Elf

The high elves of Sol are proud and ancient as a people. They claim to be the first born of all mortal races, a claim that is not completely without basis. The truth, as is most often the case, is more complicated. All the same they maintain a truly ancient civilization. The elves of Sol had grown accustomed to seeing "the lesser races" scurry about beneath them, both literally and figuratively. To the elves of old the dwarves were simply an unusually intelligent animal until the day they began to raze the forest to build colonies on the surface. When, in time, the dwarves abandoned their colonies and returned to their homes beneath the ground the elves saw it as a sign they had been right all along.

Only now that even the oldest of all elves has difficulty remembering a time before "lesser races" are the youngest of elves beginning to come around to the thought that perhaps these beings are truly equals of the elves.

Elves of Sol live indefinitely, and only disease, accident, or violence ever ends their lives. It is for this reason perhaps above all others that elves perceive themselves as superior. Some live in stoneless cities high in tree tops that other races simply wouldn’t even notice, twisting the boughs of ancient trees into their homes over the course of many hundreds of years, others in grand stone cities that seem to spring from the forest ground without disturbing the natural surroundings.

They stand between 5’ and 7’ tall, though most are between 5'6" and 6'7" and weigh anywhere from 90 to 200 pounds. They are always very slender and only the tallest ever reach into the upper 100’s in weight. They have blade shaped ears that vary greatly in length. Most are just slightly shorter than their hands, but everything from nearly human sized ears (though still pointed) to ears nearly a third longer than their hands can be found. They tend to be fair skinned, but can have nearly any skin color humans have, though high elves with very dark skin are quite rare (and seen among elves as exotically beautiful). They have hair in any of the familiar human colors in addition to white, pale blue, and even pale lavender, though blonde is by far the most common.