Why are elves always so ugly?

[inanity]

With the exception of Malady

[Lord Doober De La Goober MXI]

you know what they say..."beauty in the eye of the beholder"

tho I am kinda confused why these elves "look" like this while other Divinity games (i.e commander) has them looking like LotR/D&D elves
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then again I don't know ♥♥♥♥ about Divinity lore

[inanity]

Well I'd be curious to know if anyone actually likes this look.

I particularly hate Fane's elf skin (I play him as a rogue), and can't seem to change it.

[muchdebate]

I like most of the female elves, but the guys....argh

[Syrris]

The Dragon Commander convinced Lohanna to start eating meat. Fast forward a couple of thousand years and this is the result.

[Applied Mediocrity]

And a good thing it is! Ugly befits them. It's way past time to bury all those tree-hugging holier-than-thou knife-ears in Tolkien's estate backyard and drop a cart of boulders over the spot.

[Engels78]

Originally posted by muchdebate:

I like most of the female elves, but the guys....argh

Me the same. Playing with Sebille in party as a rogue...

[inanity]

Originally posted by Applied Mediocrity:

And a good thing it is! Ugly befits them. It's way past time to bury all those tree-hugging holier-than-thou knife-ears in Tolkien's estate backyard and drop a cart of boulders over the spot.

You sound like a dwarf.

Btw I love your nickname.

[Bob3]

Originally posted by Gariored:

you know what they say..."beauty in the eye of the beholder"

tho I am kinda confused why these elves "look" like this while other Divinity games (i.e commander) has them looking like LotR/D&D elves
....


then again I don't know ♥♥♥♥ about Divinity lore

Probably evolution. I mean, DC took play years ago IIRC.

[slovakiaman]

Divinity games in chronological order:
1) Divinity Dragon Commander - elves look normal (just like you would expect, like in Tolkiens LOTR)
2) Divinity: Original Sin - no sign of elves
3) Divine Divinity - elves look normal
4) Beyond Divinity - no sign of elves
5) Divinity: Original Sin 2 - elves look ..... well you see it yourself
6) Divinity 2 : Ego Draconis - no sign of elves
Elves looked normal untill D:OS2. I don't know why they changed their looks.

Originally posted by Syrris:

The Dragon Commander convinced Lohanna to start eating meat. Fast forward a couple of thousand years and this is the result.

Well if this is true, then D:OS 2 does make even less sense. I'm pretty sure that you are told in D:OS 2 that it's because of Tir-Cendelius and how they share their memories through flesh.
Also it was never mentioned in any other game (other than Dragon Commander) that they eat flesh.
It seems that Larian makes more and more of those mistakes in lore. The process you ascenced to Divinity in Divine Divinity was way different and the first D:OS game has Astarte (goddess which isn't mentioned in any other Divinity game)

[DrShoking]

I believe DoS and DoS2 are in a different but similar universe than the other games. The elves were changed so that they didn't look like every other elf race in other games and media.

[slovakiaman]

I don't know about Divinity Dragon Commander, but all Larian games are set in Rivellon, both Divinity Original Sin games have characters from the Divine Divinity game so if it is a different universe, it has to be almost exactly the same.

[strangecat]

Originally posted by inanity:

With the exception of Malady

sjw BS most likely. There not any beautiful women in this game. What Sibel(spelling) and Malady?)
Malady is probably the most attractive character in this game. That is also counting her personality and voice.

[Revolucas]

To be honest I never liked the Divinity lore or plot. I really think they should take the mechanics that they developed in the Original Sins series and create an entirely new universe for their next game.

[Humble]

Originally posted by Syrris:

The Dragon Commander convinced Lohanna to start eating meat. Fast forward a couple of thousand years and this is the result.

As Dragon commander, I do not convinced Lohanna eating meat at a time, I think maybe dark magic curse elf along way after age of dragon commander or mabye it's just happen in divinity sin 2 to mother tree make them look that way? Now if player kill mother tree, then elf should healing and back to good look again unless sort of dark magic doing again. I could said same thing human, human don't look great, too. I mean while undead look cool, but not look great in armor as it's make them look fat or something. Look at skyrim, I always see skyrim elf, dummer, wood elf look ugly every time elder game come out, I don't know why high elf think they better looking but I think breten female way best looking in all race in that elder scoll.

[MattTheMat]

Yeh they're ugly, thats why i deathfoged their mother tree