Thread:Eureka Enderborn/@comment-26184570-20160526042255/@comment-26084195-20160526051943

Elven civilization is ancient beyond reckoning, top-heavy, and decadent. They maintain a secular caste society; family clans, or Houses, are exclusively engaged in a professional sphere: be it mercantile, a craft, agriculture, warfare, magic, et al. A House's particular calling is said to run through the family with the blood.

The martial and magically-gifted Houses are large, self-contained noble clans. Elves immersed in the economy hail from smaller houses with less certain prospects. The needs of business warrant frequent interactions, and this leads to marriages, alliances, and rivalries between the minor High Elven Houses.

Lovers of nature to the point that their grandest cities can barely be told apart from a forest, High Elves choose to align themselves with the natural notions of conservatism and eternity, rather than adaptation and conquest.

The High Elves are a tall, slender, and blonde-haired race, with piercing, intelligent eyes. Their skin is tanned by years outdoors, yet remains flawless. Their senses are trained to a peak. The other humanoid races find them beautiful and highly intimidating, but the elves of Arcanus are benign towards other civilized peoples. Still, they remember times long past on Arcanus and Myrror, and have not forgotten the schisms with their Dark cousins and the Dwarves, nor offenses committed by the various beast races.

High Elves are dead-set in their ways, with passing skill in magic, arms, and the creation of great works.