Wood Elves outside of Athel Loren

[ftayl5]

Hey all, as the title suggests, I was wondering if there are any Wood Elves living in other forests around the world?
Actually, I know they do, the Empire book suggests that their forests have small colonies of elves and a forest in Nordland has notable Elf inhabitants too.
But are there any large colonies of Wood Elves in forests beside Loren, and also: would they have forest spirits? Or are they a Loren only thing, created by the truckload of magic that goes in there.

Also as a side question, during Winter do the forest spirits all completely fall asleep, or is it possible that a small number would remain awake and fighting?

Thanks very much.

Moved to the Grove of Tales ~ Beithir

[Allarius]

I was perusing The Grove of Tales just the other day and came across multiple threads with this same question. I suggest you look there for the answers as there are many. The following is a link to one of these:

http://www.asrai.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=19647

Suffice it to say, the new Warhammer Rule Book is quite explicit in stating that there are offshoot forests scattered across the land that possess the gift of Athel Loren's consciousness. These ancient and magical groves are linked to (and I imagine essentially a part of) Athel Loren and so are guarded by not only Wood Elves but Forest Spirits as well. The army book is quite good at explaining the history of the Wood Elves and explaining individual units, but the small bit of fluff in the new Rule Book I think is quite amazing in explaining Wood Elven behavior outside their forest and their interactions with the world at large, you should definitely have a read/re-read. I hope that helps.

[Beithir Seun]

As Allarius said, there are several threads on this very subject already in existence in the Grove of Tales (the proper place for fluff and fluff-related questions...)

As well as the thread Allarius linked to, you might want to search for "Laurelorn" or "Lost Kindred" and you should find plenty of results.


To answer your second question (which is really unrelated to the first, and thus would probably warrant a separate thread), it depends on the type of forest spirit. Generally speaking, the difficulty of awakening gets harder the further up the "scale" you get although it also depends on the "personality" of the spirit involved; most Treeman are difficult to rouse at the best of times, for instance, whereas Dryads tend to be a lot more active overall and thus would be easier to awaken, or more likely not to sleep. Wild Riders are a general exception to the rule because their entire purpose for being is to accompany Orion when he's awake, and to protect him during winter - thus, they're active all year round. The likelihood of them participating in fighting during winter though is a different question, as their responsibility and duty during the winter months is to protect the Oak of Ages, not wander off fighting in the forest...

There is no "rule" that forces all forest spirits to fall asleep. They do so largely out of choice, because winter is a period where they are least active and most vulnerable. They hibernate largely to conserve their energy and to 'regenerate', just as animals do in the real world (and just as real trees do, in a sense). There is nothing preventing a forest spirit from remaining awake and active all year round, albeit with the considerations above taken into account (i.e. they'd be weaker, more lethargic and more vulnerable).

[Shandrakor]

I don't know, evergreen trees stay green all winter long so I don't necessarily think ALL Forest Spirits would get weaker during the winter months, just that the ones that are animated from the deciduous trees would fall dormant as those trees lose their leaves and kind of go into a 'hibernation' state during the winter months. I suppose this whole thing is up for debate though, as the book does go into length about the weakening of the forest during winter months.

[Yuri]

You know whats the best thing about stories? They are totally free spirited, and fully dependent on your imagination. So, why are you breaking your head with such boundaries when there's none? You can, if you want, put wood elves in jungles in lustria. Actually, that would be wacky idea - Jungle Elves!

[ftayl5]

Thanks for all the replies guys, its really helpful Sorry for posting in the wrong place, I didn't read the whole description of the Grove of Tales "Come here to play in role playing games, play in AoDs, or show off your latest story creation. This is also the place for fluff questions." Woops

Thanks again.

[Dragon halitosis]

Jungle elves would rock - I've seen some custom elf jobs on this site that looked kind of Predator... anyone aware of a fully fledged jungle elf army conversion?

[Shandrakor]

Jungle elves would rock - I've seen some custom elf jobs on this site that looked kind of Predator... anyone aware of a fully fledged jungle elf army conversion?

Most people play Lizardmen if they want the jungle theme...