Elfy Elf stuff- Any lore on the elvish cultures?

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One of the things I've been wanting to her more about are the Elf races in Ashes.  It felt like we got some artwork and examples of the Human, dwarf, and Tulnar races, but not as much for the elves.  I remember they were kind of split between an imperial city and a nature theme, but was there anything more, like art concepts?

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The cleric they are making is supposed to be a Empyrean Elf. This is what Empyrean elves will look like in medium armor.


Besides this, we don't have much on them. You will see them in some of the concepts but like the other races, there isn't much.

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Would love to know more also, I wonder if a Dark Elf type of look would be possible to create in the char creation

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Not to be that guy, but I hope they let us give them a blue tinge to them.

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I believe they said that the Empyrean elves have  Roman influences in terms of culture. Very militaristic 

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we have a few screenshots of empyrean buildings and such from the last few livestreams, http://aocwiki.net/Empyrean_Concept_Art and a sneaky screenshot of some Py'Rai buildings as well http://aocwiki.net/Py%27rai_Concept_Art

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ScardyFox said:

Not to be that guy, but I hope they let us give them a blue tinge to them.

I have no idea why, but I suddenly really want this to be the case for Empyrean elves. Something about them just tells me they should be bluish.

Zastro said:

I believe they said that the Empyrean elves have  Roman influences in terms of culture. Very militaristic 

Based on the concept art I’m seeing a lot of Greco-Roman, and possibly some vague Asian in terms of architectural style, on top of the more fantastical “high elven” elements on some of the other structures. I’m intrigued.

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It is not quite "Lore" but there is something written about them
At least their behavior and culture is written down   (a bit)
Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1791529601/ashes-of-creation-new-mmorpg-by-intrepid-studios?ref=user_menu

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The typical wood elves, honestly I always saw elves as magicians rather than archers.

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The Py'rai are "wood elves" but the Empyrean are not.
They are -imperial, pride and cultured. "Highly structured government"

They sound like a quite elite.. quite strong force. 
I guess the Empyrean are more the magicians while the Py'rai more assassins or marksman are.

ArchivedUser

Empyrean elves are your classic High Elves. Think about them also like the Isgardians from FFXIV

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Some new concept art on the Py' Rai elves was just posted 

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Some new concept art on the Py' Rai elves was just posted , these guys seem to be the wood elves !

https://forums.ashesofcreation.com/discussion/37763/pyrai-architecture-concept-art#latest

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Not sure where in these forums this image disappeared to so i'll re-post it here.

ArchivedUser

High elves and wood elves please 

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Sw684 said:

High elves and wood elves please 

Empyreans are the high elves and Py'Rai the wood elves so it's good

ArchivedUser

The difference in naming hurts Id rather simple wood elves. Well to each their own

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As long as we get to pick some sort of Elves, personally I don't mind to much on the naming

ArchivedUser

Elves bah! Those pointy eared fish Flanders can be all nanny Pamby else where,
Dwarves Rule!!

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Thought about updating this post with this Py'rai Concept structures posted on the discord by Steven for people that only look in the forums.





Also on the latest livestream from 29:33 to 32:40 that's the pre-alpha look of an Elvish Node