Wood elves, also known as copper elves, or ortelquessir were the most populous of the elven races. The wood elves are among the most numerous of faeruns elven people, a young and confident folk who hold the old elven forest homelands in strength. Elaine cunningham for creating the realms and elves we all love. See more ideas about fantasy characters, dark elf and dungeons and dragons.
Dont worry about two names sharing the same meaning or having two definitions for one name. Each name has a different ring, which helps you choose a name for a leading character, a supporting character, and a villain. These lists are divided into names for female elves, names for male elves, and surnames for elves. Special materials are metals, woods, stone, or other types of building material that isnt magical but has what could be considered magical properties. Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic and weapons such as the sword and bow. Mar 24, 2009 most of this list is racked from a forum mainly the dnd stuff and the guys at gitp have helped me quite a bit.
The wood elves, unlike the wild elves, continued to build civilizations, though on a smaller scale than the eladrin. Each drow name consists of a prefix from table 2 and one or more suffixes from table 3. Two names may sound the same to a human, but an elf would know the difference. Some, like the legendary forgotten realms, are rich with storied history. Racial traits moon elves have the following racial traits, which supersede existing traits moon elf skill bonuses. Their archery and tactical skills are among the best, which they gladly use in combination with their agility and cunning to protect what they love. The moon elf is a subrace of eladrin in forgotten realms, and introduced as a subrace in the neverwinter campaign setting. Wood elves saw themselves as guardians of the telquessir forest homes that were largely abandoned after the crown wars and before the retreat, but unlike most elves they did not view themselves as a people apart from the rest of faerun. This anthology is based on the forgotten realms setting of dungeons and dragons. They have all the elven racial traits given in chapter 2 of the players handbook except as follows. In the third age, most remaining silvan elves lived either in lothlorien or the woodland realm. Whereas the first two books took place in underground worlds, this book brings drizzt dourden to the surface.
The elves of greyhawk include the standard aquatic, dark drow, grey, high, and wood sylvan elves described in the core rule books of various editions. This list includes the dialects of the aquatic elves, avariel elves, lythari elves, moon elves, sun elves, wild elves and wood elves. This forgotten realms novel gives an excellent sense of the background and psychology of elves, including their patience, longevity, capacity for violence, interactions with humans, and how they treat halfelves. The 5e players handbook lists some example elven family names and their translations into the common tongue. In the eastern high forest, the wood elves founded the kingdom of earlann, a contemporary and ally of netheril. Elves, much like their living ancestors, the eladrin, who were also commonly called elves, were a longlived race of the telquessir found most commonly in forests, shrublands, and other wildernesses. You are going to be pleasantly surprised by how elegant these elf names are. In eberron, the elves originated in xendrik during the age of giants, where they were slaves of the giants. Silvan elves also known as woodland elves,woodelves, and eastelves were a subgroup of the nandor, ultimately of telerin descent. Little distinction exists between male names and female names. Often, elven hair was dark, either brown or black, with copper red or blond hair also found amongst wood elves, although orange or even green hues were not. Their hair color ranges from yellow to a coppery red, and they are more muscular than other elves. The best source for the fr timeline is the incredible hardback tome, the grand. I have to admit, theres far less information on this specific kind of elvish, and its much easier to use one of tolkiens languages which are probably more fleshed out.
However, when earlann fell, the wood elves too abandoned the concept of nationbuilding, leaving it to the other races. Whether you are playing a video game or writing a book, these dark elf names can help. This category includes the wild elves grugach of greyhawk and the kagonesti of dragonlance, as well as the races called wood elves in. Wood elves, also known as asrai in some warhammer tales are a race of elves that live a highly isolated and secretive life. It asks an elf to be more than just a snooty, treehugging human, but.
History and lore of elves roleplaying games stack exchange. Salvatore, 25 books ed greenwood, 15 books douglas niles, 3 books baker, richard, 2 books anthony, mark, 2 books jeff grubb, 1 book paul s. Then, you can add one of the 100 wood elf surnames to the end of the elf s first name for a creative, unique option. From time to time the elves organized strong nations, though with far less frequency than eladrin, in some cases adopting even a nomadic lifestyle. A wood elf is an elf that lives in a forest or some other wooded area. From some reading i did on the shining south of forgotten realms, the wood elves of tethyr forest have an extreme hatred for the humans of the nation not only for theid destruction of the wood, but also the enslavement of many tribes. The realms of the elves anthology ties into richard bakers the last mythal trilogy. Found in fictional writing and in games, they are excellent at archery. This book has a much different tone than the first two. Discover great wood elf names with our wood elf name generator. A week in the forgotten realms is a tenday 10 days, not 7, so that each month has an even 3 weeks. The tale is set in a time in which the dark elves, or avari, from which the stock of wood elves is derived, have not yet journeyed.
Races forgotten realms campaign setting book moon elf. Below are several names for elves that you might want to consider for your fantasy story. Currently comprising thirty seven novels, the author has continued to write since his first release, the crystal shard, in 1988. Since female and male drow names are often very different, many table entries list a female name fragment and then the male equivalent. From the bitter, windswept steppes of the endless waste to the stormlashed cliffs of the sword coast stretches a wide, wild land of shining kingdoms and. G soft g and j hard g write hard c as k th at the beginning hard th th at the end soft th ch is pronounced kh softened k r is. Cunningham is, as far as cheap fantasy goes, one of the best authors in the realms. Below are some tables to aid in creating names for drow characters and npcs. Modern elves are split into many distinct cultures. According to the players handbook, every elf bears a family name, typically a combination of other elvish words.
The official timeline for the forgotten realms and its. This category includes the wild elves grugach of greyhawk and the kagonesti of dragonlance, as well as the races called wood elves in greyhawk and the forgotten realms. Their homes are made through rituals in order to form living wood structures. The generator will display a new unique wood elf name each time you hit the button to see another. Special materials dungeons and dragons wiki fandom. From here, they have learnt to dwell in concord with the.
Wood elves more closely resemble their eladrin cousins moonsun elves. Order of forgotten realms books forgotten realms is a multiauthor series of fantasy novels created by canadian author ed greenwood. Franklin, 1 book troy denning, 1 book scott ciencin, 1 book elaine cunningham, 1 book rosemary jones, 1 book elaine cunningham, 1. They are defenders of the forest and because of this nature is often reflected in their names. The players handbook connects the high elves to the gray elves and valley elves of the greyhawk setting, the silvanesti and qualinesti of the dragonlance setting, and the sun elves and moon elves of the forgotten realms setting. The dalelands, elf wood, great dale, high forest, the north, tethyr, western heartlands. Justice or vengeance watchman by day, vigilante by night, shadowbanes world is turned upside down when he runs across a powerful wizardin the form of a confused, hunted girl. Have some fun creating your own fantasy world and find some inspiration with these wood elf names. Downshadow forgotten realms ed greenwood presents waterdeep the dark knight must choose. Races of stone races of destiny races of the wild drow of the underdark. This ritual only works if both parties agree to the transformation. Lorkh savage butchers who lost their elven nature long ago through such behavior.
Drow and in this case dark elf heritage, will be dominant over the wood elf in terms of abilities and appearance. Salvaores forgotten realms series takes place in the universe of the same name belonging to the wildly popular dungeons and dragons franchise. Elves of the flanaess are a bit shorter and lighter than humans, with a slender, athletic build and typically fair complexions, although eye and hair colour can vary among the subraces. Heirs to the second generation of elven nations, the wood elves see their realms as the natural successors to lands such as eaerlann and cormanthyr. All these names are generated with rules similar to how the names in the elder scroll games seem to be created, so most of the generator names will fit, some might even be the same as ingame names. Bosmer are wood elves, so these names could fit other wood elves in other games and stories as well. Im wondering what elvish language these names come from if any, and what resources i can consult to learn more about it. The following wood elf names include 100 options for males and 100 options for females. List of all elven races from verything, ever updating. Songs and swords, book 3 mass market paperback january 1, 2001. They are the most numerous of the eladrin cousins, being of fair complexion and appearing blue in certain light. Long ago they split off from the rest of their kind to live their lives amongst the beauty of nature. The wood elves, known as the asrai in some tales, or as the fay folk of athel loren, are a reclusive, secretive and highly isolationist race of elves that have long ago voluntarily split off from the rest of their kin, preferring instead to live out their lives in natures embrace beneath the enchanted forested canopy of athel loren. Elves are long lived and spend much time in study or exploring, giving many people the impression that they are not entirely concerned with the world around them, while others may find them a bit chaotic.
It covers all manner of fr subjects, including articles about the naming of years, the calendar of harptos, years by name, and coverage of nearly every single year my completely insane list of notable years in the fr timeline. Becoming physically mature by the age of 25 and emotionally mature at around 125, they are also famously longlived, capable of living more than half a millennium. Although thats not to say, there wont be any slight differences that would tip off to a different heritage, such as perhaps eye colour the same wiki page, listing some differing eye colours as an indicator of some surface elf. It was released in february 2006 and was published by wizards of the coast, inc. Lythari packs are almost exclusively found in wood elf lands or on the isle of evermeet. Dec 18, 2017 below are several names for elves that you might want to consider for your fantasy story. One last excellent resource is the forgotten realms wiki. Their kindred were ruled by noldor or sindar elves. Many wood elves, especially those from the forest of cormanthor, participated in the elven retreat in 44 dr that saw many elves, mostly sun and moon elves, retreat to the isle of evermeet. The right dark elf names can really break your fantasy characters. The legend of drizzt book 1 homeland tp print graphic novel. As a wood elf, you have keen senses and intuition, and your fleet feet carry you quickly and stealthily through your native forests. They are born as werecreatures to lycanthrope parents.
There are 300 different male, female and surname options that you can combine for more unique names. Elves are one with nature, and will do anything they can to protect it. Elves were detailed for the forgotten realms setting in races of faerun. The list started because at recess at school a friend asked me how many elven races i could name, which i then turned into a list in notepad, which evolved at lvl 70 into a word. Sojourn is the last book in the dark elf trilogy, and what an epic conclusion it is. As umanyar, they, like the sindar, began the great journey but did not complete it. Moon elves have the following racial traits, which supersede existing traits. Forgotten realms fiction, roleplaying game fiction. According to the complete book of elves, the elven language is so full of subtlety and nuance that only native speakers fully understand it.
Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as the realms, it was created by game designer ed greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories. This book spans thousands of years and tells the story of the elves, from their myths about gods, to the legends about when they arrived on the planet of abertoril, all the way to the most currant history about the elven isle of evermeet. Wood elves, also known as copper elves, or ortelquessir were the most populous. Lythari propagate using a ritual of bonding that will turn the other party into a lythari. Feb, 2016 explore kimmyb4u2s board elves night wood and drow. See more ideas about dark elf, drizzt do urden, forgotten realms.
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