Dusk Elf

The tallest of the Elven races, the Dusk Elves, along with the Shadow Elves, are the Elves of Kai-Hu. They are descended from a handful of Wood (mostly) Elves that escaped from Samet-Hada alongside the Heylim that would become the Alchayati. They are the least populous of the “Big Six” Kai-Huic races (Humans, Alchayati, Dusk and Shadow Elves, Liishruti, Moogram), but live the longest. They prefer to dwell in thick forests. Their skin ranges from pale to dark tan, and this brown color, along with their stature and reverence for nature, gives them the occasional nickname of “Tree Elves”. Their softly glowing eyes can be green, blue, grey, blue, or an eerie whitish color. They are the only race known to routinely live for a thousand years. Dusk Elven culture, or “Yaycli”, is centered around a nature-based animist religion like the Shadow Elves, but with a reverence for plants above animals. It is believed that religious disagreement over whether animals or plants should be more revered is what led to the cultural division that eventually gave rise to the separation of the Dusk and Shadow Elven races. A Yaycli martial art known as “Willowbranch swordsmanship” is well known throughout Kai-Hu, and Dusk Elven Willowbranch Swordsmen are as revered and sought after as the Shenkaroo, though they tend to act more as defenders of the land than mercenaries, and a true Willowbranch is also a druid.