What does a high elf look like?

Most high elves were fair-skinned, though sun elven skin was a hue darker than that of the star elves or moon elves. Dark elven skin, in contrast, was dark brown. Most high elves had black hair, with silvery hues common among moon elves and star elves while blond or copper hues were more common among the sun elves.
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What color eyes do high elves have?

This hair is often worn long and loose. High elven eyes are most commonly green, with sun elves commonly possessing golden eyes and moon elves commonly exhibiting blue hues. Violet eyes are also not unheard of, though rarer.
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What is the difference between elf and High Elf?

What's the difference between an Elf and a High Elf? and Void Elves, are all “Elf.” They are all in the game. Pure “High Elf”, that players want, will NEVER be in the game (even though Blood Elves and Void Elves are basically High Elves, according to Blizzard.)
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What is the average height of a high elf?

The high elf is the most common elf variety. High elves average 5 feet tall and typically weigh just over 100 pounds.
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Do high elves have red eyes?

Elves' eyes change color based off the types of magic they're using - especially High Elves and Blood Elves. If one used Blood Magic or was a Blood Death Knight, their eyes would, in fact, be red.
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What color are elves hair?

They typically have fair skin and hair that runs in hues from silver-white to black or blue. While human style hair colors are rare, eye color can be remarkably similar, with colors ranging from blue to green. The majority of the half-elves in Faerûn come from parings between humans and moon elves.
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Are High Elves Night Elves?

The high elves, or quel'dorei ("children of noble birth" in Darnassian and "high elves" in Thalassian), are a race descended from the Highborne night elves who left Kalimdor and settled in the Eastern Kingdoms, founding Quel'Thalas.
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Can high elves have dark hair?

Tolkein's Noldor had dark hair, except the house of Finarfin, who were blonde. As Tolkien is the basis of the western fantasy genre since he wrote LOTR, I think you'll be ok.
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Can high elves be black?

Most high elves were fair-skinned, though sun elven skin was a hue darker than that of the star elves or moon elves. Dark elven skin, in contrast, was dark brown. Most high elves had black hair, with silvery hues common among moon elves and star elves while blond or copper hues were more common among the sun elves.
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Which race is the tallest?

When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a study reveals. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in).
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Is a Moon Elf a high Elf?

Moon elves, also known as Teu-tel-quessir in the elven language or as silver elves, were the most common of all the elven subraces. More tolerant of humans than other elves, moon elves were the ancestors of most half-elves. They were considered high elves sometimes also called eladrin.
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How old are high elves?

Middle age for a blood elf or high elf is around 175. They aren't really considered old until age 260 or so; a venerable quel'dorei is around 350 years old, and the maximum life span for a high elf or blood elf is 360-400 years of age. As for night elves, that number is much, much higher.
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What are high elves good at?

The High Elves, also known as Altmer, are natives of Summerset Isle. They are the most magically proficient race in Tamriel as well as being the most hubristic. Their racial power is a constant effect that lets them regenerate magicka faster than other races.
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How old can a elf live?

An elf reaches adulthood at about 110 years of age and can live to be more than 700 years old.
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Do High Elves have pupils?

High elves typically have light colored eyes that vary from light grey to blue to green, and occasionally brown, and grey. In Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, the "Ranger Scouting" upgrade for the Elven Ranger shows an eye with a green pupil.
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How tall is a dark elf?

They usually varied in height from four feet seven inches to five feet five inches and weighed from 80 to 155 pounds on average.
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What do elves call themselves?

The Elves, who called themselves the Quendi (Q.: "Speakers") and who in lore are commonly referred to as Eldar (Q.: "People of the Stars"), were the first and eldest of the Children of Ilúvatar, considered the fairest and wisest of the earthly race of Arda.
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What is a sun elf?

The Sun Elf is a subrace of Eladrin in Forgotten Realms, and introduced as a subrace in the Neverwinter Campaign Setting. [ NCS :49] They are also known as gold elves. Sun elves are notorious as the most reclusive, conservative and elitist of the elven breeds.
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Are elves beautiful?

Elves tend to all be beautiful, but widely representative of all Human 'fads' at once. The face may be round and soft or hard and imperious, but both behold the Elvish beauty. The eyes may be blue or they may be brown, but both are bright with Elvish joy.
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How long do dark elves live for?

A long lifespan is common among members of the race, most living up to 200-300 years, with the exception of wizards and necromancers who may live anywhere up to the thousands.
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Are blood elves evil?

Through art, fiction and lore, Blood Elves have always been depicted as evil or evil on some level. Always plotting, scheming or otherwise attempting to gain power. Whereas High Elves, Night Elves etc had quite a few good characters.
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What are void elves?

Void elves (or ren'dorei, "children of the Void" in Thalassian) are a race of Void-infused elves affiliated with the Alliance. Their origins lie with a group of blood elves led by Magister Umbric who were exiled from Silvermoon City because of their research into the Void.
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How long do High Elves live wow?

^ Written lore accounts claim that high elves reach adulthood at 110 years of age, but can also live up to several thousand years before dying of old age. This could also be related to the fact that the high elf/blood elf evolved from the night elves, who have very long life span.
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