Half-Elves

Half-Elves (OEl pereldar, sing. perelda) are humans with Elven ancestry. Although they are referred to as 'half' Elves, in fact a half-Elf may have an Elven ancestor as distantly as two great-grandparents.

Some half-Elves are genetically half Elven because they are the result of a union between two Half-Elves (i.e. they have two Elven grandparents). Such is the case with the Prince's dynasty.

Appearance
Pereldar are human height, and generally human in appearance.

The ears of a half-Elf will always be at least slightly pointed.

The eyes of a half-Elf could be any colour at all, but usually only high-saturation colours. Their eyes will often be iridescent within a certain range, faintly metallic, and will occasionally appear glittery in direct moonlight.

Their hair colour range is the same as that of a human.

Age and Maturity
Half-Elves, like both Elves and Men, have a childhood until they are between 12 and 14 years of age, at which point they adolesce. Half-Elves reach physical maturity at around the age of 20, at which point their aging is dramatically decelerated relative to a human's.

A Half-Elf will age similarly to a human, only much more slowly. A Half-Elf's maximum lifespan is around 260 years.