...about elves. (I'm hoping this is the right place for this.) In long ages past, a friend and I wrote a Lord of the Rings story over 3 years. It was a huge learning experience, and it was where we both learned our individual styles and quirks as writers. It's a pretty ridiculous story in places, but I dearly love the characters we created for it, and they have never gone away. I want to build them their own world, but I'm stuck on some points.
The only similarity with Elves I want to keep is their immortality and physical prowess. They aren't any prettier, smarter, or moral than "human" types. They do have a resistance to harmful radiations that would kill or severely damage others, which is part of the role they play in the wider society (ie: weaponsmiths, energy provisions). I know that they used to co-exist with the wider society until something happened to disrupt life on a global scale and they retreated into tight-knit secluded communities. They also have maybe 100 children a year for the entire race, so they don't have much population growth.
The problem I'm running into is an origins problem. I started with the notion that they're actually the descendants of a soldier class created by "humans" specifically to fight wars, but I don't like that much now. I've toyed with them growing out of a percentage of the "human" population that was affected by an unknown agent that changed them to be this way. And I've thought of having them just be a natural part of that world. I feel like if I could get a name on them it would help. Obviously I don't want "humans" to be called human and "elves" to be called anything sounding like Elves, Fae, or Elders. Does anyone have any questions about this premise? If I get asked questions, it brings up things I haven't thought about which leads to me figuring out what my muses are doing.
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