Half-Elf#
My mother will outlive my children. You learn to hold on to things loosely.
Half-elves are born to an elf and a human, or to two half-elves, and most would rather you didn't notice the elf part. They're quick on their feet and welcome in nearly every city but Narsis and Jewall.
How they live#
Half-elves are rare, found mostly in Tharsis and Crecia, and they usually hide the elven half under a hood or a story. A child of an elf and a human only comes out a half-elf some of the time; the rest take after one parent or the other.
They live about twice as long as humans and less than a quarter as long as elves, so they spend their lives watching one side of the family die young and the other hardly age.
- Temper
- Even-tempered. In hard times they turn on whoever is weakest.
- Leaving
- When a city turns bad they leave a family at a time.
- Money
- Save most of what they have left over.
- Crowds
- Like some room around them.
- Tongue
- Elvish, spoken from birth and known perfectly, besides common.
- Drawn to
- Elves and humans, as much as to their own kind.
What others say#
Half the elves won't speak to them and half the humans won't stop. I'd hide my ears too.
I will hold my daughter's hand when she dies, and she'll look older than her grandfather ever did.
Where they live#
How half-elves feel about settling in each of Sedia’s provinces. Each links to the province’s page, and Home Province covers what it takes to become a citizen of one.
Body and blood#
- Era
- Since the Breaking (0 TB onward)
- Lifespan
- Comes of age at 20 and can live to 180
- Height
- 4 to 5 feet
- Weight
- 90 to 140 pounds
- Genders
- Female (6 in 10) and male (4 in 10); a few are neutral
- Favored stats
- Dexterity and wisdom (the game's race menu lists these; they don't change your scores)
Playing a half-elf#
Any race can take any class. These are the ones half-elves start closest to, with the race’s starting score in each of the class’s two stats.
Scout
Dexterity 12 leads, and charisma 10 is enough to talk your way past the gate you didn't sneak past.
Pickpocket
Dexterity 12 again, and a face that fits in on either side of town.
Runescribe
Wisdom and charisma both start at 10, and runes are an old elven craft.
The ears under the hood
Someone in Tharsis is quietly paying to learn which of the city’s officials are half-elves. A half-elf in the party, or one they know, is on the list.
Names#
Starts human and ends elven. Calanor Fairwood, Meliel Kellwick, Wilynne Hartbury.
