Idea for the origin of elves, dwarves, goblins, trolls etc. in Dungeon Fantasy

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Originally Posted by b-dog

I think so.

The way I see elves is that they are nature faeries and they protect nature because they love nature no because it is their territory and they are defending what the nature around it provides to them. They would live in hidden groves surrounded by magical briar patches or thickets so that few mundanes could approach their lairs. They would use elf shot to defend their forests and woods from outsiders attempting to harm them. On nights of the full moon they would perform wild hunts through the forest, often hunting down those that they have captured harming their forests. They would be friendly to pixies, leprechauns, fauns and nymphs living near them and would have a close kinship with them. They would dislike unseelie mortal faeries like goblin-kin, ogres and trolls and would unite with other seelie faeries to defeat them. They would be neutral with humanity because humanity tends to be destructive to their habitat but humanty can also be good natured too.

Dwarves and gnomes would be earth faeries who live below the ground because they are connected to the earth. Their love of precious metals and gems is deeper than can be explained by a mortal being as they see perfection in a diamond or golden ore. They also love to refine and create with metals and gems and spend time polishing and forging them because the gnomes and dwarves are truly linked to the earth.


And so forth....

And what motivates them to leave their natural habitat to join a mercenary group that delves into dungeons to kill things and get loot? Or meddle with the affairs of men? Or whathaveyou.