The Astral Elves

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The Astral Elves

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Star Touched children of the Stream

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“We are the children of Jadasyl, her favored and her chosen. Our skin reflects the marvel and wonder that is all that she has weaved within the Stream.”

The Astral Elves, or Star-Touched, have a history shrouded in mystery and mystique. When or how they came to have their skin covered in glistening specks of light akin to the stars is not exactly known, but what is firmly believed by the Star-Touched themselves is that they have been directly blessed by the Manastream, and thus blessed by the Arcane Goddess Jadasyl.

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Cultural Origin Beliefs

“We once walked in shadows, hidden by the dark canopy of our dense forests and shrouded in darkness within the damp and eerie caves we called home. Our people rarely looked to the sky, rarely appreciated the stunning canvas the Mother painted for us each and every night - and now… our flesh reflects her greatest masterpieces. We are her chosen, her most beloved. We are the children of the Stream, the children of Jadasyl.”

An Elder speaking to a group of youths

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It goes without saying that the Astral Elves believe they are favored by Jadasyl, and strongly hold cultural teachings and origin stories that center around how and why they became as they are. No living Astral Elf can truly recall what exactly happened to them, but they have passed down their origin myths first vocally and now through written text, poems and songs.

The Creation Myth:

(As told from an elder to a child.)

Long ago, farther back than any could truly count or recall, we were not as we now are. Our skin was dark, but blank, and our eyes were solid and dim. We roamed in a blinding darkness, hunting and taming the wicked wilds of the canopy forests and winding mazes of many scattered caves we lived in. We were not united; we were not at peace with ourselves or our kin. Our home was cruel, and we had to be just as heartless to survive.

The sky was lost to us, the whimsy of the Fae creatures that roamed around us meant nothing to us - we struggled every single day to simply survive. How could we take the time to bask in Mother's nightly masterpieces if we were hiding from the beasts that roamed our woodland homes? How could we appreciate all she had created around us if we focused only on defending our self made borders? We were lost, blind to what really mattered - but our Mother would soon give us sight.

From the sky a mighty rumble was heard; it was so bold and powerful it shook our cavern homes and caused trees to tremble within our forests. The light was so bright, it cut through the canopies that had shrouded us for so long. Our Ancestors hurried out of their homes and chased the light that danced across the half seen sky - they ran through the forests and out of the caves to see what could have illuminated our dark world.

From the forests we poured out into a massive grove. At the center, where a tree once stood, sat a stone that shimmered more beautifully than any gem or crystal before it or after. The towering rock cast a glow over all that stood nearby, causing our kin to gasp in awe of it. They say the stone sang a sweet melody, one that beckoned our kin to come nearer.

One by one our ancestors came to gather closer and closer, and one by one did they dare place a palm upon that magnificent stone. It was at that moment each of them, glistening in the blinding but stunning light of the sky-rock, said they were awoken for the first time. They could see, they could understand, and they knew that our Mother had sent this Asteroid to us, to bless us and claim us as hers.

Never again would we ignore her beautiful nights; never again would we deny her our attention, praise and devotion. The many clans of the untamed wilds came together, and the elves we once were ceased to matter. We were born anew; we were better, smarter, and made perfect in her design. We were Star-Touched, the Astral elves and children of Jadasyl. Those destined to explore, to know, to study and to push boundaries; the perfect creation.”

The Culture of the Star Touched

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It goes without saying that the general culture of the star skinned elves is centered around their favored Goddess, Jadasyl, and the arcane and fae arts that encompass her domain. Due to the complicated nature of their Goddess, many Star-Touched hold traditions based around both Jabar’ii and Lepen, the Arcane and Fae realms. It is not uncommon for these elves to follow the path of the Druid or dive deep into exploring and expanding their knowledge of the Arcane, both done to honor Lady Jadasyl.

Knowledge is ultimately what the Star-Touched care about, knowing that their goddess thrives in her Fae based workshop, testing boundaries and gathering more and more lost knowledge. In her honor, these curious and driven elves attempt to amass the grandest schools, largest libraries and collect even the most forbidden articles of knowledge.

Their society typically is Matriarcal, due to their favoring of the goddess, but they do not look down upon the males of their kind - at least not typically. This structure trickles down from the very top, where they have a queen ruling over them, down to their family lives - with mothers often running the household and ensuring the family is safe and thriving. It is not unheard of for fathers to step up to take up this role, it is just uncommon. On the note of family, maintaining some level of purity to keep their stunning star painted flesh is very important to these elves, but that does not mean that mixed families are impossible. They are just more unlikely to mix with the other elves or Kobolds than their elven cousins. 

In addition to this, the Astral Elves are known to trace their lineage, wanting to prove that they have a very direct route to the first elves to become Star-Touched. Family trees are often very well kept and highly detailed!

Prominent Families:

Will be updated as they come to be.

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The Appearance of the the Star-Touched

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Astral elves, while looking quite different from the other elven races, still share some common characteristics, most notably is their elongated ears. Some Astal elves have been known to have ears that surpass the average length of that of both Frost Born and Aqua Blessed. On average, the Star Touched stands anywhere between five (5) feet and six (6) feet tall, though some have been seen to reach the height of six (6) feet and four (4) inches tall. They will never be under five (5) feet in height.


While the Star Touched may come in shades of blue, pink, purple, grey and black, they are considered one of the darker toned of the elven races. These shades are rarely, if ever, pale. Their flesh typically resembles that of the night sky, and sometimes even nebulas. This is due to their dark skin being covered in hundreds of small speckles of glistening and glowing silver, gold or white light. These odd markings are where they get their name, Astral Elves, for it looks as though these elves were plucked out of the night sky.


The eyes of the Astral Elves can vary but always cast some level of glow, though this can be dim or bright. This glow does not produce enough light to aid others in seeing in the dark. With this said, their eyes are often “solid” in color, with their sclera being either a paler, similar or darker shade of their iris color or black. Their eyes are usually shades found in the night sky or in nebulas, giving them a wide range in available colors. Some of these colors include but are not limited to: orange, yellow, white, blue, pink, purple and red.


Lastly, there is no common texture to the hair of the Astral Elves. They have been seen to have curly hair, straight hair or wavy hair, with none being more common or less common than the others. Their hair typically comes in white, silver, black, deep purple, dark blue, or - rarely - pale pink, purple or blue. The most common color for their hair would be white, silver or black.

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Skin Examples:

Lifespan and Reproduction

Just like all of the elven races, the Astral Elves can live to be roughly five hundred (500) years old. With that said, there have been some seen to live much longer than this. 

General Redlines

• The glow of both the eyes and skin of the Astral Elf can not be used to aid others in seeing in the dark. It does not, in any way, provide an advantage to both other players and the player of the Astral Elf themselves; it is completely cosmetic.
  
  
• Kobold x Astral Elf hybrids can occur, but the resulting child is unable to procreate themselves.
  
  
• While it is culturally written that the Astral Elves are profoundly attracted to Arcane magics and seem to have a natural affinity to magic in general, this is a cultural aspect and is not supported mechanically. It is entirely an aesthetic part of their culture and they do not, actually, have any sort of advantage over any race in learning magic.