Half Elves

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.

Naming Traditions

Other names

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.

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

To Humans, Half-Elves look like elves, and to elves, they look human. In height, they’re on par with both Parents, though they’re neither as slender as elves nor as broad as Humans. Men trend only slightly taller and heavier than women. Half-elf men do have facial hair, and sometimes grow beards to mask their elven ancestry. Half-elven coloration and features lie somewhere between their human and elf Parents, and thus show a variety even more pronounced than that found among either race. They tend to have the eyes of their elven Parents.