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Early on, the High Elves colonized large parts of the Warhammer world, but following the rise of the Druchii (called "Dark Elves" by others than themselves), a fascistoid movement of corsairs and slavers, the High Elves were plunged into civil war and their power greatly faded. Their civil war was followed decades later by a costly war with the ...
The drow (/ d r aʊ / [1] [2] or / d r oʊ /) [3] or dark elves are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of elves connected to the subterranean Underdark in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. [4] The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil spider goddess Lolth.
Älvalek (Elfplay or Dancing Fairies) (1866) by August Malmström. In Norse mythology, Dökkálfar ("Dark Elves") [a] and Ljósálfar ("Light Elves") [b] are two contrasting types of elves; the dark elves dwell within the earth and have a dark complexion, while the light elves live in Álfheimr, and are "fairer than the sun to look at".
The elves of Greyhawk include the standard aquatic, dark (Drow), grey, high, and wood (sylvan) elves described in the core rule books of various editions of the game. Additional elven types created for this setting include the snow elves, [31] valley elves, [32] and wild elves. [32] [33]
Drow, or dark elves, a fictional subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons. The Dark Elf Trilogy, a series of novels by R. A. Salvatore set in the Dungeons & Dragons universe; Dark Elves, a type of elf in the Warhammer fantasy series Drukhari a.k.a. Dark Eldar, their Warhammer 40,000 counterparts; Dunmer, a type of elf in the Elder Scrolls fantasy ...
The Vanyar were the fairest and most noble of the High Elves; their name means "the Fair", as they have golden hair. [ T 6 ] Their small clan was founded by Imin, the first Elf to awaken at Cuiviénen, with his wife Iminyë and their twelve companions: they broadly correspond to the Minyar.
The svartálfar are almost only attested in the Prose Edda (the word does appear in Ektors saga ok kappa hans, but is presumably borrowed from the Prose Edda). [4] The svartálfar mentioned in Skáldskaparmál 35 are the Sons of Ivaldi, whom Loki engages to craft replacement hair for Sif, wife of the god Thor, after Loki mischievously sheared off her golden tresses. [5]
Elves, at least the Eldar, have a pregnancy that lasts about a year. By the age of 1, Elves can speak, walk and dance. Puberty and full height are attained at around their fiftieth to one hundredth year, when they stop aging physically. [T 26] Elves marry freely, monogamously, only once, and for love early in life; adultery is unthinkable.