Comment by asdfasgasdgasdg

I love stories that subvert the elvish tropes. Maybe because so many have used the elves basically unmodified, it's great to see someone do it differently. In the Second Apocalypse, there is a race called the Nonmen who are clearly inspired by the elves. They are beautiful, immortal, strong, and talented in sorcery, like Tolkien's elves. But the trope is subverted in a variety of ways. They were not originally immortal, they were granted this "gift" by the main antagonists of the series. The same agent that gave them immortality also killed off all the females of their species. Moreover, while it made them ageless, it did not give them minds capable of coping with that agelessness, so many of them have gone insane. It's an interesting take on a darker version of elfdom.