Elf

Elves (sing. Elf, lat.: Homo sapiens nobilis) appeared for the first time in 2011. Starting from this year, some human mothers bore dwarvish or elvish children. Medical researchers called the transformation of these babies Unexplained Genetic Expression (UGE). They are also known as the Sidhe (pronounced "Shee"). The elves are currently the 3rd most most widespread metatype on a global scale.

Physical Description
Elves are roughly of human height, standing between 5'5" and 6'1" on average, but are lighter, weighing in between 130 to 180 lbs. Even exceptionally strong high elves look rather slim compared with other races, looking athletic rather than muscular.

Their most remarkable characteristic are their pointed ears. Their skin color varies, similarly as with humans, from white to black. Body hair is sparse but head hair is full and fine. Elven eyes are almond-shaped. Thanks to metabolic testing, it has been shown that Elves have a potential lifespan of several hundred years or more, with certain unexplained genes (usually found in powerfully magical elves) giving some an even longer lifespan. Like Orks, Elves are endowed with more, and more sensitive, rod cells in their eyes, giving them natural lowlight vision. For that they are believed to be naturally nocturnal, and a lot of elves - but not all of them - are vegetarian.

Genetic Heritage
Elves may have human genes from the Inner Earth. This is simply because stories of the Faerie Realm seemed to be associated around certain caves in Britain and Celtic Western Europe. The Sidhe are also connected to the Beaker Folk of early Bronze Age Europe and the Settlers of Stone Age Britain. Whatever the Genetic Heritage, they certainly manifest as beautiful, ageless people with pointed ears.

Metahuman Variants

 * Dryads
 * Night Ones or Dark Elves
 * Wakyambi
 * Xapiri Thepe