Editing Elf subraces (section)

==Dungeons & Dragons==
===[[Greyhawk|World of Greyhawk]]===
* [[Avariel]] (winged elf)
* [[Drow]] (see [[Monster Manual]])
* [[Gray Elf]] (see [[Monster Manual|MM]])
* Grugach (wild elves from [[Monster Manual|MM]])
* [[High Elf]] (see [[Monster Manual|MM]])
* [[Snow Elf]] (tall, reclusive elves from the arctic; from [[Dragon Magazine]] 155)
* Valley Elf (human-sized gray elf offshoot)
* [[Wood Elf]] (see [[Monster Manual|MM]])

===[[Forgotten Realms]]===
Tel'Quessir (The People, how elves are refered to formally on Faerûn)
* [[Aquatic Elf]] ( Alu'Tel'Quessir,two cultures: Great Sea and Sea of Fallen Stars)
* [[Avariel]] (aka winged elves, Aril'Tel'Quessir, see 'Races of Faerun')
* [[Drow]] (aka dark elves, same as in [[Monster Manual]])
* [[Fey'ri]] ( aka elven Tiefings; from races of Faerûn)
* [[Lythari]] (elven werewolves)
* Marels (evil aquatic elves found in the Moonsea; from 'The Moonsea', AD&D2E)
* Moon elf (aka silver elf, Tue'Tel'Quessir, the 'high elves' of Toril)
* Poscadar elf (Native American-style elves from Anchorome, the continent north of Maztica; from 'The City of Gold')
* [[Planetouched#Celadrin|Celadrin]] (aka Surin'Tel'Quessir, [[planetouched]] elves from Dragon Magazine #350)
* [[Star Elf]] (aka mithral elf, Ruar'Tel'Quessir, mysterious elves from a demiplane in the Ethereal, from 'Unapproachable East')
* Sun elf (aka gold elf, Ar'Tel'Quessir, the 'gray elves' of Toril)
* Wild elf (aka green elf, Sy'Tel'Quessir)
* [[Wood Elf]] (aka copper elf, Or'Tel'Quessir, descended from a mix of moon, sun, and wild elves)
* Zakharan elf (from the Al-Qadim campaign setting; fully integrated into 'enlightened' Zakharan society)

===[[Dragonlance]]===
* Armachnesti (Silvanesti offshoot found on Taladas, the northern continent)
* Cha'asii (primitive jungle-dwelling elves from Taladas)
* Dargonesti (aka Quoowahb among themselves; aquatic elves who can turn into dolphins)
* Dimernesti (aquatic elves who can turn into sea otters)
* Drow (the demoness Jialuthi from Krynn once posed as Lolth to convince many drow from different worlds to come to Krynn; she was killed and the drow were driven back to their own worlds. From 'Wild Elves')
* Elf of the Host (I only know the name. Apparently from some novel? 'Riverwind the Plainsman'? tell me if I'm wrong) (After much Googling, I think [https://dragonlance.fandom.com/wiki/Hest_Elf this] might be what you were thinking of?)
* Hulderfolk (reclusive 'wild elves' from Taladas)
* Kagonesti (the 'wild elves' of the southern continent, Ansalon)
* Lucanesti (I know virtually nothing about these elves except that they were introduced in 'Dark Queen of Krynn', a computer game?)
* Mahkwahb (evil aquatic elves who turn into sharks)
* Qualinesti (the 'high elves' of Ansalon)
* Silvanesti (the 'gray elves' of Ansalon)
** Dark elves (Silvanesti who committed grievous crimes against their people and were banished)
* Tamirnesti (aka Hosk'i Imou Merkitsa; savage elves from Taladas)

