According to Tolkien, there were indeed evil elves. Or at the very least, ones who did evil actions. One example of this is Fëanor and his sons. All of them swore an oath that meant they would not let anyone take the Silmarils from them.
Dark elf may refer to: Dökkálfar or dark elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology. Svartálfar or black elves, a type of elf in Norse mythology. Moriquendi, a fictional race of elves in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. Drow, or dark elves, a fictional subrace of elves in Dungeons & Dragons.
(fantasy) A member of a race of elves that is evil, has a dark (often greyish or bluish) skin and/or lives in dark places.
Feanor definitely had the worst legacy. Eol attempted to kill his own son, and instead killed a wife he had entrapped into marrying him. Maeglin actively betrayed his people and sided with Morgoth, though after being tortured. For me, it's Celegorm.
Norse mythology has light and dark elves. Light elves are not evil. Dark elves can be evil and live underground.
Do note that Dark Elves, for being dark and/or light avoiding, are sometimes characterized as evil and so are sometimes maligned, but at the same time are said to aid both Light Elves and the Æsir at Ragnarök.
In Norse cosmology, svartálfar (O.N. "black elves", "swarthy elves", sing. svartálfr), also called myrkálfar ("dark elves", "dusky elves", "murky elves", sing. myrkálfr), are beings who dwell in Svartalfheim (Svartálf[a]heimr, "home of the black-elves").
The consensus of modern scholarship is that Snorri's elves are based on angels and demons of Christian cosmology. Elves appear as demonic forces widely in medieval and early modern English, German, and Scandinavian prayers.
Like elves, half-elves are typically neutral, rather than good or evil, but are more likely to be chaotic in nature than their human or elven parents.
This week, in contrast to the Elves from last week, we are bringing you the preview of the Dark Elves. Dark Elves are a product of Elven lineage combined with demon blood. They carry the magic of demons in their veins.
The drow (/draʊ/ or /droʊ/) or dark elves are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of elves connected to the subterranean Underdark in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil goddess Lolth.
There is one well-known dark elf in Tolkien's stories. Eöl of Nan Elmoth from The Simarillion. He was explicitly referred to as a dark elf from many characters. He was cruel, lived deep in the forest, and stayed away from the light.
Eating habits
Dark elves have a particularly bizarre relationship with spiders. Although dark elves worship spiders and some dark elven NPCs summon them as familiars, dark elves also love to eat them.
Ghost Elf. Ghost Elves are a subrace of elf that has perhaps the most tragic of pasts. Centuries ago, before Dark Elves were banished from Toril, they viciously attacked a High Elf city.
Powers and abilities
Dark elves possess gifted intellects, as well as superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes. They also all possess a vulnerability to iron. Light elves also possess superhuman strength, speed, stamina, durability, agility, and reflexes.
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Traditionally, many character races in D&D have been defined to have a race with whom they share a mutual hatred: elves and orcs, dwarves and goblins, and gnomes and kobolds, for example.
Half-elves, as usually defined, are humanoids born through the union of an elf and a human. Whether a half-elf is raised by their human parent or their elven parent, they feel isolated and alone.
Elves have the ability to live forever thanks to their immortality. Elves like Elrond, who was over 6000 years old in The Lord of the Rings, are not hard to come by. That being said, Elves who go into battle are aware of the risk to their immortality, willing to risk a long healthy life for the sake of a greater cause.
So are Elves capable of Evil like some Men are? Clearly, the answer to this question is yes. However, the elves that remain in Middle Earth, from Galadriel to Arwen to Legolas, all seem to be solely good.
Noun. elven (plural elvens) Originally, a female elf, a fairy, a nymph; (by extension) any elf. [
Corellon is the creator and preserver of the elven race, and governs those things held in the highest esteem among elves.
For the most part, the dark elves are considered extinct, as their Empire no longer exists; however, dark elves have recently been spotted in colonial establishments on the surface. The Val'Sharess is one of the rare surviving dark elves of the Moons Age, which places her age at over twelve hundred years old, at least.
When Oromë invited the Elves to Valinor, those who followed him on the Great Journey were called the Eldar, :374 while those who refused were called the Avari. The Eldar were divided into three clans−the Vanyar, the Noldor, and the Teleri.
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As of currently, the Dark Elves are now considered extinct.