Dark Elf
In
J. R. R. Tolkien's
Middle-earth, the
Moriquendi -- the
Elves of Darkness -- are, in essence, the Elves that did not cross over the sea and behold the light of the
Two Trees in
Valinor. They lingered on the shores of Middle-earth or, indeed, never passed the Blue Mountains on the east of
Beleriand or the Misty Mountains further to the east.
- "Those Elves the Calaquendi call the Umanyar, since they came never to the land of Aman and the Blessed Realm; but the Umanyar and the Avari alike they call the Moriquendi, Elves of the Darkness, for they never beheld the Light that was before the Sun and Moon."
Other dark elves from other
fictional created worlds are the very different
Drow elves from
Dungeons & Dragons worlds of
Greyhawk and the
Forgotten Realms.
