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Dominion Era Elledynnë
High Elves
Fair Folk, Golden Ones, Two-Faces
Racial Insignia of the Elledynnë
Land of Origin
Continent of Origin	Termalttë
Homeland	D'Satrë Naborra
Capital	Di'Olyrenë Selvë
Racial Lore
Language	Elledyn'ni
Characteristics	Elledynnë (Characteristics)
Culture	Elledynnë (Culture)
History	Dominion Era
Government	Elledynnë (Government)
Military	Elledynnë (Military)
Stats	Elledynnë (Stats)
Racial Relations
Allies	None
Enemies	Tretallë
Neutrals	None

One would be hard-pressed to call the Elledynnë ugly by any stretch of the imagination. Barring standards of beauty unique to certain races, even the Orcish kingdoms of the West begrudgingly admit that there is an appeal to the High Elves. There is, after all, good reason that the Elledynnë are called the Fair Folk by some of their conquered peoples.

Let not their beauty fool the ignorant observer, however. In their vainglorious arrogance, the High Elves decided to call themselves Elledynnë in Elledyn'ni or "Children of the Stars" as translated into Dominean. Were they not so conceited and possessed of a superiority complex to rival even the gods'—simply because of their perceived physical beauty—perhaps they would have created an empire to rival their hated sister race, the Tretallë and the Tretalleri Dominion.

Physical Qualities

Where the Tretallë bear unique appearances because they are odd, the Elledynnë have never come across another race whom they consider even remotely close to their self-declared superior beauty. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that the Elledynnë truly believe that no other people in the world, both explored and yet to be discovered, shall ever come close or even surpass them.

Flesh and Blood

The Elledynnë are close relatives to the Bone Elves, sharing a common ancestor whose civilization descended to ruin as a direct result of the actions of the group that would eventually split off into the High Elves. While the Tretallë are generally taller and possess stronger musculature, the Elledynnë are rather shorter and possessed of leaner, more slender bodies. The Elledynnë pride themselves of their more petite forms, believing that their shape better fits the standard of beauty as set by the Triple Goddess. Males and females tend to stand at around the same height in similar age groups, but even the tallest of the Elledynnë are significantly shorter than the Bone Elves.

In addition, where the Bone Elves are pale and almost ashen in colour, the Elledynnë are fair. The Elledynnë are called the fair folk for a reason. In natural light their natural skin almost seems to glow with an ethereal radiance. However, over the many thousands of years since the diaspora, the Elledynnë have come to favour having bronzed or golden skin tones. Those who are well-off in society spend a lot of their time lounging in the sun, able to tolerate the direct sunlight better than the Tretallë due to the fact that they are not melanin-deficient like the Tretallë

Finally, it is important to note that much unlike creatures that live in the West, the blood of the Elledynnë and their sister race, the High Elves, is blue. Due to the general lack of iron in the environment in Di'Termalttë, for reasons yet unknown, copper is far more abundant and most creatures that evolve in the East are blue-blooded for that reason, with Haemocyanin used in lieu of Haemoglobin.

Facial Features

Easily the most defining feature of a High Elf, few words exist to describe the unearthly beauty that the Elledyn'ni glamour projects. Beyond the augmented magical beauty of the more affluent individuals in Elledyn'ni society, however, lies a beauty that is still, while not unnatural, certainly above average. Blest with slender faces and seemingly eternal youth(at least until inevitable death), there is no denying that the Elledyn'ni deserve the name "Fair Folk."

Much like the Tretallë, the Elledynnë possess long, thin, tapering eyebrows that serve to accentuate the shapes of their eyes. Elledyn'ni foreheads are typically small and certainly less broad when compared to the Tretallë. There is a tendency among the Elledynnë for hair to form widows' peaks in the centre of the forehead, but this is generally regarded with disdain and resolved either through glamouring or expensive thaumaturgical excision.

Where the Tretallë are possessed of somewhat hooked noses, the Elledynnë typically possess straighter, more slender noses. Like most other elves, the Elledynnë have pointed ears, though unlike the Tretallë there is virtually no difference between male and female ears. Elledynnë ears sit at a relatively acute angle with the skull, and thus appear much shorter from the front than they are from the sides.

As wondrous and beautiful as the Elledyn'ni face might be, this is but a thin veneer. There are very few occasions when a High Elf's inner cruelty or viciousness might show through. When an Elledynnë does indeed choose to display anger or cruelty, his face contorts into a visage so terrifying it inspires fear in most dumb creatures.

Eye and Hair Colour

Speaking from a strictly biological standpoint, there is an intense variation in Elledyn'ni eye-colour. The most common colours are gold and sky-blue, while emerald eyes tend to be the rarest. However, Elledyn'ni rarely, if ever, use their natural eye-colours. Only the fortunate few who are possessed of emerald eyes can afford to not spend great sums of money for thaumaturgical surgery to change their eye-colour. Regardless of magical augmentation or not, when an Elledynnë is enraged, their eyes turn as black as night.

It is largely irrelevant to talk about how eye-colour is inherited among the High Elves since it is almost universally changed before an individual has a chance to speak on the matter. However, it is important to note that in certain sections of the Elledyn'ni nobility, particularly the high aristocracy, heterochromia iridium is nigh-on venerated. Heterochromia is considered a mark of greatness granted by the Triple Goddess. In fact, most Stag-Kings of the Silvered Realm possess different-coloured eyes. Were it not considered immoral and markedly illegal to change one's eyes to attain heterochromia, ask any High Elf with noble blood and they will say that they would undergo the necessary procedures.

Elledyn'ni is also, similarly, naturally varied. Most of the High Elves, however, choose to undergo procedures to change their bodies into producing hair like fine-spun gold or wisps of silver moonlight.