Sylfae

Society

The forest elves maintain a natural equilibrium with nature, usually preferring a peaceful life in the deep woods as opposed to urban living. Their living accommodations are the bare minimum, despite this they greatly enjoy their lifestyle. Forest elves have learned how to co-exist with the forest in such a way that they can live among the great beasts and animals with no consequences, while outsiders are quickly slain by the very same beasts. The largest known population of forest elves can be found in the Arcadian Wilderness, one of the last frontiers of the Exodius Continent and the only remaining portion of the once continent spanning ancient forest. There are very few forest elves, if any at all, that have emerged from the forest in search of a life elsewhere. The elves are very zealous in defending their ancient home, killing anyone the beasts fail to slay who venture into their territory. While they are uniformly hostile to outsiders, they are actually a very peaceful people internally. Their animosity is mainly the result of the Exodian Era in which the vast majority of the ancient forest was cut down to fuel human ambitions. The elves have a special relationship with Celestia, who is considered the caretaker of the ancient forest and the guardian of the forest elves. Centaurs are considered to be blessed by Celestia and are therefore tolerated within forest elf territory unless they harm the forest. Fairies were created by Celestia herself, and so they are always welcomed in the elves' territory and information of the world outside the forest is often procured in this manner.

Politics

When politics are mentioned, the forest elves are the last race to come to mind. There have been no successful negotiations with them on a national level, however there are stories of individuals being granted safe passage through their territory. Many nations have tried to come to an agreement with them in the hopes that they would gain access through the ancient forest to other nations, but in all cases the elves would not accept any terms. The forest elves have no use for manufactured commodities, and instead prefer their primitive lifestyle. They also refuse to negotiate with human nations all together, only elven, fairy and centaur emissaries have successfully made contact with the forest elves. The elves do not have any form of centralized government, and consist of many tribes. Even among these tribes, there is no clear leadership figure and instead the elves follow a set of traditions and punish their kin if they deviate. This has made formal agreements all but impossible to make with them, in recent times most nations do not give any thought to the possibility of opening negotiations with the forest elves.