Homebrew Ice Elf Species Details

 

People: Typical hair colors for the Ice Elves are white, silver, or pale blue. Their eyes tend to be blue, or silver. The Ice elves are the tallest form of elf, often standing 6 foot or taller. They are lank and graceful and often described as the swans of the Elven people.

Culture: Ice Elves are very formal and stand on ceremony. Everything has its proper order in their culture, and there are strict rules about decorum and interactions between men and women. There is no upper or lower class. All peoples of the Ice elves are considered equal, and the royal family intermingles with the average person with ease. There are, however, different families and how the families, themselves, interact is scripted by law. Those who break decorum are shunned, for example, running away to get married instead of going through the proper procedure. They are deadly loyal to the empress and consider themselves the first allies to the Capitol.

Ice Realm: The Ice Realm is a massive northern continent covered in snow. The land is frigid and barren.  The Ice Realm rarely has much sun and spends much of the year in darkness. Here, the Arora Borealis shines over the crystalline Ice palace on the Northernmost part of the Island, creating a sparkling light show over the city as an everyday part of the people’s lives.

 Allies: The Ice Elves have a congenial relationship with the Dragons. Both cultures mutually respect one another and agree to a policy on non-interference and a promise of assistance only when requested.

The Sky people also get along well with the Ice people who, like them, are very formal and respectful. Although the Sky people cannot take the island all the way to the Northern lights, for some unknown reason, they often park off the Ice Island’s coast so that people can travel and visit friends in the Realm.

Rivals: The Ice Elves have a long-standing hatred for the Wasteland peoples. This is mainly due to differences in ideology. The Ice elves consider the Wasteland peoples Barbaric and despise their uncivilized way of dealing with their internal affairs. The Wasteland people consider the Ice elves haughty, docile, and weak. 

As seems only natural, the Ice elves and the people of the Fire mountains despise one another. The people of the Fire Mountain have historically longed to overtake the Ice Islands due to the rich deposits of ores and gems that lay beneath the ice. This Rivalry has waged on for Eons, and it was only during the Era of the Oracle Stone that the two peoples were able to find common ground.

Ice Elf Traits

Ice Elf

Children of Ice

Born in the cold wastes of the north, Ice Elves are hearty, and their love for scholarly things means that they are intelligent as well, and they receive a +2 to both. However, due to their restrained culture, they are slower than most races receiving a -2 to Dexterity. They are also Immune to cold and vulnerable to fire. 

Natural Spells

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