Half-Elf
Half-elves are the most common multi-ethnic beings. Half-elves are usually much like their elven parent in appearance. They are handsome folk, with the good features of each of their races. They mingle freely with either race, being slightly taller than the average elf (5 feet 11 inches on average) and weighing about 150 pounds. They typically live about 200 years.
In some of the less-civilized nations, half-elves are viewed with suspicion and superstition. In general, a half-elf has the curiosity, inventiveness, and ambition of his human ancestors and the refined senses, love of nature, and artistic tastes of his elven ancestors. Half-elves do not form communities among themselves; rather, they can be found living in both elven and human communities. The reactions of humans and elves to half elves ranges from intrigued fascination to outright bigotry.
Half-drow, a descendant of both human and drow ancestries, are most commonly encountered in Ironhaven and Underhaven and in the Deeps.
Naming Traditions
Family names
Naming traditions follow the culture the half-elf was raised in.
Culture
Culture and cultural heritage
Half-elves have no culture to call their own. Generally speaking, half-elves represent the culture into which they are born, though many half-elves wander from their homes, becoming well-rounded and experienced people. Many half-elves are drawn to alife of an adventure, possessed of a sense of wanderlust and alienation that drives them to explore the world.
Ideals
Beauty Ideals
Half-elves stand roughly between 5 '8" and 6 '2" and weighed in at 130 to 190 pounds, making them heavier than elves but still considerably lighter than humans. Like humans, half-elves had a wide variety of complexions, some of which were inherited from the elven half of their heritage.
A half-drow generally has dusky skin, silver or white hair, and human eye colors. They possess darkvision, but otherwise had no other known drow traits or abilities. Male half-drow are usually between 4′9″ and 5′11″ tall and weigh between 104 and 180 pounds. Female half-drow are between 4′7″ and 5′9″ tall and weigh between 84 and 150 pounds.
Unlike elves,however, male half-elves were capable of growing facial hair and often did so to distinguish themselves, in part, from their elven parents. Half-elven ears were about the size of human ones, but like elves, they were pointed on the ends. Half-elves were also notably more durable and passionate than either elves or humans, a unique result of the two races' blending.
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