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$\begingroup$ Even if elves would only be fertile one month of the year and only after a long bath and some soft jazz, wouldn't their population still be massive sense they are as capable of reproduction at 100 as they were at 22? Not to mention they would be VERY good at surviving thanks to guidance from their elders. $\endgroup$
– Pinion Minion
Commented May 17, 2018 at 4:48
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$\begingroup$ Ummm breeding age of 100 years means they don't start breeding until 100. They're children until then. Being good at surviving means squat when the attacking humans decide the best way to fight is to set fire to the whole forest $\endgroup$
– Thorne
Commented May 17, 2018 at 5:11
$\begingroup$ Ah, so they take 100 years to reach sexual maturity? That raises some questions about their mating habits (and makes me dread forty years of puberty), but is a great answer. Sorry for not reading your answer as carefully as I should've. $\endgroup$
– Pinion Minion
Commented May 17, 2018 at 14:34
$\begingroup$ Combine this with the Elves originally having low population density (to respect nature) and humans being a late arrival to the party -- either sailing from afar or 'awoken later'. The elves were unprepared for the arrival of such a fast-breeding species and could do nothing to compete. $\endgroup$
– Daron
Commented May 17, 2018 at 16:12
$\begingroup$ Combine THAT with the elves being peace-loving and thus having no need to develop warfare tactics before the humans arrived. While they CAN split a visor from 300 feet they only discovered that talent AFTER the humans invaded. And by they they had already suffered significant losses. $\endgroup$
– Daron
Commented May 17, 2018 at 16:14

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