The Forlorn are a category of Elf that differ from other elves by upbringing rather than ethnicity. They spend their lengthy childhood in non-elven (typically Human) communities, and tend toward melancholy because of the extraordinary imbalance in life expectancy between them and their adopted families. The earliest Forlorn were the orphaned children of elves who refused to abandon Golarion from the predicted devastation wrought by Earthfall.