High Elf

Following the Upheaval the High Elves were left devistated by the complete loss of their pantheon. When the average citizen refers to an "elf", they usually mean high elves. High Elves today are a race that has overcome the complete loss of their deities and the highly religious society that they once were. Today High Elves are highly spread out, the only primarily elven city being Etherhall.

Elves are known primarily for skill in magic, psionics, swordplay and tactics. They tend towards intellectual pursuits, even if that is the intelligent usage of a sword. Elves, due to their tendnecy to be highly skilled in arcana are welcomed everywhere due to the need for mages to enchant the machinery on which most cities run. They are generally a serious race, with a rare few who managed to avoid death lasting to close to a millenia. As such, there are a handful of elves who still can remember the Upheaval.

Due to their long age, most elves have learned to live their lives in phases. Due to the lack of any major elven nation, most live among other, shorter-lived races. A lesson every elf learns early is to be able to start over. They grow up knowing that the friends and loved ones they hold dear today will die long before them, that in fact they will likely see their loved one's children die. For this reason many elves live their lives based on the generations of their loved ones. When the last of their loved ones die, they usually hide away for a decade before rejoining the world, sometimes under a new name, to start again in making friends and a new life.

It is common for elves to take up the adventuring lifestyle almost in the pursuit of death, to be able to live a shorter life and die a meaningful death alongside those they care for.