The Gray Elven nation on Midlantia is in the heart of the Mistwood. Ruled by the Elven Queen, their cities which blend into the forest are the heart of these people’s lives. They are great mages having a natural affinity for magic, but can also be warriors and rogues.

These people are aloof and proud, claiming a more direct decent from the Anteanum. They look down on all other races – even other elves – as inferior and either treat them with disdain or patronizing simplicity. Their attitude towards the other races has earned them few true allies. All Gray Elves are not so insufferable, however, and indeed their society is as good as the Dark Elf society is evil. Their benevolence, even tainted as some may say by their arrogance, is the reason they do have friends, namely the Duchy of Avalon which for almost its entire existence has had an alliance with the Elves of Mistwood.

Gray Elves are isolationists, preferring to close the outside world from their lives. Some Gray Elves, however, have ventured forth from their cities and the Mistwood and sought out the outside world, some simply find life in the Mistwood boring and seek adventure. Many find their way to Avalon where their magical aptitude allows them easily to find a place in Avalonian society.

The Elven Queen rules her people with the aid of the Elven high nobles, each representing a noble house. In this way too, Gray Elves are similar to Dark Elves, but their laws rather than promoting strife, conflict and turmoil in the pursuit of power, protect the people they are placed upon.

Gray Elves are long lived and their long lives, powerful ancient magic, and graceful skill allows them to be great creators of all forms of art and music. Not all Gray Elves are artisans, but with hundreds of years of practic

 

e there is little a skilled Gray Elf craftsman cannot do. Gray Elves trade with the outside world and their crafts are highly sought after and this trade has made the Gray Elf nation very wealthy, even perhaps beyond what outsiders could imagine.

Most Gray Elves tend to be good, though being free willed creatures some have sought out means of power to satiat

e their darker desires. Few chose to follow the Mother, preferring their cities to the wild and they often leave the pursuit of such things to the Wood Elves, but they still hold the Mother in high regard.

Advantages
+2 Power Points for the first 3 levels (+6 Power Points Total)
Half cost for the Mage Basic Career Skill List (5 Build Points)
Can purchase the Elven Resist skill
Disadvantages
-2 Body Points at Level 1
Double cost for the Stamina skill (8 Build Points)
Increased cost for Rogue Basic Career Skill List (15 Build Points)
Cannot learn the Charm School
Costume and Roleplaying Requirements
The player must wear pointed ears and blue makeup around the eyes.
Native Literacy
Elven, Common