I was working on a short story called "The problem with humans".
Its told from the perspective of an elven swordmaster (in fact a master swordplay instructor)
who's retiring to evermeet or whereever the fuck the elves go to retire.
He's retiring because he's the best swordsman in the world and because of it he gets no peace.
None. Everywhere he goes there's a string of warriors that show's up to battle him.
When it was just amongst elves it was no bigge, challenges came down every 10 years.
Humans get involved eventually however, and then its like ever few months. Every few months
a constant litany of:
"I have come to challenge you!"
"I desire an audience esteemed master"
"My blood will not be sated until all the land has heard of your defeat at my hands!"
Then the repetition of challenges actually increases with things like:
"I will have...." Justice!
"Revenge"
"Recompense!"
"Your head for you have slain!":
"My Father!"
"My son!"
"My lover"
"My sister"
"The last carrier of the mark of Sor'Ree! Who's head was rightfully mine!"
Not only that but roughly 1 in 3 of these duelists are actually quite skilled even a threat to his life.
Fighters, Barbarians, rangers, paladins of marital gods were on thing, he himself had been bred doing battle with all of them
as well as Elven Bladesingers. Its was quite a different thing when he found himself faced off against his first
"Sword Prince", or any other martial adept and most annoying to deal with Baneblades, or Hexblades or whatever those little stormclouds called themselves. There was even a new branch of elven fighter mages calling themselves "Duskblades" that had sprung up in the last few years. Amounst the orcs and dwarves people bound to totems start to appear.
His life had become a bit more hectic than he wished.
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The trouble with humans, is that they ambitious, too over reaching, too inventive, to quickly replaced, and most of all
have too much damn temerity.
They learn much more reach they're highest point of ability and teach that to they're replacement in a matter of years.
Elves do it over centuries...
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Elves are totally gay.
And not in a good way (that being the same way I am).
Awww... you coming on to me? I CALL TOP!
Seriously though I just think there's a lot of elf love its the people who are really into Rpgs that get tired of the uber-man elfdom.
THAT AND the con penalty...