The Gruagach
The Gruagach The grugach are wild elves, akin slyvanor wood elves , but smaller, lighter, and very pale. When not in their tribal bands, they dress in leather armor decorated with the shapes of leaves or of the animals of the deep forest. Except where otherwise noted, grugach conform to the speafics of wood elves and of elves in general. Origin: Gruagach was once a shapeshifting warrior of the Tuatha De Danann, who would later become the Daoine Sidhe; the fairy folk of Ireland. Long ago, he rode with the sons of the High King Dagda against the giants (presumably the Fomorian enemies of the Tuatha de Danann, as recounted in Celtic myth). Gruagach was able to change into many shapes, and during the battle he took the form of a hulking monster, personally killing twenty of the giants. Some time thereafter, Gruagach fell in love with a human girl. This girl wished to see the form he took when he fought the giants, but the fairy was reluctant, fearing that she would...