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hdawg1995 · 1 month

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had a thought about my D&D party and how everyone goes about their grooming/self care routines and the end result is my new headcanon for elves in fantasy settings.

the reason why elves have long hair is because its a social status- not of good breeding or anything, but because braids and styles of braid indicate status.

are they married? are they in the military? are they single and looking to mingle? are they single and NOT looking to mingle? are they a noble? are they a baker?

a military man who is single will wear hair totally different from a man who is a baker and married.

anyway cute idea of the party's former military elf braiding a "married" braid into his crush's hair only to panic and want to unbraid it when they come to his home town.

"did you hear? while he was on leave he got married!" "No, really? how do you know?" "the teifling girl- look at her braids!" "oh... my.... and he didn't invite his own mother!"

"Mother, its not what you think-" "it looks like it! she is a lovely lady, very polite, if only i could have braided your hair! indeed who DID braid it for the ceremony?" "no one, mother, listen-" "YOU DIDN'T BRAID YOUR HAIR FOR YOUR OWN WEDDING???"

"Lady vantis, if I may ask, who died?" "I am mourning my son's love for me!" "Mother the wedding hasn't happened!" "I can still hear him some times! which reminds me i must teach his widow the mourning braid!"

"I don't see what the problem is, we practically are married." "The problem is there is a "to be married" braid and that would have been more accurate." "but THIS is accurate." "Please don't say that around my mother, there is also a braid for "betrayed by child" and i don't wants the neighbors talking."

#ramble #D&D #dungeons and dragons #headcanon #thoughts #elves #marriage ceremony is 100% braiding the ends of the “married” braid together #can you IMAGINE the theatrics of someone objecting to the maggiage?#D&D 3.5 elves are all about martial skill #someone is like “I OBJECT!” and slices the braid #a elf cuts her hair as she runs away from home #a sick and twisted man collects the braids of elves he fights in combat #the idea of getting deathly ill and your hair falling out reflecting how no one knows who you are anymore #a mother unties her hair when she hears her husband died at war and the messenger has to help braid her hair #OH SHOOT YOU KNOW WHAT???#its custom for children to make up their own braids they braid into their friends hair #its always childish things like “favorite color is blue” or “won at tag”#adults are encouraged to not wear these braids #but you know when they go to hang out with their friends as adults they have them

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