[ZGG Repost] Elves

[Havard]

Havard:
What do you all do with elves in your campaigns? Looking at the figures, it looks like the Westryn vastly outnumber the Cumasti. Chances are, its more likely to meet the Westryn, even if they are a reclusive bunch.

How dark do you make them? The Cumasti remind me of Tolkien's lot haning out at Rivendell. I always saw Ringlo as similar to Rivendell anyway.

Thoughts?

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TheWonderingBard:
Well from what I've seen thus far. Yes the Cumasti are VERY much like the Rivendell Elves, but the Wystren remind Me not of even thier cousins. I think of them more like Celtic Hunters of old myth and legend.
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bgilkison:
If you want to continue the Tolkien comparison, IMHO, I'd place the Westryn mentality in the same camp as the wood-elves, i.e. the Elves of Mirkwood (Thranduil and his kin). At least from their portrayal in The Hobbit, they seemed even more xenophobic than some of the other elven groups remaining in Middle-Earth...
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Havard:
Interestin idea. My only problem with it is that the Mirwood elves seem a little silly as they are described in the Hobbit....

Celtic Hunter types as The Wondering Bard suggests seems closer to what I am looking for. Probably a fairly dark version of those even...

Havard
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Falconer:
The Wood-elves of The Hobbit aren’t silly. The Rivendell Elves are.

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-Havard