Folklore Head Canon Challenge Day 22 - Elf

 Miss Prince/VDBiF universe only.  And I really, really mean it because my elves are different in every book universe o.o  Also I just realised I have a lot of elves I guess.

 Elves look human aside from their pointy ears.  They are roughly the equivalent of humans on Gaia having populated a great deal of the planet, having many different countries and cultures and not being terribly magically inclined as a whole.

 However they share their planet with a lot of very magically inclined races and tend to have a lot of weapons and weapons training to make up for it.  They are not completely devoid of magical ability and are very good at crafting magical items or enchanting ordinary items.  They can become very skilled in magic indeed.  But there is a tendency for elves to snub magical teachings outside of enchantment because almost every other race on the planet looks down on them for not being magical enough.

 Though it is easy to mistake them for fairies... don't.  There is a particularly bitter history between the two species.  Fairies were not always content to stay put and they had many periods in history where they tried to take over other bits of Gaia with little success.  They targeted elvish areas particularly because they saw them as weak and defenceless for their lack of magical prowess.  
Though it was quite easy for fairies to take over a place, it was very difficult for them to hold for very long, so there were bursts of occupation all over the place.  When they gave up trying to occupy territory they took to raiding and there was little anyone could do about it.    

 As mentioned above elves are native to Gaia but they can also be found in small populations on Anima, the odd one on Calypso and there are even teeny tiny populations on Earth.  

 They can and do have children with other species, mostly humans, but it is not terribly common.

 There are too many elvish cultures and populations to really talk about.  They are just as diverse as humans are on Earth and though they are a little different to humans, exactly how varies from country to country just the same.