There are already a considerable number of obstacles to a human and elven pairing. Many if not most members of each race find the physical differences in skin tone, facial structure, body proportions and hair coloring displeasing in the other. Culturally, Verai are forbidden from fraternizing with non-Verai (even other elves) and Cellans, while perhaps open to the occasional dalliance, rarely tolerate humans in their caravan communities. In the cities where assimilated Ilvari are most common, many would rather pair among their own number, and some humans frown upon elven admirers, believing that they are looking only for social advancement. Officially, humans and elves are forbidden permission to marry, ostensibly to discourage the birth of Feyborn.
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