Half-Elves

"According to Elves, half an elf is but part of a whole being. Half a man is a cripple."- A old adage about Half-Elves letting them know that choosing the human side of their heritage is paramount to being disowned.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Bipedal Humanoids with four limbs and share many qualities with both Elves and Humans.

Biological Traits

Half-elves can have any number of interesting biological traits from their Elf heritage along with heightened senses.

Genetics and Reproduction

Elves reproduce in a manner more similar to humans with a gestation period of around 10-12 months and sometimes male or female Half-elves can go through flustering phases of increased sexually drive.

Growth Rate & Stages

Half-elves mature at the same rate humans do and reach adulthood around the age of 20. They live much longer than humans, however, often exceeding 180 years.

Ecology and Habitats

Half-Elves lending themselves to both heritages of Elf and Human can survive nearly anywhere and are as wide spread as either Humans or Elves are known to dwell.

Dietary Needs and Habits

Half-elves need to average amounts of food and water Elves and Humans would require.

Biological Cycle

Not as long lived as their elf forebears they still retain their youthfulness for much longer than humans along with having phases for heighten libido.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Walking in two worlds but truly belonging to neither, half-elves combine what some say are the best qualities of their elf and human parents: human curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition tempered by the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of the elves. Some half-elves live among humans, set apart by their emotional and physical differences, watching friends and loved ones age while time barely touches them. Others live with the elves, growing restless as they reach adulthood in the timeless elven realms, while their peers continue to live as children. Many half-elves, unable to fit into either society, choose lives of solitary wandering or join with other misfits and outcasts in the adventuring life.

Facial characteristics

Half-elves tend to have fine fey features but with the errant flaws of humanity and more animalistic nature like facial hair.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Half-elves are as wide spread as human and elven spread around ethos.

Average Intelligence

Half-elves are typically of average intelligence.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Half elves have the 5 base senses along with eyes that can see well in the dark.

Civilization and Culture

Naming Traditions

Half-elves use either human or elven naming conventions. As if to emphasize that they don’t really fit in to either society, half-elves raised among humans are often given elven names, and those raised among elves often take human names.

Major Organizations

Being of two worlds most Half-elves can be found in many organizations around the world.

Beauty Ideals

Half-elves tend to borrow from both Elven and human cultures in terms of their ideals which can conflict at times.

Gender Ideals

Half-elves tend to borrow from both Elven and human cultures in terms of their ideals which can conflict at times.

Courtship Ideals

Half-elves tend to borrow from both Elven and human cultures in terms of their ideals which can conflict at times.

Relationship Ideals

Half-elves tend to borrow from both Elven and human cultures in terms of their ideals which can conflict at times.

Average Technological Level

Being what some would call the both the best and worst of both races combined as led many half-elves striving to prove themselves to further heights of greatness.

Major Language Groups and Dialects

The tongues of humans and elves are common for Half-elves.

Common Etiquette Rules

Half-elves have been known to cherry pick customs of etiquette from their respective cultures.

Common Dress Code

Depending on which side and culture half-elves grow up in tend to mold their sense and style of dress.

Culture and Cultural Heritage

Half-elves as inherited the culture and heritage of two of the most influential races in ethos and they can be as diverse as mortals are.

Common Customs, Traditions and Rituals

Depending on which side and culture half-elves grow up in tend to mold which custom or tradition is observed.

Common Taboos

Typically words of negativity are seen as taboo to half elves with such names as, Half-bloods, Half-breeds, and Mongrels.

History

The stories and tales of the mingling between humans and elves are as old as the records of the two races coexisting. Many epic tales and ballads also exist detailing epic love stories of swooning girls or stoic men falling in forbidden love. Being one of the mutt races they are also subjected to racial prejudice making a large part of their history as well.

Historical Figures

Arwen Ame'rath, Maekorith Morgothel, Daemon Deeridge, The Sapphire of the Sea.

Common Myths and Legends

It is said in ages past a human and a elf fought an ancient evil for three mighty jewels and fell in love. Although they felled the mighty evil and found the jewels they were injured terribly. As they died in each others arms a child sprang from the jewels light and the fourth jewel, A half elf with both their souls was born.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

Half-elves tend to have tough but fair relations with other races. Sadly the only two races who give them the most flack are the ones they are sired from.

Scientific Name

Homo Virdrya

Lifespan

180 years

Average Height

Half-elves are about the same size as humans, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall.

Average Weight

100 to 180 pounds

Average Physique

Half-elves tend to be larger than elves but slimer than humans.

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Half-elves tend to be of many different shades varying from either parent of mixtures of the two.