I'm wondering if an elf can inherit traits from both parents, say a moon elf mother and gold elf father. Can the child have blond hair (from gold elf) and blue eyes (moon elf)? Or they can only inherit all of either parent?
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Started by Celestine, Nov 08 2006 09:42 PM
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 04:54 AM
Elves breed true - so they cannot mix attributes from both parents.
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 05:20 AM
Are they able to mix traits from two different moon elves?
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 05:35 AM
When I say they breed true, I mean as in type - so if you have a sun elf and a moon elf having a child, that child will either look fully sun or fully moon. That's not to say that a child might not still have the shape of her sun elf father's face even though she is the colouring of her moon elf mother. If that makes it any clearer.
And he said:
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so you must know pain.
~Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so you must know pain.
~Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 05:45 AM
For instance, will the child be able to have the father's hair color and mother's eye color?
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 07:39 AM
In "Evermeet: Isle of Elves", for example, a moon elf noble High Mage marries a gold elf noble. They both keep their individual House names, and whenever a child is born silver, the child is accepted into the moon elf house, and vice versa.
However, some people reckon the 'breeds true' rule applies mostly to skin colour, so you could *probably* get away with having a different eye colour. Or, for example, having blonde hair so pale it's almost white on a mostly-gold elf.
So long as it's a fairly minor trait most people would probably not question it. But where possible decide whether the sun or moon elf parentage was dominant and stick with it.
(interesting side point - drow blood conquers all
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However, some people reckon the 'breeds true' rule applies mostly to skin colour, so you could *probably* get away with having a different eye colour. Or, for example, having blonde hair so pale it's almost white on a mostly-gold elf.
So long as it's a fairly minor trait most people would probably not question it. But where possible decide whether the sun or moon elf parentage was dominant and stick with it.
(interesting side point - drow blood conquers all
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Edited by Sidhe, 09 November 2006 - 07:41 AM.
And he said:
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so you must know pain.
~Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so you must know pain.
~Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 05:27 PM
That's interesting. Thank you very much. 
