HIGH ELVES The high Elves lived among the mountains just below the gateway to Theras, in the early years of the land they benefited from hours of conversations with the Immortals. It was through  this period that the high Elves became the most dominant force on the planet. Sadly it was not to last for the  high Elves discovered art and high culture, working on those skills while others took to the more brutal skills of survival and battle. Now the High Elves are the last of the noble ones, built for a different time and walking towards extinction.    WOOD ELVES The wood Elves sprang up when a messenger party of High Elves was cut off within the grasp of Nirimloth, back in the early days the forest was still wild and the stars had yet to be placed in the sky to act as map markers. The small group stayed within the forest and prospered. They gave up the higher arts and took to learning nature and it's ways. The wood Elves thrived, so much so that they are the most common of the Elves you can encounter in the realms.    MOON ELVES The moon Elves started off as astrologers from the high elf courts, they constructed large telescopes to view the massive heavenly bodies. During the great wars they called upon the Immortals for aid, before finding themselves placed upon one of the great moons in the sky while the battles raged far below. Distraught they asked to be returned to the land where they could stand with their kins men, the immortals heard them but in pushing the moon closer it broke apart, scattering the Elves acrossthe realm and coating their skin in moon dust. So it is that Moon Elves have a silver grey complexion and seek knowledge of the heavens.    TAH-SHEI ELVES The Tah-shei are the Elves that walked from the High Elf houses, they saw the danger that was building within the realms. When their pleas for weapon building where ignored they cut all ties  from the high Elves and headed off into the wilderness to prepare. If not for the Tah-shei  then all of the Elven races would have been destroyed. At one point there was no mortal fighter who could best a Tah-shei in combat, sadly the old ways where lost when a rogue Tah-shei called 'Kulistar' stole  the ancient manuscripts of war. Now they search the lands for any of the old ways and seek once more to bring back their former glory. SEA ELVES Colonizing the shores and beaches the Sea Elves have grown accustomed to the life and trials of the Sea. Adept in fishing, boating, and navigating the waters of the ocean, and often found in servitude of the Temple of the Sea. These Elves were though to be the descendants of the High Elves separated throughout the lands as the realms took form. Found mostly in the coastal regions, some of these elves have been known to have gills.