Subject: All about elves...(Was: Re: Questions about RoLW)
From: Jon Farber
Date: 1/8/1998, 3:47 PM
To: bneef@ice.net
CC: fanfic@fanfic.com

Well, then only thing I know better then anime is RPGs... so let me jump 
in here, before Tybalt cuts it off...

Lodoss is _NOT_ based on AD&D, so you can't use any of their rules for 
Elven Society there... It _IS_ based on the old Dungeons and Dragons 
rules, so we will have to go there...

Gee, haven't played that since I was 7!

At any rate... High Elves, also known as Gold Elves, are the nobility of 
the Elven Court.  They are the ones that generally live deep in the 
forests and never come out, because they are too good for everyone 
else... They generally have bronze or gold skin, with greenish gold eyes 
and honey hair...

Moon, or Grey, Elves, are the more commonly seen elves.  They are the 
commoners of the Elven Court, and as such, relate to Humans much better. 
 Coloration is generally grey or silver skin, with blue eyes and blue or 
black hair.

Wood Elves, or Wild Elves, are kind of the rednecks of Elven Society.  
They live in the forest, and act like wild pygmies do in those bad 
jungle safari movies.  Copper skin, Green eyes, and generally red hair.

We'll ignore the Sea elves and the Avians.  They don't show up much any 
way...

On to my favorites, the Drow.  Black skin, white hair, red eyes.  These 
are the evil elves.  They are forced to live underground by the surface 
elves, and carry an scathing hatred for them.  They consider themselves 
the only True Elven race, the rest are thought of as pointy eared 
humans.

Now, people generally refer to Drow as Dark Elves.  Dark Elves are a 
seperate thing entirely.  Dark Elves are renegades that have been 
punished by the Elven Council, and have had their elven status revoked. 
 So all Drow are Dark Elves, but not all Dark Elves are Drow.

So I think Pirotess was a Drow, and Deedlit was a High Elf... Hope this 
helps someone.. Was sure fun writing it...

What race next?  Dwarves?  Kender?

Flint and Tas?
-- JD Farber email: sabreb@erols.com ICQ: 3378089 Lover of Shonen Girls, and Shojo Men. ESPECIALLY RYEN!!!! Every Man's worst nightmare.... Whether you live or die depends on the testimony of your ex-wife... --Jay Leno