Editing Taelinri (section)

==The Beliefs of Elves==
There are three beliefs that form the basis of their philosophy: the origins of the elves, the capacity to percieve, and individualism.

#The only actually religious part of their philosophy, all the elves believe that the first elves were born from the union of the four [[element]]s of earth, water, air, and fire, and that they are struggling for dominance inside the souls of the elves. From this struggle come the mood swings that the elves suffer from, and all elves are biased towards one element over the others.
#Because of their origins, they are capable of percieving the world and feeling its inherent beauty better, and their emotions, with their intensity and range, allow them to create and percieve beauty unlike any other race. Yes the other races do think this is arrogant bullshit too.
#The elves are individuals, and they can be ruled no more than the elements from which they came from. They simply have a hard time understanding why there needs to be someone barking orders from the top.