Vereva/Aelves

General
The Aelf (plural, Aelves) is a gentle, sentient race of Vereva. They originate in the isles of The Scar where they settled the oldest continuous nation of Avelamb circa year 32. The Aelves are known for their wisdom, culture and longevity, far outliving the other races. Their culture is lengthy and timeless, deeply entwined with their native Avelamb.

Aging
Most races age in the same manner, called Human Aging, though Dwarves and Aelves age differently from them. Aelves outlive other races through lifespans that last more than ten times the length of Human Aging, with an aging rate that is ten times slower. By example, a Humanwho had lived twenty years of life is physically and mentally an adult, but an Aelf who has lived the same length compares better to a two-year old Human. Conversely, an Aelf having lived 500 years is comparable to a 50 year old human.

The average life-span of an Aelf is equal for both sexes, lasting around 632 years, though the eldest Aelves have lived to be around 1100.

Appearance
The typical Aelf is slightly taller than the average Human but also a touch thinner. Theyre physical features are the most homogenous of any sentient race; lightweight with pale, unflushed skin made paler by golden-blonde hair and glowing blue eyes. The Aelves' ears are round and fragile like Human's during their childhood years but grow to be sturdy with pointed tips by the time they read adulthood at 150.

Once the recognized religion the world over Magicium still lends much of the cultural staples (and stereotypes) attributed to each race. In the Thaumopaedia, it is written:
 * "To the Aelves of the Isles, she bestowed wisdom unencumb'red
 * The Aelves then aged slowly and to greater extents
 * And spread kind thought and philosphy to all who leant ear as her mortal eyes."
 * (Thaumopaedia: Chapter 12, Verse 22-24)

Culture
Aelven culture deals intricately with nature, philosophy and time. Many Aelves are still highly religious, taking their laws strictly from the Thaumopaedia. Because they believe in Vereva/Magicium story of creation, they guard Bevesta's gift of longevity as their raison d'être. Aelves watch over the whole of Vereva, mostly in silence, and intervene only in times of great strife.

Their longevity also gave them sensibilities toward nature. The average Aelf, watching over 632 years of Vereva and therefore more than 20 generations of the other races developed a proverb which states that only nature remains as timeless as the Aelf. Aelves found between watching the races and the flora and fauna,t hat the flora and fauna always acted routinely while the alternate races were unreliable and warrous for many different reasons.