Recent History
Wood Elves have become more common since acknowledging their own existence during the Siege of Mor’Koc. This event allowed them to group together with others of their kind and reduced the interbreeding of them and their High Elf cousins. Since the Siege, Wood Elves have become full Imperial Citizens and are granted the same rights and responsibilities as the Trolls they live alongside. They work as Imperial Army Scouts, foresters, explorers and scholars in the Order of Grand Wizards.
General Description
The Wood Elves differ from their High Elf cousins by having bronze tanned skin as a result of the vast time they spend exploring the wilderness, usually coupled with green eyes and black hair. These traits have become increasingly common due to the Wood Elves’ fondness for beauty.
Culture
Wood Elves have always been at odds with their stuck up High Elf cousins, preferring a simpler life of being at one with nature, free from the interbred Elven nobility. Wood Elves officially (and temporarily) declared themselves to be independent of Tír during the Imperial Wars, which they viewed as an outrageous insanity-fuelled attempt to upset the natural order. Their culture at least partially seems to be influenced by the culture of the Elves’ High Folk cousins the Fae, with whom they share many customs such as the veneration of stone circles and the natural beauty of the body (though the latter to a lesser extent than the Fae), some of their Druidic customs and a focus on the importance of self-discovery. Many of them thus live in Leànnite communes in the woods, but regard the use of drugs as an affront to the sanctity of their Goddess-given bodies. This has occasionally placed them at odds with their Fae cousins, but usually the two cultures share a close, friendly relationship. They also have an interesting adaptation of the traditional bow-making custom of the Elves - they will usually make their own long knife to go along with it at the same time. These knives are the perfect accompanying hunting tool to go with their handmade bows.
Distant
Wood Elves, despite their general free-spirited friendliness, can be rather disconnected from society around them. They can also have a tendency towards not clearly thinking through their goals or objectives.
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