Mistad

Mistad, roughly translated, means "wanderer" or "error". It is a derogatory term used to refer to Anorien elves not born into a proper clan or High House, those elves born outside Lloraelia, and those elves exiled from their clans.

Elvish Enclaves
Most Almerian cities have elvish majority communities populated by mistad. Places like Sonorie's Sound in Valdurin's Gate and Lantern within Maurdregg's Fall are vast historic neighborhoods populated strictly by these elves.

Because of the disparity between elvish and human aging, these communities are often extremely tight knit and personable with each other. Children are raised as a group effort and neighbors often depend on each other, forming loose clans of their own to replace those they have been excised from. This can result in very insular communities though where children don't truly understand the mortality of the other races around them and old hands promote suspicion against both "true" quessir and non-elves alike.

Appearance
Some mistad have very obvious clan heritage owed to their bloodline, others have been so long removed from Lloraelia that it is unidentifiable. Mistad have ceased to have their coloring influenced by their surroundings but still quite often have "unnatural" hair colors, albeit in dusty and dulled shades.

Their ears are typically shorter than a quessir's, maxing at around 9 inches.

Builds are as tall as "true elves", but mistad have displayed an improved ability to put on mass, be it muscle or fat. This is thought to be due to removal from fae influence as this phenomena has also been recorded in those quessir holding territories outside of Lloraelia.

Naming Conventions
Those exiled mistad will generally keep their given names and either forego a surname altogether or use a bastardized version so as to go unnoticed. Each clan as a common version of their name reserved for these mistads and bastards. Alliteration rarely applies in these cases as they generally do for quessir clans.

Natural mistad, or those born outside of clans and Lloraelia, usually have flowery names that lend themselves to the elvish aesthetic and even borrow elvish letters on occasion, but rarely have any meaning. Surnames are shared with the parents, but are commonly changed as the child's sensibilities mature and they can select something that suits them. These usually follow the adjective+noun order of naming.