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Campaign Guide
find locked doors, strange tests to determine if the traveler
is “real” or not, and thinly veiled threats.

Half Elf
The multicolored ring within ring of the half elven eye is
the surest way to know their heritage. To most, the half
elf seems only to be a well-proportioned human were it
not for those eyes and the practiced movment of their
body. The smooth movements were born from the unity
of natural talent and decades of training.
Physiology
Most half elves bodies are built more like their human
ancestry and have more muscle and broader shoulders
than the average Huldufólk Elf. A tendency towards a more
rounded face is another aspect typically held on from the
human ancestry as well. However, the slight point of their
ears and dark elven hair colors reveal their elvish ancestry. It
is in the eyes that the balance between the mixed ancestries
is most blended, if not a little unsettling, balance. The iris
of a half elf is a soft blending from the typical human eye
colors on the outside toward the neutral sun-flecked elvish
colors closer to the pupil.

Society
Half Elves in the Avitian Empire originate from the ancestral lands of the Keale family. They are a deeply spiritual
people who strive to combine the efficiency and strength
of their human Avitian ancestry with the powerful call of
their elven blood. The result is a society that has birthed an
unusually high percentage of politicians, diplomats, actors
and poets when compared to other societies.

Education is of great importance among the half-elves,
especially in the fields of history, oratory, politics, and the
more subtle magics of divination and enchantment. Most
half elves, even among the peasantry, have spent some time
listening to the tutors found selling instruction in the city
squares of Wealdrath.

Arts
Half elven art tends more towards rhetoric and musical
performance than the visual arts. While fine pieces of
carved stone and wood are found, it is performances by
actors, storytellers and musicians that come to mind when
thinking of their great works. Many noble families in both
the Avitian Empire and the Ceravossian Republic seek out
these performers not only to add to the prestige of their
family, but also to be used as tutors in the skills of oration
and speechcraft. Many of the more famous sagas currently
popular in the cosmopolitan areas of Avitus are written or

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at least performed by half elves. Among the most famous
is the “Dance of the Autumn Leaves.” This saga tells of the
love affair between a human noblewoman named Aloras
Ke and the Huldufólk Elven warrior Valerian Aladone. Set
upon the backdrop of the long-ended War of the Peaks
and the negotiation of the Treaty of Songs between the
Huldufólk Elves and the relatively young Avitians, this
piece is a highlight of poetic verse.

History
A millennia ago, when the elves and dwarves of the Godspine Mountains were locked in a cycle of destructive warfare, the elves sought out allies in the hopes of turning the
tide. They found this ally in the fledgling Avitian Empire,
in particular the Keale family.
It was the members of the Keale family who first met
with the elves and negotiated the Treaty of Songs which
brought together the elves and the humans. While the
Keale spent years working on behalf of the elves, many
from both sides became romantically involved with their
counterparts. Many marriages and children were the result.
The bloodlines mingled over the centuries resulting in a new half elf bloodline that rules over the border
between the forests of the Avitians and the mountains of
the Huldufólk elves. As the bloodlines mingled, so too
did the two cultures and the Kingdom of Keale come into
being. Today most half elves originate, or have ancestors
who originated, from this region.

Human
Humans…the most varied race in both body and mind.
While relatively short-lived compared to the other humanoids the roam Aeliode, the heights in which humans may
soar mark them as blessed by the gods. Humans have
the ability to change the world to their hearts desire, if
not by clarity of thought, then by the brute force of their
muscle. Symmetrical in form, divinely inspired intuition,
adaptable to any challenge placed before them…were it
not for their short life humans would most assuredly have
risen to the heavens and become gods themselves.
Physiology
The physiology of humans within the borders of the Avitian
Empire runs the range found in the real world. Farther to

the north paler complexions are found while to the south
dark skin and hair tones become the norm. Most Avitians
tend towards more olive tones and darker hair colors commonly found in the central regions of the continent. The
average Avitian male is between 5’6”-5’11” tall while the