And that on average the Elves were taller in stature than were men. Let's take a couple of analogies to illustrate this. Say that we have two groups, Group E and Group M. And that each group has ten members.
And in Group E we see that one member with a Height of "10" is the Tallest of all members of either population. And we also have the examples of both The Silmarillion and The History of Middle-earth where it is mentioned that Elves were generally taller than Men. Tolkien uses Norse and Finnish Elves as the Template for the Elves of Middle-earth , as well as the Elves of Beowulf and the Saxons, where such Elves were very tall, otherworldly beings.
They are a sort of Archetype for a "Perfect Human," and for most of Human History, tall, pale, and dark-haired with pale eye colors has been seen as an "ideal of perfection and beauty" to Humans in Europe and even much of Asia, save for having White Hair instead of Black. Thanks for clarifying that. You seem to know a lot more a bout it than I do! Are you sure that elves in Saxon and Norse mythology were tall, however?
I seem to recall them being small beings who caused sickness by firing arrows at animals. I may well be wrong, though. Click to expand You must log in or register to reply here. Similar threads M. Replies 3 Views Hobbits Described as Man. Replies 8 Views Feb 18, Deleted member Tolkien's worst character. Replies 33 Views Today at AM Endrasil. Moria: Book vs. Film analysis and comparison.
Replies 14 Views 1K. Half-elves, obviously same height. Edit: Bah! Beaten to the punch! Typically I play grey elves at about 6' to 7' in height. I see them as being tall by human standards, with a fragile appearance.
Wood elves I've always played as being 5' to 6' in height. I've generally seen them to be about the same height as a human, only more agile. The Keebler elves and the elves that work in Santa's workshop, I feel were actually gnomes that someone mistakenly attached the elven type to. On average taller, but having less individuals of extremely tall heights. So, despite the fact that most elves would be around 5'11" to 6'1" with less sexual dimorphism in terms of height whereas humans would cluster around 5'6" to 5'10" as the normal range, there would be more 6'6" humans than 6'6" elves, in the same way that there would be more 5'2" humans than 5'6" elves.
Humans having more extremes and all. I've no idea where the "slightly shorter than humans" thing came from, as the only sources that seem like they'd be old enough and strong in the collective consciousness are santa elves which are very, very short and tolkien's elves which are "tall and graceful.
I like them about a head shorter than everyone else Preferably done with a guillotine. I don't like elves. They're just "humans, but better" And worse yet, they're a watered down Tolkien version that prevents you from putting the real thing in your campaign. You know, the Fair People. The Folk of the Air. The Tuatha de Danaan. The Sidhe. The Lords of the Hollow Hills. Not entirely mortal, not entirely physical, not entirely sane, entirely not a PC race.
You give me my awesome antagonists, and keep your pansy "elves". I like my elves like I like my coffee: Short, pale and sweet! That's women. Elves I had to refluff, but I like them as the exiled folks from an alternate Earth who cling to their old ways in a myriad of fashions. Aquatic elves and drow short, half-elves an half-drow normal, elves and avariel tall. I've always imagined them as tall, but I when I make an elf character I usually roll a random height from the PHB, or just assume it's in the higher end of the elf-height spectrum.
Short and riding wolves My Elves are four-fingered wolf riders approximately the same height as a tall gnome. Drow and the like are shorter because that allows them to hit their heads on the top of cavern ceilings less. Something like that. Shorter, because it fits their stats better. Taller people are less likely to have good Dex. I like my Elves tall' 10" - 6' 0" perhaps in a world of medieval humans averaging 5' 5" to 5' 7". Makes them more ethreal, more regal. The puckish elves conjure an entirely different mode that I think gnomes already have cornered as far as the "trickster people" niche goes.
It varies. Most recently, a new elf archmage 'friend' of another npc is about 4'5", in large part because I was inspired by Shiki from Black Cat. I usually go with typical elves and wood elves averaging 5'2", grey elves averaging 5' and drow averaging 4'10". I have some slight preference towards them being tall, I suppose - but in Dragon Age, I'd prefer that they stay the same height that they were.
I don't like things getting changed up. The one thing that I don't like my elves to be is silly or any of the other traits commonly associated with gnomes no, I don't like gnomes. I just realized I never posted my preference. I like them shorter than humans, it makes more sense for me for them to be agile like Olympic gymnasts and therefore similar size, and I like the idea of elves being in some way different than the average humans physically besides just their ears.
That makes literally no sense. What so ever. Basketball players are plenty dexterous Just a little bit shorter than human males, with no dimorphism. I was always big into fairy tales when I was a kid, so when I first read Tolkien and heard about tall, graceful elves, I had to stop and say lolwut. Still short; just not so much as before. Of course, I make up for how boring they are by playing up how lazy the god of elves is to the point that there are actually two separate races of dark elves because he didn't want to think of another curse.
Only those which would be exceptional anyway are that agile, it's not like they have that much of an advantage relative to others in 3. Well that's handy. I like my elves shorter. They already live for centuries, are oh so much wiser, more graceful, and prettier than a human. The least we can ask for is height advantage. Besides, it makes it a little difficult for them to look down their noses at humans when they have to look up.
They still find a way to pull it off though. Slightly shorter than humans. As a previous poster said, think "female Olympic gymnast" - thin, graceful, and attractive but somewhat androgynous.
To tall is also kinda meh, but less so than short and it's actually depend on the type of elves Night elves and Elvaan, for example, are just fit to be significantly taller So, around human height or a bit more. I like elves about six feet But how big were Men then? Based of Elendil the Tall himself, it would seem that Men then were at least 2 ranga tall.
While Elendil himself would be 2 and a half ranga tall. And based off my first quote, Elves then would be around 2 ranga , or cm tall, as well. It is however said of the great people of the past that they were more than a man-high.
The Eldar of the Elder Days were also very tall. So you're not far off by saying that the average height of an Elf is 6'6". It indeed would be around that range. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. How tall are Tolkien's elves?
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