Fallen Elves

Story by Mercury01

This is not so much a story as a concept that I want to share. It's an examination of a certain type of elf, and I hope the idea will engender some stories. Feel free to use the concept for your own, but link the story/RP/whatever here if you could. :) I may add more as ideas occur to me, and I welcome any suggestions for further expansion of the concept.

Fallen Elves

Fallen Elves are a curious physiological phenomenon. Elves of both genders are naturally slender and androgynous, magically inclined and given to introspection and philosophical musing. Their long lives allow for deep study into subjects that humans cannot match, and an elf that devotes herself to a skill will surpass even the most learned human masters.

Some elves are given to adventure though, a practice that many elvish matriarchs frown upon. Their human counterparts may see adventuring as merely wasteful and foolhardy, but elves actually begin a slow psychological and physical transformation as they venture further afield from their homes. This is also why diplomacy between elves and other races is often strained: Elves cannot easily support an ambassador.

An elf that spends a few weeks away has little to worry about. After about a month, however, elves will start to adopt peculiar traits. They may become restless, curious, or moody. Some might experiment with narcotics, food, or sex, like a teenager living away from overbearing parents. Unlike humans, however, elves have little tolerance for such vices and may become addicted, even with strong willpower.

Once a few more moths have passed, elves start to experience physiological changes, not unlike a second puberty. Fat and muscle begins to collect in places and body hair starts to sprout. Their bones thicken and reshape. Their skin grows more sensitive, and physical arousal becomes quicker. At first, they are barely noticeable. But the physical changes continue for the greater part of a year.

Humans, dwarves, orcs and other races may regard the elf's newfound temperament as an improvement: to them, she might have been brusque, even icy, and she is simply loosening up.

These changes will continue, and even accelerate. Sometimes elves take up new vocations, such as artistry, military service, or prostitution, and devote themselves to it as passionately as they can.

It's at some point after a year or so has passed that the elf has a moment of lucidity. Often it's some pivotal event in their new life that tips them off. The birth of a child or the eve of one's greatest performance, for example. It's at this moment that an elf will either attempt to return to their home -- depending on the community, the prodigal individual may be welcomed or rejected (they also face the prospect of living as a pariah in an elven community) -- or simply give in to their base urges and remain an outsider from elf society proper. It is the second group that are considered truly 'fallen.'

It is only after the first year do the gross physical attributes begin to change.

Their skin darkens, becoming anywhere from light caramel colour to chocolatey brown. Females begin to grow fat deposits in the hips, buttocks and breasts. This also happens to male elves, which is a fact that many do not realize before it is too late.

The females also have a strange reaction: Their labia grow and seal together while their clitoris becomes swollen and long. Eventually, their ovaries will descend into the sac that remains of their labia, becoming a fully-functional pair of testes, while their once-clitoris takes on the shape and function of a penis. Fallen elves have a remarkable semen output, outperforming all races but orcs in virility.

Since the end result of either gender is so varied, it is almost impossible to distinguish what a fallen elf's birth gender was. Subsequently, post-transformation, fallen elves adopt the female pronoun, finding it easier.

Some scholars wonder why Fallen Elves have not supplanted their parent race. The answer is simple: Fallen Elves cannot produce Fallen Elf children. Any child born of a woman whom a Fallen Elf has mated will be an ordinary elf (or half-elf, in the case of humans), but such a coupling is almost always regarded as an aberration in elvish communities, as any female elf who is willing to mate with a fallen one is surely on her way to join them. Those whose children that are born in secret are often donated to elvish communities out of compassion, something that most elves believe their fallen brethren lack (which is untrue).

As mentioned before, humans and other races often regard elves mid-fall as simply 'loosening up.' Their reactions towards Fallen can vary, ranging from disgust to arousal. Oftentimes a relationship between a fallen elf and their non-elf counterpart can become intimate as the elf explores her new assets. As with normal elves, Fallen can breed true with humans, producing a half-elf. The child may develop "fallen" traits, although th

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