is there a clan that tends to be more contemplative? clan that tends to be more isolated? hermit-like?

Quiet and contemplative is a typical elf archetype and a fairly common personality type in most races, I imagine. I don't believe you would need to limit yourself to any particular clan. Having said that, I think most clans would fit fairly well; the celestial elves and river clan perhaps less so.

Sand in particular has more representations in game and the majority of those representations depict them as extremely xenophobic, elitist, and generally wanting nothing to do with what they view as lesser species/clans. Snow might well be the same way, but they haven't benefited from having visible areas/NPCs in the game like Sand has. While Mountain is also pretty isolated/elitist as a nation as well, they're also famous political meddlers, so they tend to be out and about and social and stuff, while the first two with few exceptions seem content with not being involved in largescale politics or the general world theater.

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