Half-Elves

The Last of the Fey-Touched
"Gone are the halls of music, and laughter. Gone are the vaults of knowledge and wisdom. Gone are the graceful spires and marble pillars. And gone with them are the fair ones, the Fey-Touched, the Ever Wise. The Elves have passed beyond sight, and the world weeps for their passing." Thus reads the last line of the Fall of Velia. It is unknown at what age the elves disappeared from the world, but it is known that the last of their pure-blood race resided in Ardurach before the Age of Wild Magic, and that they, along with the Great Empire, have passed from history.

There are those, however, who claim descent from these beings, and from the unearthly grace in their movements to their uncanny sight in darkness, they are to be believed. These elf-kin, known to the world as half-elves, are strange folk. Most are ill at ease in common life, and many take to the world in search of greater destinies.

Whatever pure-blood elves may have been, their descendants are not the immortal, "Ever Wise", blessed beings the stories claim. For whatever reason, there has never been a half-elf blessed with the favor of Divine Magic. Many have taken this as a sign that the elves were destroyed by the will of the gods themselves, and that their descendants are cursed, but most scholars and theologians have dismissed this theory as untenable.

Racial Features
In addition to the racial benefits and options laid out in the PHB and the SCAG, half-elves receive the following benefits:

Favored of the Fey: Half-Elves gain advantage on all Charisma checks made to influence Fey Type creatures.

Dark Blood: Half-elves can choose the Blood Hunter class.

Unchosen: Half-elves cannot choose the Cleric class.