Elves

In many works of modern fantasy, elves are depicted as a race or species of pointy-eared humanoid beings.

Post-Tolkien fantasy elves tend to be immortal or long-lived in comparison to humans, more beautiful and wiser, with sharper senses and perceptions, and abilities or crafts that seem alien or magical. Often elves do not possess facial or body hair, are not portrayed fat or old and are consequently perceived to be androgynous.

As a race, Elves are typically depicted as more ancient than humans or other races, mentioned to have flourished in a sort of Golden Age forgotten by other races. Tha
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Stellarlune (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9)
Unraveled (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #9.5)
Of Darkness and Light (The Bound and the Broken, #2)
A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic (Adenashire, #1)
The Aspect of Essence (The Aelfyn Archives, #1)
Keeper of the Lost Cities The Graphic Novel Part 1: Volume 1
Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Dreams (Ultimate Level 1, #1)
The Exile (The Bound and the Broken, #2.5)
Of Empires and Dust (The Bound and The Broken, #4)
Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Limits (Ultimate Level 1, #2)
Of War and Ruin (The Bound and the Broken, #3)
Azarinth Healer: Book Two (Azarinth Healer, #2)
The Broken Elf King (Kings of Avalier, #2)
Ultimate Level 1: Shattered Boundaries (Ultimate Level 1, #3)
The Ice (The Bound and the Broken, #3.5)
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle #1)
A Deal with the Elf King (Married to Magic, #1)
Eldest (The Inheritance Cycle, #2)
Brisingr (The Inheritance Cycle, #3)
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle, #4)
Dreams of the Ringed Vale (Luthiel's Song, #1)
Fierce Heart (Elven Alliance, #1)
The Silmarillion
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
The King's Captive (Gate of Myth and Power, #1)
Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Elvish singing is not a thing to miss, in June under the stars, not if you care for such things.
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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The brightest light casts the darkest shadow.
Jess C. Scott, The Darker Side of Life

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