text: The sugar elves are an elven subspecies with a very interesting history. As their name indicates, they adore anything sugary, and unlike other beings, not only is it not harmful, it’s actually very good for them. Mint is a close second in levels of species-wide adoration. They widely cultivated mint and sugar cane, along with a number of other crops, such as wheat and various berries. You may wonder what for, and the answer is pastries. Not only do sugar elves love raw cane, they also love making the sugar into other things. This also helped trade greatly, and the society was flourishing. It also helped that they were entirely egalitarian, even farming and military(though they didn’t really need the military until much later). Part of this is because male and female elves, like the fairies, are much more biologically similar than male and female humans. But things took a turn for the worse when a trade dispute between the sugar elves and a nearby tribe of gnomes escalated *very* quickly. It got bloody, and when the relatively small military was crushed, the Sugar Elves had no choice but to evacuate. They were run far up north, until the gnomes were sure they’d perish from the cold, and about a third of them did. The whole species might’ve gone extinct if it wasn’t for a powerful but luckily good-hearted sorcerer who found the remaining elves out in the cold. You might’ve heard of him. He took them with him quickly with magic, and though his home was even farther up north, it was much better. He’s fluent in the main two elven languages and was more than willing to teach the elves English. This sorcerers name is Nicholas “Santa” Claus. The inside of his workshop and the surrounding area is warm with magic and he has a surplus of sugary things. The elves were so grateful to Claus and his wife that they decided to stay there and work for them by making toys, tending to their reindeer, and keeping the old couple company. The sugar elves soon gained the same love and appreciation of humans, especially children, that Mr and Mrs Claus had, though the elves are much less tolerant of humans badmouthing the Clauses than the family themselves are. Though human media typically portrays the elves as weak, they are actually quite burly from doing manual labor throughout the year(minus January, half of February, and most of July, when they are celebrating a successful Christmas), which more than makes up for their small stature. The elves sometimes (outside of winter, when they’re working overtime) visit human civilization, and it’s important that you are never seen badmouthing Santa, or as the elves sometimes call him, “Big Red” or “Mr C”, in front of a Sugar Elf, because they know who is responsible for their continued survival as a species, and they are *not* afraid to hurt you in defense of the Claus family. They generally keep their non-humanness under wraps for obvious reasons, so it’s better to not badmouth Santa at all.