Wood Elves

Wood Elves are a subrace of the humanoid race of Elves.

In Pettylin, Wood Elves live within the deep forests and the swamps. Wood Elf society is tribal, and the Wood Elves of Pettylin are organized into a number of tribes.

Wood Elf tribes are semi-nomadic, moving from one settlement or camping ground to another on a seasonal basis. Each tribe generally lays claim to a territory.

Wood Elf tribes will sometimes go to war with one another, generally over territory or favoured hunting grounds.

Wood Elves have a deep appreciation for nature and the natural world. Most Wood Elves do not worship gods but instead have a druidic culture and revere the High Fey. They are ruled by tribal councils in some affairs and druidic councils in others.

Wood Elf Tribes in Pettylin

Known Wood Elf Tribes in Pettylin include, but are not limited to, the Wat-Chaka, the Wat-Takka, the Wan-Tare, Wan-Hare, and the Wan-Choka.

Relationship with the Drow

The Drow sub-race were originally a group of Wood Elves who, in the wake of the War of Worlds, felt the need for gods of their own, as well as a more developed and sophisticated society. They built a city, Drowla, which became the mightiest and most sophisticated of all Elven cities, and gave gave birth to a spider-aspected god named Lolth. This god marked the Drow with her favour by turning their skin to colours of charcoal and obsidian. With the support of Lolth, the Drow set out to carve themselves an empire.

Elves of other lands were outraged by this break with tradition. The soldiers of the armies that the Elves sent to assail Drowla would become the ancestors of the Wood Elves. These armies led a coalition that included the Dwarven kingdoms and groups of some other races to destroy Drowla. The war lasted for decades but the Drow could not hold back the tide forever.

To this day, the Drow have never forgiven the Wood Elves, and enjoy the opportunity to make war upon the Wood Elves.

The dominance and perhaps continued presence of Saxangles in Pettylin is thanks to Drow resentment for the Wood Elf destruction of Drowla - the Drowla were all too willing to provide skilled mercenaries for the humans and halflings to defeat the Elvish tribes and Dwarven kingdoms—thus punishing the Wood Elves for the destruction of old Drowla. This aspect of history is either generally ignored or forgotten by the Saxangles.