If you know nothing at all of the elves i suggest a char that also knows nothing of elves. A great RP idea would be a Half Elf, that has only ever lived with humans (Or dwarves or whatever) and knows nothing of his Elven heritage. This char would come to Winya to learn more of his people, and would bring with him a great deal of knowledge about whatever race you do know a lot about.
If you know nothing at all of the elves i suggest a char that also knows nothing of elves. A great RP idea would be a Half Elf, that has only ever lived with humans (Or dwarves or whatever) and knows nothing of his Elven heritage. This char would come to Winya to learn more of his people, and would bring with him a great deal of knowledge about whatever race you do know a lot about.
Good idea. That is the likely route I would pick, because being wrong about things is something I avoid to the bitter end. When I reach that end, I learn. Yuck.
If you know nothing at all of the elves i suggest a char that also knows nothing of elves. A great RP idea would be a Half Elf, that has only ever lived with humans (Or dwarves or whatever) and knows nothing of his Elven heritage. This char would come to Winya to learn more of his people, and would bring with him a great deal of knowledge about whatever race you do know a lot about.
Good idea. That is the likely route I would pick, because being wrong about things is something I avoid to the bitter end. When I reach that end, I learn. Yuck.
I have some good reading material if your truly interested.
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I could concider making an elfer for your little club. :3 If you don't mind it not beinga martial caster, but rather just a martial character. <.< I suck with martial casters.
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Mirvala is actually correct. Tel'quessir directly translates to "The People."
Ar'tel'quessir literally translates to "The Sun People"
Interesting note: Ar- as a prefix also means "greatest"
"Of" is "en' "
When people say "...of the tel'quessir", they're saying "..of the the People"
You may be using gray company for this. Canon FR materials and candle keep agree that Quessir means The People (or Elves, to other races) and Tel'Quessir means Of The People, making Ar'Tel'Quessir "People of the Sun" roughly. No, it is not an exact science or a language with clear cut extensive rules, but we can work on precedent.
The language shows a lot of peculiarities, especially regarding non nouns. Where TEL translates roughly to OF in this case, in the case of, say, Evereska, it means Fortress of the People, with Eska meaning "fortress" and ever meaning... Whatever the hell it wants in this case. It may be best to agree to disagree since so many sources conflict with line another, and given time I can give examples of canon sources which are guilty of this as well. FR is not known for co sistency.
Yeah, grey company isn't always the best to use as I don't think it uses Forgotten Realms 'Elven' too well. Otherwise sun/gold elves would be Mal'Quessir for example.
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From what I've seen, it seems to be rather controdictory on what "Tel'Quessir" means. Different sources will say it means 'of the people', or just 'the people'
Cormanthyr: Empire of the elves, seems to suggest the former, while the FR wiki suggests the latter ( but its source for such as the aforementioned book, so....!)
Edit: I can't read apparently. But what Liz said!
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I have a few sources at home which say different things, but after I get a chance to look at them it may be best I go with the majority for the sake of clarity.
What I use is the Candlekeep website (I believe this was linked as an elven resource on this forum), which has an elven dictionary. This is also in the book Elves of Faerun I, but that' partly homebrew, at least for some history. I do want to expand on my elf resources, though, so I'll check those out!
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