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Unusual Diminuative Races of the Edgewood
Klownies
   Small creatures resembling diminuative elves, the Klownies are relatives of both the Killmoulli and Brownies. The happily settle creatures live in castles and large manors taking care of the drudgery with glee. All they ask is a small portion of what they grow and prepare, as well as the use of a chamber or two for their habitation. The fey transform their living quarters into a multi-level apartment housing for the clan, which usually numbers over a hundred. The odd creatures are notoriously friendly and eternally happy, unless their simple request for a thankful attitude for their service is ignored. They will uproot once they consider themselves unwelcome, but require a suitable place to relocate, often sending a scout or representative to negotiate the terms of service. Few turn away the helpful fey, their impeccable attention to the details of cooking, cleaning, farming, repairing household equipment, care of stables, and tending farm animals is unmatched. They are an asset to any household large enough to accommodate them.
   Few believe in the klownies, since such selfless service is unheard of among the flighty fey, but their existence is fact, as attested by the few manors and keeps near Edgewood that reap the benefits of the tiny helpers. Almost nothing of the origins of the klownies is known, even they ave no real idea where they came from. The oldest among them tell of the merging of a clan of brownies and a family of killmoulli that birthed the first klownie. A likely story since they do look like a perfect mixture of the two, but neither the brownies nor the killmoulli admit any such instance.
   The magic shared by all klownies allows them to complete their chosen chores with little trouble. Telekinesis, levitation, charming animals and mend spells isn't the limit of their abilities, but provides the bulk of the daily magic. Invisibility, dust devils and hold spells take care of intruders, predatory beasts, and light dusting. Animated brooms, mops and dusters are common sights in a house kept by klownies, along with invisible servants and floating serving dishes.
   The klownies' love for their land and benefactors is limitless. They honestly love the work they do and the opportunity to look after an affluent family or good aligned group is too much to pass up. Their white skin blends in nowhere, and the shades of bright hair that are common among the klownies leaves them nowhere to hide, since their invisibility is for a limited duration. The green or blue eyes often match their hair, but are usually a darker shade of the same color, giving them a striking look. The name of the creatures is a joke they seem not to get or do not find funny, but they wear brightly adorned clothes and resemble tiny clowns. Woe to the fool that tells them so, for they lose their jolly demeanor instantly and usually the offending person finds himself teleported into a precarious position atop a high peak or in a bear's den.

Elflings
   The elflings are not a mixture of elves and halflings as many have theorized. They are in fact relatives of the fey and elves. Elves that have too much contact with the fey have been known to go "wild." These nature-loving elves are much different than the wild sylvan elves. The ones who go wild often find themselves among the fey for centuries, many have children while they are in the company of the fey. These children are often elflings.
   Elflings have no separate language or culture. They are simply fey who have a lifespan. Many become jealous of the eternal lives of their kin, and though they outlive their elven counterparts, the knowledge of impending doom drives them to evil. Not all elflings turn evil, many remain with the fey until the end of their days. Some are born to the evil fey and suffer even greater risk of becoming darklings.
   The elflings and darklings are almost indistinguishable from one another, but the smile of a elfling is full of child-like wonder and true glee, while the smile of a darkling is full of hate and malice. By looks and features alone, one can never be certain. Elflings of evil descent have been reported as have darklings of good upbringing. It seems to be a conscious decision on the part of the half-breed.
   That the fey were fertile, no one questioned, but few would believe they could really be fertile enough to break into the genetics of the elves, a long tested strain of genes that has had little mixing. This must be true, for as a half-elf is possible due to the original genetics of the two races having once been the same, so must a half-fey be possible since that is the strain closest to the changed genes of the elves.
   The magic of the Elflings and Darklings is difficult to catalog since they come from various strains who each have their own set of powers. Few Elflings can fly, but those born to dark elves have the ability to levitate. All elflings and their counterparts can become invisible at will. The fey are separated by their natures and abilities, so too are the Elflings. A complete listing of all possible mixes would be too extensive and only give a general idea as to the powers of any one elfling or darkling.

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