Lore

Elf

森妖精（エルフ）

Races & CreaturesMajor Races

A forest-dwelling Humanoid race with long pointed ears and far longer lives than humans; their hearing is also better than humans'.

In YGGDRASIL's setting, their lifespan is about 1,000 years; they grow quickly in the first ten years and age quickly in the last ten (Ainz's vague memory).
They trade with humans; the Slane Theocracy and the Elf Country are at war, and captured elves, whose minds are thoroughly broken before they reach buyers, end up in the Empire and elsewhere; in the Web novel their ears are cut halfway as a slave mark (in the light novels, Erya's elf slaves also had their ears cut, which Pestonya later healed)
The Elf Country, ruled by Elf King Decem Hougan, lies in the Great Forest of Evasha.
Humanoid races can interbreed: half-elves are elf-human hybrids, and the Extra Seat looks to be in her teens but is actually over a hundred years old.
Wild elves were originally ordinary elves whose culture and bodies changed after moving to the grasslands (light novels; name only).
Elves trade with humans, while dark elves have no contact with them; in the light novels, elves have better hearing than humans
The series has no racial feud between elves and dwarves, but sources note that in some places they seem to be at odds for some reason

Notes

The Web novel called forest elves "wood elves"; the setting was adjusted in the light novels.

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