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The elven races have predominantly occupied the western region, so named the Elven Aristocracy by the then-dominant high elves of Ascalon.

The Aristocracy is a haven for elves, druids, and arcane magic users. The high elves have situated themselves primarily in the Floating City, Ascalon, in the northern area of the Aristocracy, and the wood elves in the Greenwood Glades, a dense, miles-wide jungle forest on the north-east border between the Aristocracy and the Riverlands.

  • The high elves of Havilon live in seclusion atop Ascalon, the Floating City, in the Elven Aristocracy. Under the leadership of Sky Baron Gephostos, they are a high-magic, self-sufficient minor nation that rarely, if ever, allows anyone inside but other high elves or those who have earned their favor. Any high elf is by their very nature born with the ability to cast magic.
  • The wood elves of Havilon live in harmony in the Greenwood Glades, just shy of the Great Chain mountains. The jungle forest is a haven of fey and druidic magic on the border of the Elven Aristocracy. Upon death, wood elves of the Greenwood Glades or anywhere with a strong woodland connection are born into trees. This means the wood elf joins a grove and lives a second life as part of a hivemind.
  • The dark elves, conversely, have not congregated to call a region their own. Commonly, many dark elves are not considered native to Havilon, but native to the Underdark as on many other continents, and dark elves who have left the Underdark behind to lead a life on the surface are few and far between. Unlike their cousins, the dark elves do not have an innate connection to magic, the elements, or nature, but to gemstones.
  • The aquatic sea elves have founded a string of subterranean villages near the western and northern coasts of Havilon as an expansion of their underwater society since the rediscovery of the continent. They are a rare sight when you venture inland. An innately magical race like their high elven cousins, the sea elves are adept swimmers with strong ties to the weather and storms.

Importantly, elves have a latent ancestral memory. Most elves cannot fully control or access it, though some dedicate their entire lives to the practice, and such sages are in effect keepers of the memories of the entire elven race. More often, this manifests itself in unpredictable and unexplainable flashes: being proficient in a skill without any practice, or being able to recall exact details of events that took place long before their birth. These combine to make elves far wiser and more knowledgable than their apparent age would suggest.

Ancestral memories, however, are not passed onto half-elves.