【Elves】

Not quite fey creatures, but tied to the wilds in a similar way - they lack souls. They do not go to the afterlife and cannot be ressurected. Elves take death very seriously, and are highly likely (+1 on a d6) to retreat if outnumbered or losing a battle. Elven pride means they will generally refuse to surrender, however, so a cornered NPC elf who fails a morale check will always attempt to parlay, use trickery, or (if gravely insulted, or otherwise dishonored) the option of a blaze-of-glory martyrdom will be on the table.

Elven societies are prone to isolationism because of this. Those elves deemed too reckless, short-tempered, or otherwise chaotic are exiled to not disrupt harmony or inadvertently cause problems. Given that elves lean heavily towards the chaotic alignment, this happens all too frequently.

While player character elves are free to be played in any manner they wish, NPC elves will often maintain the elven wariness of danger. Plenty of elves are expelled because of how they act, not what they believe.

【Drow】

All elves know the story of the Drow. It's a cautionary tale, a warning.

Long ago, an idea spread among elvenkind - jealousy of the other demi-human races. Weary of the lingering fear of death, some sought to solve this problem. At first a small pact was made, then a cult was formed, and eventually resulted in tragedy. This cult, originally called the Bontidrow'eth - a compound of "Bon Tidrow Eth" meaning "soul gifted people" in old elven - made pacts with demonic entities. Most did not know the true nature of the rituals they undertook, but the corrupting nature of the magic meant they no longer cared once it was complete. For while they were, in a way, given "souls", these were the souls of the unworthy, the vile, and the damned. Spirits that were halfway on the road to becoming new lesser demons, their former identities and will destroyed by the corruption of the abyss. This not only gave the Bontidrow'eth an afterlife (as terrible as one would be) but also instilled with them greater supernatural powers - all at the cost of their sanity.

Eventually, the cult took over the entirety of the once prosperous elven city of Ganymede. Those who joined decived others, and those who refused were either disposed of or fled. The escapees informed other elven societies, and seeing this great threat to elvenkind, a war was waged. One that devastated the populations of both the surface elves' and the Bontidrow'eth. At the final Siege of Ganymede, it became a bloodbath. Both sides grew weary, with neither making progress beyond racking up a bodycount. But in the twilight hours of the last day of the war, a great shadowy shape appeared in the sky over Ganymede. Letting out a terrible, unearthly laugh, the earth opened under the city into a great, maw-like chasm, which swallowed it whole - sealing the dark elves beneath the earth. The site upon which Ganymede sat then blistered up, callousing into a mountain. Old elven maps from before the battle still listed that spot to simply be "Ganymede", and the name "Mount Ganymede" stuck - to the displeasure of elves, who intentionally left it unnamed out of disgust. Similarly, the name "Drow" is a pejorative too.

For while "tidrow" means "gifted", "drow" means "one with hubris and arrogance."

Some elves do not properly heed this warning, and seek other means of avoiding death. Some benign, such as deeply researching teleportation magic or voluntarily living their lives in slowed time. Some turn to the equally terrible means of undeath or other profane rituals to extend their lifespans.

Because of their corrupted, semi-possessed nature, Drow are not playable. There are no drow in the world that are "good", for if one somehow had the corruption removed from him or her, they would no longer be a drow, but a normal elf.