Half Elves
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This is where the [[Elf#Form persistence|form persistence]] that they inherited from their elven line went from benefit to curse. Due to this persistence, they couldn't be cured of their congenital problems by either magic or medicine. | This is where the [[Elf#Form persistence|form persistence]] that they inherited from their elven line went from benefit to curse. Due to this persistence, they couldn't be cured of their congenital problems by either magic or medicine. | ||
| - | This only applies to actual internal changes to how the elf/half elf’s body is made or works | + | This only applies to actual internal changes to how the elf/half elf’s body is made or works, its natural genetic structure and the like. Incidental injuries, like cuts, broken bones, bruises are a completely different matter. This also includes bacterial and viral illnesses since those don’t really alter the body’s inherent make up in any way, normal healing affects those just fine. However congenitally caused illness, schitzophrenia, depression, psychosis, among others, as well as outward physical defects are impossible to cure among ''Errants'', as elven Form Persistance eventually returns the Errant's body to its natural form. |
| - | + | After several spectacularly destructive incidents, fundamentalists of the old Elven Religion began a campaign of moral outrage and fear of these Errants. This eventually lead to the [[Errant War]], sparked by religious paranoia and outrage. Through the fundamentalists the term ''Errant'' crept into common elvish usage as a derogatory term for all half elves. Only elves refer to ''Errants''. Humans and half elves use the more readily comprehensible ''half elf''. | |
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| - | After several spectacularly destructive incidents, fundamentalists of the old Elven | + | |
==Half Elves in Errant Story== | ==Half Elves in Errant Story== | ||
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Half Elves are part elf and part human, combining the best and worst traits of both races. They live longer (and mature more slowly) than humans do. Originally, the term applied only to direct offspring from an elf and a human, but the meaning changed when half elves themselves began to reproduce with each other and other elves.
While it is not explicitly mentioned, it is sufficiently implied to be taken as fact that all half-elves are mortal. They all gain the mortality of their human ancestors. All such human-mortal elven offspring are considered half-elves.
Errants
The genetic merging of elf and human doesn't always produce perfect results and sometimes there are aberrations. These are called Errants, a less than perfect genetic merger that results in offspring with congenital birth defects that range from sterility to psychosis. While the physical aberrations are obvious and relatively blatant, the mental aberrations are somewhat less so and their onset can come without warning or they can manifest themselves in extremely subtle ways.
This is where the form persistence that they inherited from their elven line went from benefit to curse. Due to this persistence, they couldn't be cured of their congenital problems by either magic or medicine.
This only applies to actual internal changes to how the elf/half elf’s body is made or works, its natural genetic structure and the like. Incidental injuries, like cuts, broken bones, bruises are a completely different matter. This also includes bacterial and viral illnesses since those don’t really alter the body’s inherent make up in any way, normal healing affects those just fine. However congenitally caused illness, schitzophrenia, depression, psychosis, among others, as well as outward physical defects are impossible to cure among Errants, as elven Form Persistance eventually returns the Errant's body to its natural form.
After several spectacularly destructive incidents, fundamentalists of the old Elven Religion began a campaign of moral outrage and fear of these Errants. This eventually lead to the Errant War, sparked by religious paranoia and outrage. Through the fundamentalists the term Errant crept into common elvish usage as a derogatory term for all half elves. Only elves refer to Errants. Humans and half elves use the more readily comprehensible half elf.
Half Elves in Errant Story
- Meji Hinadori
- Ian Samael
- Evelyn Samael
- Ian's Mom
- Riley
- Leah
- Derren Felmel (Killed by Sarine.)
- Kiyan Nizami (Dead.)
