Elf

The elves are a race of long-lived humanoids not native to the Continent. While they maintain relative independence, their sovereignty was mostly guaranteed by foreign nations, such as the former emperors of the Arthurian Empire.

The elves are believed to have inhabited the Continent since before the arrival of Arthurian humans and quickly established an empire. Many species became subservient to them due to their expansive conquest. With the arrival of King Arthur and his entire empire, the entire elven empire was no match for humanity and their skill with steel weaponry, losing their entire empire and their capital as a result. Because of their past attitude to other races in the past, persecution from other species became prevalent for years to come. To survive, some elves chose to integrate into the new human-led society or to become nomads.

Two races of elves
The elven species are collectively split between the light elves and the dark elves. Both collectives are known to worship the land as one great spirit and have no such technological innovation, since their beliefs forbid them from damaging the land with industry, putting them at odds with virtually every other nation.

Light elves
Light elves are known to have milky-white skin and naturally blonde hair. The majority of light elves either live in the tribal confederacy in the centre-west of the Continent while others chose to integrate into the Arthurian Empire and live in communities within the cities, some chose to form a tribal confederacy in the mountainous regions of the west.

Dark elves
Dark elves are known to possess brown-colored skin and hair of different tones. The dark elves once lived in a reserve directly in the centre of the Arthurian Empire granted to them by King Arthur as compensation for past offenses and maintained a deal for over a millenia for assistance carried by the line of Arthurian emperors until Mordred attacked and scattered the remaining dark elves in an attempt to garner support from anti-elven factions.

The dark elves found a new home granted to them by the German Empire in the form of the Dark Elf Reserve in the south-western border of the Reichskommissariat Arthursland, close to the Light Elf Confederacy of Tribes in exchange for support for the German troops in espionage, specifically for Werner von Goldberg, who came up with the idea. Because of this, most dark elves believed they owed the Germans their loyalty while others believed they would be subservient to the Germans.