What happens when Elves get old? (d10)

1. The obvious answer – they get on a boat and travel to the autumn lands, a realm humans can not go.

2. They turn into trees, the variety reflecting their virtues in life. This is a slow process, leading to areas of the forest where the trees really do watch you.

3. Nothing. They continue on like they always have.

4. When they reach a certain age, they are expected to voluntarily cross over to the other side via a ceremonial knife. This ritual is performed amidst a small number of their family and friends. The elves memories are transferred to them in the process.

5. A mist descends over the woods. All the elves know this mist and they know what it means. One of their number wanders off into it, heedless of the calls of their fellows, and disappears. No one tries to stop them – though they don’t know what happens next, they know it’s natural.

6. They turn to stone. The statues that are all over the elven lands used to be alive.

7. Little known fact – Elves hatch from eggs. When they do, the young hunger – the old provide nourishment in a grisly feast.*

8. They don’t actually die, they’re just bored. Check the body for fake moustaches and forged passports, they might make a run for it when your back is turned.*

9. They become thinner and thinner… well, maybe not thinner, just less. Eventually, they become a ghost. In another thousand years, even the ghost will fade away.

10. There is a sacred cave in an ancient grove, protected by a powerful druid. When an elf feels called, they go to the cave, only to emerge one year later as an animal of the forest. You never know what animal you see may have once been an elf.