High Elves (Middle-earth)
High elf may refer to: * Calaquendi, an elvish race from J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' * High Elves, a race in the ''Warhammer Fantasy'' setting, and the Eldar of ''Warhammer 40,000'' * Quel'Dorei, descendants of the Night Elves in the ''Warcraft'' universe who later mostly became Blood Elves * Altmer, a race of elves in the ''Elder Scrolls'' universe * In ''Dungeons and Dragons'', High Elves is one of the terms for: ** Grey Elves ** Moon Elves ** Gold Elves ** Sun Elves See also *Dark elf (other) *Elves in fiction In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race or species of pointy-eared humanoid beings. These depictions arise from the ''álfar'' of Norse mythology influencing ''elves'' in fantasy as being semi-divine and of human stature, w ...

Calaquendi
In J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium, the Elves or Quendi are a sundered (divided) people. They awoke at Cuiviénen on the continent of Middle-earth, where they were divided into three tribes: Minyar (the Firsts), Tatyar (the Seconds) and Nelyar (the Thirds). After some time, they were summoned by Oromë to live with the Valar in Valinor, on Aman. That summoning and the Great Journey that followed split the Elves into two main groups (and many minor ones), which were never fully reunited. Tolkien stated that the stories were made to create a world for his elvish languages, not the reverse. The Tolkien scholar Tom Shippey writes that ''The Silmarillion'' derived from the linguistic relationship between the two languages, Quenya and Sindarin, of the divided Elves. The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger states that Tolkien used the Indo-European type of proto-language as his model. In her view, the sundering of the Elves reflects the progressive decline and fall in Middle-earth from its ...
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High Elves (Warhammer)
''Warhammer Fantasy'' is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'', the ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playing game, and a number of video games: the MMORPG '' Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', the strategy games '' Total War: Warhammer'', '' Total War: Warhammer II'' and '' Total War: Warhammer III'' and the two first-person shooter games in the Warhammer Vermintide series, '' Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide'' and '' Warhammer: Vermintide 2''. Warhammer is notable for its "dark and gritty" background world, which reference a range of historical cultures, along with other fantasy settings, in particular Tolkien's Middle-earth. From Michael Moorcock, its creators took the theme of "Chaos" as a force unceasingly attempting to tear the mortal world asunder. The world itself was populated with a variety of races such as humans, high elves, dark el ...
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Night Elves
''World of Warcraft'', or ''WoW'', is set in a fictional universe, its primary setting being the planet of Azeroth. The first expansion, ''The Burning Crusade'', introduced a second planet, Outland. ''Wrath of the Lich King'' and ''Cataclysm'' expanded upon Azeroth and respectively added Northrend, the frigid northern continent of Azeroth, and drastically changed various other continents by destroying some and unveiling new ones. The next expansion, ''Mists of Pandaria'', added Pandaria, the southern continent previously hidden behind a perennial mist cover. ''Warlords of Draenor'' introduced the planet of Draenor, a version of Outland in a different timeline before its partial destruction. The ''Legion'' expansion took adventurers to the Broken Isles, an island chain near the Maelstrom in the middle of the Great Sea, and the damaged planet Argus, the headquarters of the Burning Legion. The seventh expansion, ''Battle for Azeroth'', added two new island continents to the c ...
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Altmer
''The Elder Scrolls'' is a series of action role-playing video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series focuses on free-form gameplay in an open world. '' Morrowind'', ''Oblivion'' and ''Skyrim'' all won Game of the Year awards from multiple outlets. The series has sold more than 58 million copies worldwide. * '' The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind'' - 4 million sold () * '' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'' - 9.5 million sold * '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim'' - 30 million sold * '' The Elder Scrolls Online'' - 15 million sold Within the series' fictional universe, each game takes place on the continent of Tamriel. The setting combines pre-medieval real-world elements, such as a powerful Roman-like Empire, with high fantasy medieval themes, including limited technology, widespread magic use, and the existence of many mythological creatures. The continent is split into a number of provinces inhabited by hu ...
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Dungeons And Dragons
''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical Studies Rules, Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. (TSR). It has been published by Wizards of the Coast (now a subsidiary of Hasbro) since 1997. The game was derived from miniature wargaming, miniature wargames, with a variation of the 1971 game Chainmail (game), ''Chainmail'' serving as the initial rule system. ''D&D'' publication is commonly recognized as the beginning of modern role-playing games and the role-playing game industry, and also deeply influenced video games, especially the role-playing video game genre. ''D&D'' departs from traditional wargame, wargaming by allowing each player to create their own Player character, character to play instead of a military formation. These characters embark upon adventures within a fantasy setting. A Dungeon Mas ...
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Elf (Dungeons And Dragons)
The elf is a humanoid race in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, one of the primary races available for player characters, and play a central role in the narratives of many setting worlds of the game. Elves are renowned for their grace and mastery of magic and weapons such as the bow and sword. Becoming physically matur