Elves

Elves are an offshoot of humanity, and the rarest race on Peraith. Apart from their immortality, elves have no supernatural ability. Most modern elves live on the Lost Island, and the culture there is greatly influenced by their race's unique abilities. Others are found in the wild places of the world, but rarely in cities as humans believe that they are unlucky to be around

Traits
The primary trait of elves is their immortality--elves do not age past maturity unless they become sickened or starved and recover from injuries and illnesses much faster than humans. However, this longevity comes at a price: elves cause the environment around them to age quickly. The magical roots of this phenomenon are poorly understood; in summary, the elves expel natural entropy from their body into the area around them, causing it to decay or at very least progress faster than it should. Having many elves in one area increases this effect exponentially; a human who sleeps in a camp with a few hundred elves may lose a decade of life in a single night.

Aside from this, elves lack many features that set them apart from humans. They are no stronger or smarter than a human, though they do have long and accurate memories. Tales of pointed ears or preternatural beauty are racially-motivated inventions of humans, though many elves have strange facial features and expressions. This is purely a result of missing out on centuries or millennia of genetic and cultural change.

Elves are incapable of self-reproduction. Instead, human subjects must be converted into elves via a magical ritual which is even more poorly understood than the rest of their race. This is extremely rare, but feeds many fearmongering stories about elves in human territories.

Origins
Elves were created by the Three Sages as part of their campaign of experiments before the creation of Esaethys. Their initial purpose was threefold; one part researching temporal magic, one part studying the effects of immortality on the psyche, and one part trying to develop a means of protecting humanity from previous failures. As such, all three Sages played their part in the creation of elves. Once made, the elves were initially tested on the Dragon's Teeth, though this testing was short-lived. After they were declared a failure, most elves were sent to live on the Lost Island and began developing their own culture there. Others escaped and began living among humans, and still others lived on the Teeth, establishing small colonies that persist to this day.

Being immortal, elves are the second-oldest beings on or around Esaethys (after the Sages). As such, many ancient secrets can be learned from elf storytellers, if one knows where to look.