a sound as they travel through the woods. Hinder- d4 instead get a plot point. Uses the above but at a d4 effect. (This talent is for non-caster types only.)
• Nature's Blessings (Caster types only.)- This talent allows the elf to receive a blessing which can be spirit sight, elemental embrace, or Animal form. Elemental embrace is the ability to use and element as your favorite element. and place that as your signature asset at a d8 when you cast with that element use the d8 for damage or hit rate.

Basic Information:

Average height of these elves range 5'5ft - 5'10ft. Average weight is between 135lbs - 165lbs. They tend to be lean and tone to muscular, depending on their role within the Grove. Reproduction: During the Spring festival a holiday in the Grove. Beltane is the lover's day. which for them last for three days and during that time dancing, drinking, eating and love making happens to many of the adult elves. The first day an elf who has finally come of age my find his or her first lover during this time of year, not beforehand. Young love can happen before hand and private agreements may be said to one another, but Nothing is to be done until Beltane. This way the earth, gods and the tribe have given their blessing. Young love can have same sex partners. Older lovers, who commit to each other and announce it to the tribe, receive their blessing, to give a gift of children. Pregnancy's last 12 months after this holiday. Every four months is the next trimester for them. (Unlike the humans where trimester is actually three months.)

• Elysorri elf's max lifespan is about 360 years or 360 springs. They have four stages of life cycles like all things do. the first 90 springs is the child life cycle. Once they reach that first 90 springs, they enter coming of age festival, to begin their adulthood cycle and where they fit in the Karrin. this stage as in all their stages last 90 years or 90 springs cycles. Third 90 spring cycle the Elysorri may find a permanent partner, which they will find and commit during the Beltane festival. They will have a family and teach and help their child learn their ways in the Karrin. The final cycle is the elder stage. during this stage elders teach and protect the inner Grove. At the end of this stage a final hunt for many of the warriors, hunters and green wardens go on. This tends to fall on the Samhain festival. They are decorated in reds and blues, as they leave the Grove goodbyes are said to the elders as the adult Elysorri lead them out to the hunting grounds in the forest and they bring back their bodies, if the animals of the woods don't drag them off and eat them. Stories of the elders are song by the younger hunters and warriors when they return to the Karrin. For the magical attuned Elysorri, the final elder stage is a little more relaxed. The magical one goes in their huts, after they perform the final Samhain rite. they enter their hut and sleep, not to wake up again. (This was the case until events leading up to free a lost goddess. Now they live up to 2k years.)

The new Wheel is 500 years in each season of their lives. This was given to the new generation who are born under the god of the Elysorri.

• Dietary needs:

They thrive in any forest or jungle. The forest spirits or jungle spirits teach them how to. They learn from the trees, animals and insects. While many town or city dweller would die or be miserable, they enjoy every moment of life in these environments. Some other races say: "Elysorri were born from the wild trees or beast of the forest or jungle." They may be right to some point. Most of the Elysorri elves are meat eaters. The only exception to this rule is the magical attuned Elysorri, they eat mostly vegetation during most of the year, except during Samhain and the during winter cycle. The hunt big game during Samhain where many of the tribe elders, who have reached their final end cycle die. They store dire meats, of the dire animal of the year. During spring and summer cycle the hunt very little and only the amount needed for their Karrin. Meat storage is in the inner most part of the village, where it is salted and properly dried for weeks to come. farms are small and only for the karrin. near the cooling huts, where the meats are dries and stored.

• Perception And Sensory Capabilities:

The sight and hearing of the hunters and green wardens are the highest within the tribe. giving them a notice bonus in this concept of +2 in notice skill at creation. The magical attuned Elysorri tend to have a perception bonus to seeing spirits and magical energy. Giving this concept a profession skill under notice of spirit sight +1 at character creation.

Naming Traditions

Feminine names

Phela, Allisara, Esha, Alachia, Alysia, Amberle, Anwen, Cylia, Derail, Eldyra, Anya,

Masculine names

Arod, Barron, Barley, Tyme, Flystone, Bordynn, Green Rose,

Family names

Oak Runner, Silver Moon, Fox Chaser, Tree Whisper, Oak leaf, Myrrh thorn. Arrow Breakers

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Druid speech, the secret language of the Elysorri taught by Druids that way the Shilen elves would not be able to understand their messages during the Risen War. Now, it is the language the casters use to cast their spells.
Elysorri common tongue is the same language the Shilen elves use. known as Selynar language. The dialect of the wood elf uses a much older one than the Shilen elves use today.

Culture and cultural heritage

Everyone learns to shoot the bow as a child, by the time they are teen they go for their first hunt. They learn to track and listen and then set up an ambush without letting the deer or prey is aware of what is happening.
If the child shows promise in the ways of magic. They still learn to shoot but are forbidden in the hunt. They must learn the ways of nature's spirits and/or the elements of nature. By the time the elf is teen the learn the history and ritual Holidays of their people. By the time they're an adult age the perform a death rite of a member of the tribe.

Shared customary codes and values

1. To keep in balance with the true forces of magic, Ie nature.
2. Eat meat to prevent starvation and during the dark half of the wheel.
3. Kill to prevent from being killed. If one kills another elf. Out of respect cut out the heart and take one bite.
4. The spirits of natures and the dead should be respected and honored at their proper days of the year.
5. The holidays shall be shared and observed by all. One does not miss the holidays. No matter where the elf is.

Common Dress code

Everything they wear made from material of the woods. Either from the hide the animals the hunt or form the herbs and fibers of plants. River stones are cut and smooth out to become jewelry of the people.

Art & Architecture

They love tattoos to express the rank and their position among the tribe. Other people tend to be impressed of the tattoos upon faces and other areas of the body of the wood elf.  The tattoos tell a story of the life of that elf.

Common Customs, traditions and rituals

The Wood elves use a Barter system or service of goods instead of the common gold value of things. They most four Important Holidays is Beltane, (1st of Fern), Samhain (26-28th of Gort)), Candlelight (1-3 of Luis), First Hunt (1st of Coil) Lesser Holidays Mid-summer, Mid-Spring, Mid-Fall, Mid- Winter.

Common Taboos

Spitting and scratching oneself in from of the elders. Infront of Chief or Shaman is a complete disrespect and if an Elf does this, they will have to hold a hold two rocks up and down the Lions path of black mountains. up to a week with stopping for bathroom breaks and eating a bread and water.

The Green wardens

The forest sees you and will take action against you if you break the laws of the Green Wardens. The forgotten goddess of the Hunt. and goddess of the Green Wardens.

by Irina Malets

Her human image that she has shown to Keltori Witches and some of the Vostorian human hunters.

Variety of skin tones

The Elysorri can have fair tan skin tone to smooth earthly skin tones. Their skin tones do not make up their race.

by kush

This is a picture of She' Allia a half elf in the Republic. Daughter of the first queen and "king".

Related Organizations

• Valkry Woods