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>>Nathara: Can any elves out there help me out with where my elf might be from? She's from 1996 and I don't remember there being any delineation in elves back then. She has grey eyes, grey hair, and tanned skin.

Each clan page lists physical traits that are commonly associated with it. (Additionally, some clans are associated with particular settlements or regions.)

https://elanthipedia.play.net/Elven_Clans

Most PC Elves are arguably Celestial Elves, having left the insular life of the clans to become adventurers. However, many at least trace their heritage back to one or more clans.

• Forest: Skin tone tends to be dark brown or black, or very pale. Pale Forest Elves most often have reddish colored hair - auburns, amber, and lighter browns; whereas dark skinned have either very light blonde or white, or dark brown or black. Their body types tend to be on the muscular side.

• Mountain: commonly pale and thin with dark hair and eyes, although a child of summer season's hair or sky-colored eyes does appear from time to time.

• River: Wiry and thin, River Elves have darkened skin and sandy blonde hair. They tend to be shorter than other Elves.

• Sand: Hardy and strong, the Sand Elves are usually tall and wiry with long black hair, ebon to mahogany skin, and bright (sometimes even blue) eyes.

• Snow: They are frequently tall and stocky, with pale blonde hair and chapped skin.

• Wind: Wind Elves are hearty folk with tanned skin. Tall and slender.

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>>I think she must be a wind elf, then.

However, you can always be an outlier (or half-) and have slightly different features than are standard for the clan. Dig into the lore and see which one seems to suit your character best (or worst, if you want to play that route).

From Elanthepedia:

"According to The Elven Folk, the children of an Elf and a non-Elf are born completely resembling either an Elf or the non-Elf race; there are no Half-Elves. If the child is born the race of the non-Elf, it will also possess the lifespan of that race, which is a source of grief for mixed-race couples."

So... Elves and others can breed, but there aren't any real mixed genetics happening. So if it's a dwarf and an elf, they either come out elfy or dwarfy but not half and half. :( Sadness.

>>So... Elves and others can breed, but there aren't any real mixed genetics happening.

Of course. I suspect what SORTIK was saying, however, was that your character could be a pale-skinned Elf of Sand descent, for example, if the story was something along the lines of "Well my mother is from the Sand Clan but my father is River and I was raised in the south after she left the desert to distance herself from those awful Outcasts." Since Elves are matrilineal, the resulting child could make a claim to being a Sand Elf despite not having the leathery skin typical of that Clan.

Basically, choose your Elf's clan based on the personality you wish to play and the backstory you come up with more than the features you rolled.

https://elanthipedia.play.net/Elven_Folk_(book)

That book is a good start. There's lots of published books in game for more clues, including a whole series on marriage customs that might be helpful.

<Some additional race information, including inter-breeding info: https://www.play.net/dr/info/races/racecharts.asp


I think the take away here is according to these charts. That despite female elves being 5'.25" - 6.5 tall and male Elothean's being 5.75 - 6.25.

Every Elf lady in the game STILL reaches DOWN to touch my character.

The chart is racist and I DEMAND an accounting!

I am not so much concerned with playing her as expected, but at her age, she likely has some familiarity with the assumptions people will make as well as what "normal" is - which I do not. When she was rolled, there was no access to clan information and I don't think I would have even checked if I had. But you guys have given great resources!