Starting with Tolkien, Elves in fantasy are obviously superior to Humans. Yet in most fantasy shows, Elves are a minority and often dominated. The reason must be some tragic inherent flaw like suicidal empathy and/or nihilism... or perhaps some external cause like migration to better lands where there is more 'mana,' this was the reason given by Tolkien if I remember correctly. I think low fertility is the best answer to a lack of Elven supremacy, even if Elves are immortal unless killed, if an Elven woman can only get pregnant once a century or so, their numbers would be low enough to end up a minority in largely human kingdoms. There would have to a reason they don't end up ruling the human kingdoms as well... perhaps an innate femininity or dislike for authority la~
Edited last time by Voxxe on 02/07/2024 (Wed) 00:22:13.