That was an easy enough question to answer, thankfully. "I am indeed an elf, darling," Astarion replied with an easy smile. "At least, that's the more commonly used word. Our own word for our collective people is Tel-quessir. We are all of us descended from a race of fey beings, the Eladrin. I myself am a High Elf...specifically, a Sun elf." Ah, the irony. "Those of us who kept our ties to our fey ancestry a bit closer than the rest of our cousins. My innate magical talents, as I demonstrated a bit ago, they stem from that connection to the Eladrin."