Often called "Elves" by various human groups, the Aldryami are humanoid-shaped plant creatures.
Description
- While some may appear to be of very human-looking appearance, most feature completely vegetable traits.
- Some may have leaves or vines for hair, or a greenish hue to their skin, others are covered in bark or have non-animal twists to their limbs.
- Aldryami are tied to the type of forests they live in.
- Born from a seed which his mother lay and bury to earth.
- In addition to human senses, they have Elfsense which allows them to commune with the woods.
Species
Types of Elves include:
- Mreli or Brown Elves - associated with deciduous forests.
- Vronkali or Green Elves - associated with coniferous forests.
- Embyli or Yellow Elves - found in jungles and rainforests.
- Halamali or White Elves - an extinct species of elf that lived in the Wastelands and Kovano.
- Rufeldryami or Moon Elves - they live in the Tendarshan Forest of the Red Moon
There are also related sylvan creatures, often not as smart or numerous as true Aldryami, such as Dryads, Runners or Pixies.
Several species are commonly known as elves but they do not worship or claim descent from Aldrya. They include:
- Olembi or Fire Elves - they reportly live in the southernmost of Pamaltela, called Sakum
- Murthoi or Blue Elves - which live in the ocean tending forests of kelp.
- Slorifings or Red Elves - associated with ferns and spore-bearing plants.
- Voralans or Black Elves - associated with funguses and slime moulds.
Warfare
- The Aldraymi fight as skirmishers.
- They often make use of Warriors of Wood, animated fighting trees.
Religion
- Major type of Aldryami inherently worship Aldrya and other own deities of the sky, earth and water.
- Their pantheon is the Aldryami Pantheon
- Their cosmology is of the two powers, the Grower and the Taker.
Sources
- Elder Secrets
- Information about Elves