In my homebrew world, elves have a different skin pigment that reflects UV light (whereas melanin absorbs it). Lower amounts of pigmentation mean darker skin, and more means whiter skin
Because of this, deep elves aren’t as dark skinned as some humans, with the darkest being an ashy charcoal gray, but desert elves develop extremely white skin with almost no translucence
Shouldn’t the Drow be incredibly pale, not dark skinned, since they never have sun exposure?
They might be dark for camouflage. There’s a fair bit of light in the underdark
No, because they didn’t use to live underground. Given enough time they’d all presumably become pale.
I might be misremembering things but weren’t they dark skinned already on surface, before they were expelled?
Someone else said that too, so probably. Thanks!
In my homebrew world, elves have a different skin pigment that reflects UV light (whereas melanin absorbs it). Lower amounts of pigmentation mean darker skin, and more means whiter skin
Because of this, deep elves aren’t as dark skinned as some humans, with the darkest being an ashy charcoal gray, but desert elves develop extremely white skin with almost no translucence
That’s a fun explanation.
That’s the Mystaran shadow elves.