Half-elf

Half-elves are a race of humanoids, the result of breeding between elves and humans.

Though largely in the past, half-elves have a storied history. Given their status as the result of a union between races that have often been culturally or geopolitically at odds, they have seen everything from veneration to outright subjugation depending upon the era and culture.

The Khossirik Empire, the predecessor to the Darisian Commonwealth, was an empire formed in a union between human and elven interests, and despite cooperation between races considered them vital to be kept separate. Thus half-elves were considered sub-human, often used as slave labor - or worse. This mistreatment ultimately led to the Darisian Uprising under the banner of Darisa the Unbound, herself a half-elf slave in the Khossirik Empire.

In Verdain it is still controvertial that half-elves are not represented on the Council of Voices, despite being completely accepted socially. Then again, in provinces such as The Peninsula and Imperia, half-elves are considered very in-fashion and looked upon as paragons of beauty, considered to have the best of both races.

They live to around 150.