Elves

Elves ruled the world during the First Age, when Elves were first brought into this world from the Feywild. When dwarves were nothing but mountain barbarians, and humans little better than the bestial orcs or goblins of the wild.

They led a society based on magic and art, and for the most part, lived in peace. But everything changed after a disaster known as the Magical Collapse. The most powerful elven magics became impossible, and their civilization collapsed.

This caused the elves to split into three groups: high elves, wood elves and drow.

Physiology
All elves regardless of sub-type mature at the same rate as humans, and live up to 500 years.

However, their memories are imperfect, thus they might only remember the past 100 years of their life with clarity. As such, art and storytelling is very important to the elves.

Wood elves are much like wood elves in other settings, the only difference being they are more adaptable to their environment (so a group of wood elves living in the desert might be known as "sand elves" and might take on an appearance suited to their environment).