Fuck Tolkien Elves

>elves come from myths about faeries / fae
No they don't. I don't get why this is so hard to grasp,

I want Moorcock to go and stay go.

Because it's such a widespread meme? Mind illuminating the public?

I'm not him, but last I checked the modern conception for elves is heavily based off the Ljósálfr from Old Norse mythology.

They're not Elves If they aren't even recognizable as elves anymore. They're just some shit you made up and decided to call elves. Also, while there are some differences, Tolkien elves are directly pulled from Scandinavian mythology, which are the original Elves. So what you're trying to do would be the equivalent of describing some race that In no way resembles or acts like cyclops In Greek mythology where It originated, then still calling It a cyclops.

So are elves fae, or are they not?

No, fae are fucking Celtic, Elves are Scandanavian.

No, I nerfed their lifespans to be only somewhat longer than a humans - their 100 is our seventy. So rarely an elf will live to be 120, though it's not unheard of (on occasion a royal reaches that age, or a particularly lucky and hale peasant/noble.)

And the majority of elves die of disease or famine before reaching that age anyway. Or worse, yet another trade war springs up and the elves have to burn another crop of strapping young lads trying to keep trade routes with the dwarves open (dwarven assistance optional, must match human suppliers plus tax).

Generally it's the dwarves and humans who do a lot of the land innovation - but the elves have dominance on the seas because of their Galleons. The elves also spawn a lot of pirates, which only gives the human empire yet another reason to fail to invade the islands a sixth time.

Pic related is a map I made about 6 billion years ago, but the general geography of the place hasn't changed much.

>You'll like Song of Swords a lot.
That depends. Does it involve Elvish pirates fighting orcish ninja? If yes, sign me up.

Yes and no. As has already been mentioned, the proper origin of elves is from Scandinavia. However, the term 'elf' is occasionally used British/Celtic folklore as a synonym for 'fairy' or other generic fae-like being (e.g., brownie, hobgoblin, etc).

Well if they did that I'd actually have to play them in any game they showed up in. But they're not (and there's good reasons in universe why they're not).