Elves

Elves are a race on Arven. They are often attributed as the sorcerers who fled to safety with Vara during the Age of Creation. There are two distinct subraces of elves, the city elves, and the wood elves.

Biology
Elves are biologically immortal and cannot die of old age. They are still required to eat and drink. Elves do not need to sleep and instead enter a trance-like state for several hours each day. They are often taller than humans, ranging from 5'8"-6'8". They are slender and are often regarded by humans as very beautiful.

Elves reproduce at an extremely slow rate compared to the other races and elven children are rare. Elves are capable of interbreeding with humans, producing half-elves. Elves are considered children until they have at least lived through their first century but, are physically mature at the age of twenty.

Elves grow very little body hair and Elven men can only grow a short, thin beard.

Culture
Elves are split into two cultures and ethnicities, the city elves, and the wood elves. Wood elves typically live within the Elven Hinterlands, a region home to grand forests and very few cities. Cities elves lack a distinct homeland and often live within human cities.

Cities elves are the most common type of elf seen by most within Arven. Cities elves thrive within large cities and often reach high ranking positions within intellectual communities in a relatively short period of time.

Wood elves are reclusive and distrustful of strangers, especially within their homeland. Wood elves use druidic magic to create intricate villages within the trees of the Hinterland.