Elf
Navean elves belong to the Elven Empire, a sprawling nation that covers nearly all of the continent. They have an aptitude for weaponry, magic resistance, and agility.
Elven is the language of enchanting. Proficient characters receive a 20% discount when buying spellbooks, spellcasting focuses, and scrolls.
High Elf
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Ability Scores | +2 to Dexterity and +1 to Intelligence |
| Speed | 30 ft. walking speed |
| Languages | Common, Elven, one other language |
| Skills | Perception |
| Darkvision | 60 ft. |
| Weapons | longswords, shortswords, longbows, and shortbows |
| Fey Ancestry | advantage on saves vs. charms, immunity to magic sleep |
| Trance | you require 4 hours of rest instead of 8, and remain conscious throughout |
| Cantrip | you know one cantrip of your choice from the wizard spell list. Intelligence is your spellcasting ability for it. |
| Description | High elves are born to the ruling caste. They are raised to embody the Elven ideal, mastering sword, spell, and bow as part of their aristocratic upbringing. |
Wood Elf
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Ability Scores | +2 to Dexterity and +1 to Wisdom |
| Speed | 35 ft. walking speed |
| Languages | Common, Elven |
| Skills | Perception |
| Darkvision | 60 ft. |
| Weapons | longswords, shortswords, longbows, and shortbows |
| Fey Ancestry | advantage on saves vs. charms, immunity to magic sleep |
| Trance | you require 4 hours of rest instead of 8, and remain conscious throughout |
| Mask of the Wild | you can attempt to hide even when you are only lightly obscured by foliage, heavy rain, falling snow, mist, and other natural phenomena. |
| Description | Wood elves are born to the lesser caste. They serve a compulsory military service term and are charged with managing the empire’s affairs. They tend to be more worldly than their High Elven counterparts. |
Background
Homeland
Vast and sprawling, the Elven Empire dominates global politics as the singular greatest force known to Kindred. Its holdings span a collection of Elven and Human provinces that run from the Eastern Shores to the Western Mountains. The Ivory Emperor (3rd of her dynasty and 22nd to rule) is held up as Steward of the World Itself.
Mandate of Heaven
The inner courts of the Elven Empire are awash in sordid schemes. There are power-hungry eunuchs and machiavellian empress dowagers, religious schisms and clan wars, foul sorcery and bewitching alchemy. Organizing it all is a belief that those who rule do so with the blessing of the gods. Should they be removed from power, then that too is the will of the divine.
Bloodlines
Low-borne Elves are called Wood Elves. Though they may belong to a lower caste, within the Empire they are second only to High Elven nobility. Their responsibilities include the management of servants, the carrying out of Imperial orders, and the facilitation of military campaigns.
Successful usurpations of the throne have seen Wood Elves elevated to High Elves in the past. This is usually accompanied by retroactive adoptions or fortuitous “discoveries” in one’s family tree in order to maintain a tenuous claim to pure blood.