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Wood elf is a generic term for an elf that lives in wooded areas such as forests. Wood Elf may refer to: Silvan Elves, a fictional race in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth of northern Mirkwood and Lothlórien; Wood Elves, a subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons; Wood Elves (Warhammer), a fictional race in the Warhammer universe
In the Heroes of Might and Magic series, Elves are divided into two sub-species: Wood Elves, and Snow Elves. Wood Elves are from the wooded kingdom of AvLee which lies in eastern Antagarich. They are descendants and cousins of the Vori elves. Snow Elves a.k.a. Vori Elves or "true elves", are from the icy isle of Vori, which lies north of the ...
The framework for J. R. R. Tolkien's conception of his Elves, and many points of detail in his portrayal of them, is thought by Haukur Þorgeirsson to have come from the survey of folklore and early modern scholarship about elves (álfar) in Icelandic tradition in the introduction to Íslenzkar þjóðsögur og æfintýri ('Icelandic legends and fairy tales').
Wood elves are considered by other elven subraces (particularly the austere sun elves) to be boisterous and hedonistic. They have a zest for life and pleasure. According to Races of Faerûn (which was published in March 2003 and only mentions aquatic elves, avariel, drow, lythari, moon elves, sun elves, wood elves, and wild elves), wood elves ...
The wood-elves of the realm are called Galadhrim. The realm, a broad woodland between the Misty Mountains and the River Anduin, is the Elven centre of resistance against the Dark Lord Sauron in The Lord of the Rings. Galadriel had one of the Three Elf-Rings, and used it to keep Sauron from seeing
Thranduil is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.He first appears as a supporting character in The Hobbit, where he is simply known as the Elvenking, the ruler of the Elves who lived in the woodland realm of Mirkwood.
Legolas is the son of Thranduil, King of the Woodland Realm of Northern Mirkwood, [T 1] who appeared as "the Elvenking" in The Hobbit. [T 2] Thranduil, one of the Sindar or "Grey Elves", [T 3] ruled over the Silvan Elves or "Wood-elves" of Mirkwood.
An elf (pl.: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in North Germanic mythology, ...
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