While the minor elves were being enslaved by Kris Kringle and hiding in hollow trees, the other branch of the elf family, the major elves, enjoyed wow gold a surge of popularity because of the writing of J. R. R. Tolkien.

Tolkien describes the race in his Middle Earth tales (most notably The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings) as beautiful, elegant, immortal wow po warrior-poets. They're interested in archery, lore-making, architecture, and orc-disemboweling. While solid soldiers, these elves tend to be a bit on the delicate side, preferring to fire arrows from a distance while invoking ancient spells and whatnot.

Later fantasy writers shamelessly "borrow" from Tolkien's anthropological studies, choosing to describe the major elves verbatim instead of coming up with anything even remotely original.

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