Elfs

Full Description
Elfs are fey humanoids three to four feet tall. Generally they resemble lean human children of all ethnicities, with extremely pointed ears and arched brows. The females seem to have a touch of glitter on their cheeks, eyelids, and hair. While technically not organic, as creatures of magic and energy, they seem to be flesh and blood.

Traditionally they wear tunics and tights, in green, red, and white. They sometimes will wear some ethnic Chistmastide costume from around the world, or variations on them. Pointed shoes and hats seem to be the common thread no matter their garb. Favorite accessories are baking aprons, tool belts, and clipboards.

Elfs are Fey of the Fairy/Sprite family. They share features in common with Small Folk, the crafting/ domestic feys. They are quite skilled at building and making, being the only Fairies who are. They are flightless, which seems to be the trade off for being… well crafty. They still retain the Fairy abilities of glamour/ magic as well. They can still shapeshift and be invisible, but shapeshifting is a slow laborious process.

Like all fey, they are immune to natural forces. They are magically immune to cold (and heat) (though not of ice and fire). While they don’t need to eat or breath, Elfs seem to recharge themselves when they eat sugary foods. They do not need to sleep, but they like to dream.

The Elfs live in one of the few magical places still left in the world. Their fey place is The North Pole, a magical realm reachable only by passing over the true planetary north.

This Ring (community) of Elfs once lived in Europe. There, they were toy makers, gifting the children of their region. As the regio of light divine expanded and intensified, it became harder and harder for them to leave their domain. Thus thir community grew weaker and weaker, as they were unable to meet their 'obligations' to The Mortal. Providence provided through. Along came a mortal child whom they raised and fey touched (imbued with fey magics). The child grew to a man, and acted as their courier. This worked for many years. However, their magic began to wane because of the increasing divine light. To maintain themselves they took a new course. The Elfs moved to a safe place, a new magical domain. They aligned their way along with new legends that were sprouting up, adding themselves to those legends. This increased the flow of beliefs that empowered them. Now these ancient powers are aligned with The Spirit of Giving, though most people have a different name for the avatar of giving.
As fey energies were draining from the world, a variety of fey reached this pace, one of the last safe refuge. Most have adopted the Elf demeanor. A few haunted spirits retain their old forms and roam the Christmas tree forests around the Elf City and Workshops.

Now the Elfs have done everything they can to keep their legend alive. They have gotten into the 'creative content' creation. This started a while ago, with the inspiration of christmas books. Helping to create animated specials has strengthened their magic. Their recent innovation was to make sure that every Jolly Guy in every mall was accompanied by Elf assistants. Their pushing the secularization of Christmas to increase the number of the believers in Christmas has had both good and bad effects. The Council is reviewing this policy and might reverse it.

As time has progressed, the Elfs had to adapt more and more. After all, children had different toy needs over time. The Elfs have learned of technology. They combined it with their own magical ways, thus creating ElfTech.

ElfTech
ElfTech is an odd amalgam of fey magics and the principals of technology. They will use elements of technology, but combine the 'traditional' the forms the Elfs are familiar with. The items make some 'logical sense', if you accept the fact that gingerbread, candy, coco, and peppermint sticks are high tech items; though they are sometimes 'Rube Goldberg' contraptions. No matter what they look like or are made of, the ElfTech is very useful. With this hybrid, the Elfs were able to continue to create 'cool toys' for the children who believed.
Additional Information
This write up can be used as by itself (with tongue in cheek) or used as part of the Black Christmas setting.

If in a 'normal' setting, the Elfs are creating 'spirit duplicates' that help inspire people to give those toys to children. They are creating 'cheer' to be delivered to the mortal world, and forms that help reinforce the traditions. They will make a few real toys, to be properly delivered, but most deliveries are just 'wishes fulfilled'. After all, the Elfs are working for the Spirit of Giving these days.

In the Black Christmas setting, The Elves were not even that. They are Figments, as in 'figments of the imagination'. As The Gates (The Wreaths) opened, wyld magics, magics unforseen by the Grinches, just flowed into the world. The magic took hold of the dreams, images, and ideals of the world. It made them manifest. They came into existence, as if they had always had been there. Only a few knew they had been immaterial or non existent a moment before.

Now the Elfs are on a mission to Save Christmas. They have strapped on ElfTech and are going to go kick some Grinch butt.

They have the unusual allies of Angels. These beings have parrallel goals of stoping The Grinches, but for different reasons.

The Scroll

The scroll portion of this submission shows some ElfTech Items that you might have in the Black Christmas Setting.