Ice Elves

The Ice Elves of Afarwaha are a unique elven culture, as they mix typical northern features with typical elven ones.

Living in a land of harsh climate, there are several unusual features among the Ice Elves not seen among elves elsewhere. The most visible one is that fur is a common clothing, especially in winter. While elves in general are not beyond wearing leather or other animal parts at all, fur is not common in the other, more southern elven cultures.

The most unique feature, however, are the mines. Nowhere else in the world do elves operate mines, but the climate in the north makes metal essential. Unlike dwarven mines, elven mines are fairly simple and shallow, but they do produce good ore, as the elves follow only the best veins, ignoring others. While the volume of ore produced from such mines is lower than that of comparable human or dwarven mines, the quality of the ore is excellent.

Culturally, Ice Elves are traditionalists. They greatly treasure the elven ways, and even where they mix with humans, they never give up their own culture. They are, first and foremost, elves.