silvan elves with sharp teeth
silvan elves able to see in the dark
silvan elves that communicate in bird sounds and trills and tongue-clicking
silvan elves with dark skin so they can hide between foliage better
silvan elves who never met the ainur and as such properly worship them
devoted to nessa and yavanna and orome
silvan elves that literally talk to trees
silvan elves that paint their faces so they’re completely invisible when they want to
silvan elves who went south instead of west and now inhabit the forests of Harad
silvan elves that may not know how to write, but who knows the name of every stream, rock and valley in the area
Silvan elves who don’t worship the Valar because the Valar basically abandoned them when they didn’t want to come to Valinor.
Silvan elves who kicked Melkor’s ass in countless wars in the east and took on Ungoliant in the south, and whose deeds are remembered in epic song-cycles twenty times longer than Rumil and Pengolodh’s little pamphlets.