===[[Mystara]]===
* Aquarendi (aquatic elves, probably from 'The Sea Peoples')
* Blacklore elf (magic-users whose culture I believe died out in ancient Blackmoor; placed in the [[Hollow World]] by the Immortals to preserve their culture)
* Blackmoor elf (from Dave Arneson's [[Blackmoor]] setting; extinct, forerunners of the Blacklore elves)
* Ee'ar (same as the [[Avariel]] of other worlds)
* Eldar (mentioned in a novel?)
* Eusdrian elf (from the [[Viking]] kingdom of Eusdria on the [[Savage Coast]])
* Forest elf (the most common subrace; essentially the equivalent of high elves)
* Gentle folk (primitive elves found in the Hollow World)
* Grunland elf (probably extinct; from the old elven homeland, destroyed in Blackmoor's fall)
* Icevale elf (primitive elves found in the Hollow World)
* Savage Coast elf (native to the western lands of the Savage Coast, fully integrated into human society)
* Proto-elf (ancestor of the modern elves. Connection to yuan-ti?)
* Robrenn elf (from the Celtic kingdom of Robrenn on the Savage Coast)
* Schattenalfen (evil shadow elf offshoot, found closer to the Hollow World than the outer surface)
* Shadow elf (pale-skinned subterranean elves with a strong aversion to sunlight; recently conquered the forest elf kingdom of Alfheim; not really evil but very xenophobic)
* Southern elf (of Glantri; migrated to the Known World from Davania)
* Sylvan Realm elf (not sure if the Sylvan Realm still exists...)
* Water elf (pale-skinned, seafaring elves with a mercantile streak; primary inhabitants of the Minthorad Guilds)

===[[Birthright]]===
* Sidhelien (badass immortal Tolkienesque elves)

===[[Dark Sun]]===
* Athasian elf (7-foot-tall desert nomads)

===[[Spelljammer]]===
* Avarien (no connection to [[Avariel]]; native only to the [[Astromundi Cluster]])
* Faeriespace elf (elves from Faeriespace, a strange star system that resembles a huge tree, where all its inhabitants live in harmony; from 'Crystal Spheres')
* Kule drow (with kuo-toa and illithids, one of only three sentient species on Oerth's inner moon)
* Mratzal drow (evil drow from Faeriespace, but not as aggressive as other drow because no gods are worshiped in Faeriespace, hence no Lolth (which begs the question of how they got there); from 'Crystal Spheres')
* Perianth elf (elves from the Pyre system, in 'Shadow of the Spider Moon')
* Spider Moon drow (from 'Shadow of the Spider Moon')
* Wildspace elf (any elf who's taken to life in space; usually members or affiliates of the [[Elven Imperial Fleet]])

===[[Planescape]]===
* Alabaster elf (apparently extinct; from the "Dead Gods" adventure module)
* Elf einheriar (from Asgard, on Ysgard's first layer)
* Planar elf (any elf who was born on the Outer Planes)
* Svartalfar (good drow native to Ysgard's lowest layer)

===[[Ravenloft]]===
* Darkon elf (the 'native' elves of Ravenloft; same as high elves elsewhere)
* Shadow elf (in early 2E described as Lolth-worshipping drow; now apparently Fey type creatures called 'Sidhe' in late 2E and 3E. No connection to Mystara's shadow elves)
* Alf (small, winged elves)
* Brag (wild-eyed craftsfolk)
* Fir (tinkers and engineers)
* Muryan (aka Dancing Men; violent and aggressive warriors)
* Portune (sobre and silent healers)
* Powrie (aka Redcaps; evil and sinister assassins)
* Shee (elves of Maeve's Seelie Court)
* Sith (dark elves fascinated with death)
* Teg (feral and wild)
* Sithican high elf (descended from the Silvanesti of Krynn drawn into Ravenloft when Lord Soth Laren was imprisoned)
* Sithican wild elf (descended from the Kagonesti of Krynn drawn into Ravenloft when Lord Soth Laren was imprisoned)

===[[Eberron]]===
* Aerenal elf (ancestor worshipping elves, with a thing for the undead)
* Khorvaire elf (elves who've integrated themselves to the local cultures of Khorvaire)
* Sulatar drow (fire and fire [[giant]] worshipping drow, waiting for the apocalypse)
* Umbragen drow (drow who live in Khyber and have bound their souls to a mysterious source of power)
* Valenar elf (aggressive elves obsessed with power and honor)
* Vulkooridal drow (jungle-dwelling drow of Xen'drik)

===[[Manual of the Planes]] (3e)===
* Sidhe fey from the Realm of Faerie
** Seelie (celestial)
** Unseelie (fiendish)

===D&D 4th Ed===
* [[Eladrin]], which are decadent aliens from the Feywild (aka weaksauce positive material plane)
* Elves, eladrin that migrated to the Prime Material a long time ago and adapted to living in normal forests