Storm Elf | Tyrrapedia: Encyclopedia of Tyrra

Storm Elves are a unique Elven culture. Storm elves are easily identifiable by facial tattoos, which all adults are given after a rite of passage. They are highly claustrophobic, and thereby avoid enclosed spaces as much as possible. They also refrain from using binding magics (including magic items of this persuasion), and abhor slavery. Their overwhelming intensity has, at times, been responsible for a loss of emotional control as a result of merely bearing witness to binding magics being cast. Their preference for the open skies and the exciting weather of the mountains is reflected in their preference for the use of lightning-based, Celestial magics. Important occasions are not only steeped in time honored tradition, but also based in individual preference. Storm Elves are known to be proud, clannish, and rigid, and yet at the same time respectful, solitary and ethical.

Storm Elves generally divide socially into clans, which are essentially large extended family units of 50 to 5000 members. Though most clans are in the range of 200-500. They prefer to dwell in highland or mountainous regions. Most are adept climbers and mountaineers. Storm Elves further divide themselves into societies. These are social groupings that are based upon what the individual is skilled in and where their interests lie. For example, Windrunners are the scouts of the clan. They must be fast runners and as such are generally not front line fighter types.

Storm Elves regard non-Storm Elves as "Others"; not better nor worse, just "Other". They are especially uncomfortable with underground cultures such as Dwarves and Goblins and cultures that indulge in slavery such as the Dar Khabad. However, they have a strange respect for Vornyea (Dark Elves) because of their shared belief in Dragon ancestry. Politics and complex social structures are foreign to Storm Elves, who believe that law comes from within, not from without. A Storm Elf will, however, strive to follow the laws of other cultures while in their lands, as long as it does not conflict with their own beliefs.