Elves
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The Elves are one of the many creations of the Old Ones. In comparison to humans, elves are tall, fair, and slender. They are almost physically flawless and rarely succumb to disease or mutation and can live for hundreds or even thousands of years.
In the ancient past the elves were wandering and living in the Old World until they were transferred towards Ulthuan by the Old Ones. At more or less at the same time the Dwarfs started to colonize the mountains of the Old World, and it is speculated that the Old Ones were preventing any future confrontation between the two nations.
The Elves seem to be unaware of this fact; they eventually adopted Ulthuan as their homeland and established a highly developed civilization. Exploring the seas and shores they founded several colonies, many of them in the Old World.
Eventually the High Elf civilization was engulfed in a great civil war that still rages on.
- The loyalist side kept their identity as High Elves.
- The twisted Dark Elves are their hate-filled opponents.
- The Wood Elves are descendants of High Elf colonists who refused to abandon the Old World as the High Elf armies retreated to protect Ulthuan. They declared their own independence and their descendants live currently in the Forest of Loren.
It must be pointed out that these factions are largely political and cultural divisions. A Dark Elf could pass as a High Elf if he wears the proper clothes and vice-versa.
Sea Elves
Older background material of the Warhammer Fantasy universe mentions the Sea Elves. They are described as being a seafaring nation living in and around Lothern, also being present in Marienburg's Elf quarter.
Posterior editions never mentioned the Sea Elves again (replacing them with High Elves), and they are currently widely considered out-dated (i.e.: non-existent).
