Talk:Half Elf

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Just something for consideration...I read somewhere along the line something saying that because hybrids are generally sterile, Half-elves should be too. Which make alot of sense. But my research suggests that in animals such as Ligers, Tigons and other hybrids, only the males are sterile, and females can be bred with with males of either parent species. I don't know if this is useful, but it's just some info I thought might come in handy when determining whether or not Half Elves could have children. Here are some of the sites I used to research the topic:

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Also, some naturally occuring hybrids, such as wolves cross breeding with feral dogs, are completely fertile.

I'm not sure what the Hollow stance on half elf fertility is, but these are just some things to consider. I think it was a Hollow related item that first suggested sterility to me, but I can't recall where it was.

Reproduction

I don't think they should, either way. You can have half anything, and people are always going to want to push the limits and have a 1/3 this, or 1/4 that, or 1/10th something.

Wolves and dogs are a lot more closely related than the other ones you listed, as.. most dogs are just very domesticated wolves.

Also, this would mean that half-elves could only reproduce with something that was from their former specias, elf and whatever the other half is. I don't see that as likely.. or easily followed.

This is also Hollow, not everything follows the natural rules of what we know, etc.

Re: Reproduction

I suppose that makes sense. I was merely putting some scientific background out there to help with the decision. Science is kinda my thing, so I thought I could use it to help. But if other people don't think my theories work, I respect that, and I will accept whatever the ruling of the admins is.

Your points are well taken as well. The odds of the characters falling for others of their parent races are slim, I suppose. And you really don't want a 1/3 human, 1/3 elf, 1/3 orc running around, do you? Lol.

~Rhoswen



Also, to help with the Half elf discussion. I mean, the page, so far, has no real profile statistics.

  • Odette
    • What races can a half elf actually be created with?
    • The life expectancy of a half elfe on the page is higher than the average ont he oustide, where it says 150 years.
    • It also says on the page that they have a tendancy to be chaotic, why might that be? (Psychology), or does it depend on who raised them? If that's so, then couldn't their alignment be chagned, too? To something more.. encompassing?