Blood Elves

Known also as Tribe of Blood. They are a subspecie of elves that were created by Xylian Dominion with serving as close - and trusted - bodyguards. They were often encountered in pretty much every Xylian settlement, especially as an entourage of high ranked magicians.
Blood elves have an innate talent for magic, especially for black magic, necromancy and doom magic. They also have a certain type of mental conditioning imprinted in them genetically. It can be described as automatic mental submissiveness to any person that drinks even a smallest ammount of their blood. It works only once - after their blood is drank they are irreversibly a slave (and mostly a willing one) of the one who does the drinking.
Most of them were practically wiped out during the years after the Black Iron War. As long as Xylians were around they ensured that the Blood Elves were properly bred. Then, many centuries of serving various elven warlords thinned their ranks. Last time a real army of them was mobilized was during the Fourty Years War. After that, at best small groups of them accompanied most powerful sorcerer-kings. Their females often ending as concubines and giving birth to non-blood elves, further thinning their numbers.

Basic Information

Anatomy

Typical humanoids. Two hands, two legs, one head. Nothing really extraordinary.

Biological Traits

As all elves, they are very dependant on level of their blood purity. Mixing with other elven subspecies makest heir offsprings genetically inferior, slowly degenerating into low elves, making special traits of their subspecies much weaker with every generation, and lowering their lifespan.

Genetics and Reproduction

Their reproduction is typical for elves. Can have children only with other elves, ogres, and very magical beings like shapeshifters and @high dragons. Pregnancy ranges from 9 to 10 months, depending on level of blood purity.

Additional Information

Facial characteristics

Pale skin, red eyes and auburn, red or, rarely, black hair.

Perception and Sensory Capabilities

Relatively typical for elves, without notable improvements in any matter.

Civilization and Culture

Common Taboos

As among most of the elves, they have a taboo about relationships with members of other subspecies. While this does happen, it is generally shunned among most of elven societies, making elves that attempted it in most cases move to other provinces of Imperium.

Created by: Xylian Dominion.
PROTECTED IC: Occurence: Elusive
IC: Danger: Verge of Extinction

Lifespan

80-400

Conservation Status

Very close to extinction. Imperium is forced to expend resources to keep the specie in existence, with several well hidden towns and villages populated with them and living in an enforced isolation to prevent their valuable genes from going extinct.

Average Height

1.6-1.8m.

Average Weight

55-85kg.