Elf

Elves exist in many continuua. Most of them are based (sometimes loosely, sometimes not) on the Elves of The Lord of the Rings. Their generic characteristics are:


 * Immortal, or at least very long-lived
 * Have 'pointy' ears ('leaf-shaped' is what Tolkien called them, but most Elves or Elf-wannabes seem to have ears stolen off of a Vulcan)
 * Have magic of some kind
 * Are willowy, thin, androgynous, pretty etc.
 * Good with animals
 * Speak a language with lots of dipthongs and accents in it (see Grelvish)

The exceptions to this are the Elves of the Discworld, which are more closely modelled on the Elves of ancient myth, and are self-centred, unpleasant, rather dumb but extremely cunning, and afraid of iron.