"A...prize of choice, between immortality and mortality. It seems incredible." Inessa shakes her head, amazed at the notion of literally being able to choose such a thing. No Thedosian elf or elf-blooded has such an option.

"Peredhel...in Thedas, those with one elven parent are called elf-blooded. They are not half-elven, as that implies an equal melding; the children of an elf and human are always human, as it would be for an elf and a dwarf, and so on. There is something about our nature that only carries on in a purely elven pairing. Thus, there is even more concern at the notion of integration. Many fear that if elves live among humans, it will not be long before the race will die out."