high elf
Pointy-eared aristocrat
High elf is a fantasy race appearing in role-playing games, novels, and related media—typically an ancient, magically gifted people distinguished from other elves by their nobility, arrogance, or connection to arcane power.
The term often implies a civilization in decline, clinging to faded glory: The high elves viewed humans as short-lived upstarts.
Specific traits vary by fictional universe.
- elvenOf the fair folk
- Middle EarthFictional realm with hobbits
- pointed earsEars tapering to tips
- pointy earsTapered auricular appendages
- pale skinLight-colored human exterior
Tolkien · immortal · archery · longbow · ethereal · forest · mage · fair · graceful · Rivendell · Legolas · Galadriel · enchanted · arcane magic · slender · ancient · moonlight · silver
- Elvesdark elves, wood elves, half-elves, Legolas, Galadriel
- fantasy raceselves, dwarf, dwarves, orc, orcs
high, highly, higher, highest, height, heighten, heightened, heightening, elf