Homebrew Avariel Species Details

The winged elves or sky elves, known as avariel by other elven races, were originally a large faction of elves named the Astald who took it upon themselves to make the world a more peaceful place for their elven brothers and sisters. Moving from region to region they fought war after war, banishing the dragons from the sky control of the skies, assisting in the driving of the Drow to the Underdark, the cursing and then culling of the Fomorians and finally the halting of a great age of darkness from the Lich King Ner'zhul. After a thousand years of fighting the Astald, for their service to the elven kind were granted the gift of flight from elven god Aerdrie Faenyathe and welcomed them into her heavenly realm. Not one of the Astald were seen until the anniversary of their ascension to the celestial plane, exactly 1,000 years later, the winged elves now called the Avariel returned once more and in numbers, flew through the sky like a great swarm into the world once again.

Society

The avariel's society can be easily split into two groups of coexisting people together: Warriors of the sky, the ones who keep the peace in their tribes and keeping the outside world out of their territory, and the scholars of great wisdom and intellect, avariel who bring joy through creation and understanding, that desire only to keep their lands filled with joy.

Young avariel spend their time immersed in both cultures, which typically last over a decade so that no matter what sect they come from, they have a deep understanding and respect of how the other half lives. This has led to warrior avariel to practicing the dyeing of wing tips and other decorative crafts, adorning their feathers and body in paints and dyes.

One of the most prominent characteristics about averiels personalities is the great consideration they have about the effect of their actions and how it would effect their species and elves in general.

Avariel Traits

Your elf character has a variety of natural abilities, the result of thousands of years of elven refinement.

Ability Score Increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2 and your Wisdom score increases by 1.

Avariel Wings

You have a flying speed of 50 feet. You cannot fly if you are wearing medium or heavy armor.

Age

Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as humans, the elven understanding of adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. For Avariel whose live significantly longer than most elves they typically claim adulthood and an adult name at the exact age of 150 and can live for exactly a millennium, before they pass on the exact moment they were born 1000 years ago.

Alignment

Avariel like their elven brothers love freedom, and no freedom is quite as great as soaring through the skies, as such they lean strongly toward the gentler aspects of chaos. They value and protect others' freedom as well as their own, and they are more often good or neutral. It is within the Avariel culture, to not interact with the world outside their enclaves in their attempt to keep their race as pure, in both bloodline and in culture, as possible.

Size

Avariel range from under 5 to over 6 feet tall and have slender but muscular builds. Your size is Medium.

Speed

Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision

Accustomed to twilit forests and the night sky, you have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Keen Senses

You have proficiency in the Perception skill.

Fey Ancestry

You have advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can’t put you to sleep.

Trance

Elves don’t need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. (The Common word for such meditation is “trance.”) While meditating, you can dream after a fashion; such dreams are actually mental exercises that have become reflexive through years of practice. After resting in this way, you gain the same benefit that a human does from 8 hours of sleep.

Languages

You can speak, read and write Common, Elven and Celestial.