ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Half-elf

Okay kiddo, so a half-elf is a special type of person in a story or game who has parents that are different from each other. One of their parents is a human and the other parent is an elf.

Elves are like magical beings with pointy ears, and they're often really good at things like archery and magic. Humans are regular people like you and me.

When these two types of parents have a kid together, they create a half-elf! This means the kid will have some traits from both parents. They might have pointy ears like their elf parent, but they also might be really good at math or sports like their human parent.

Because they have traits from both elves and humans, half-elves are often seen as very special and unique. They can fit into both human and elf societies, and they might have different abilities or skills than other characters in the story.

So that's basically what a half-elf is. A magical person who has parents from two different worlds, and who is very special because of it!