Elf (monster attribute)

Elf is a monster attribute that indicates that a monster should be considered elven. It has many effects, but most significantly it helps determine whether your actions constitute cannibalism or same-race sacrifice.

Monsters
In the dungeon, you can encounter the following elven monsters:
 * human or elf
 * undead
 * undead
 * undead
 * undead
 * undead
 * undead
 * undead

The plain elf is not randomly generated as a monster. Elf corpses are dropped by the elf mummy and zombie, and is also found in graves left by player elves in bones. An elf monster may be created by reviving an elf corpse.

Effects
The elf attribute is used to determine the following things:


 * If you are an elven player, elf monsters are more likely to be peaceful.
 * Whether eating a monster is cannibalism for an elven player.
 * Whether a sacrifice is of your own race for an elven player.
 * What to give when wishing for the corpses of quest guardians.
 * What responses to use when chatting with other roles' quest guardians (possibly created by reverse genocide or found in bones).

Internals
In the source, the elf attribute is represented by the macro M2_ELF.

Encyclopedia Entry
The Elves sat round the fire upon the grass or upon the sawn rings of old trunks. Some went to and fro bearing cups and pouring drinks; others brought food on heaped plates and dishes. "This is poor fare," they said to the hobbits; "for we are       lodging in the greenwood far from our halls.  If ever you are        our guests at home, we will treat you better." "It seems to me good enough for a birthday-party," said Frodo. Pippin afterwards recalled little of either food or drink, for his mind was filled with the light upon the elf-faces, and the sound of voices so various and so beautiful that he felt in a       waking dream. [...]       Sam could never describe in words, nor picture clearly to        himself, what he felt or thought that night, though it remained in his memory as one of the chief events of his life. The nearest he ever got was to say: "Well, sir, if I could grow       apples like that, I would call myself a gardener.  But it was        the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean." [ The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien ]