Lore
Dark Elf
闇妖精（ダークエルフ）
Races & CreaturesMajor Races
A close relative of elves, with brown skin, fuller figures than elves, and the ability to see in the dark; Nazarick's Aura and Mare belong to this race.
- Their skin is a "dusky" brown, not black or blue.
- Aura and Mare have darkvision, presumably a racial trait.
- They once ruled the Great Forest of Tob but left after the demonic tree Zy'tl Q'ae appeared; they now live deep in the great southern forest, where no human has set foot, and have no contact with humans.
- In Vols. 15–16, Ainz took the twins to a dark elf village in the Great Forest of Evasha (the Great Sea of Trees).
- The dark elves and the mushroom-ant people of the Great Sea of Trees have no dealings with each other; when they meet, they silently keep their distance.
- Vol. 16: Mango Gilena, Chief Pharmacist of the dark elf village in the Great Sea of Trees, taught Ainz how to make a secret medicine from an extremely rare herb; Ainz felt its effect was weak but might work well combined with a certain method (Vol. 16 p. 104, Vol. 16 p. 128)
- Magical beasts of the Great Sea of Trees: a giant elk (so hardy that Aura could not kill it with one shot from a dark elf longbow), a giant hypnotic snake (a threat to the dark elves; driving it off earned Ainz respect in the village), and a howling bird that mimics the roars of several monsters (Vol. 15 p. 237, Vol. 15 p. 306, Vol. 16 p. 119)
Notes
In the Web novel, dark elves lived in caves or underground; this was heavily revised for the light novels.
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