Sylph

Sylphs were small outsiders who often inhabited the Elemental Plane of Air and the Material Plane.

Description
They often appeared as petite, beautiful women with translucent, brightly colored wings. They often preferred filmy-seeming, silky, or loose clothing, and brightly colored jewelry.

Biology
Some scholars speculated that sylphs may have began as a cross-breeding between nymphs and aerial servants.

Though they were a humanoid race, sylphs beared their young through eggs. Typically laying them three months following conception. Within six months these eggs would hatch, but in the intervening time a sylph would typically summon an air elemental to guard it. Once hatched, their children were noted as growing at a rate similar to that of a human, though once fully matured they retained their youthful appearance throughout their lifespan.

Their innate magical abilities would begin manifesting at the age of 5, then at the age of 10 a sylph generally became capable of flight. They had an innate ability to levitate, merely using their wings to provide thrust. However, if these were to be injured a sylph would only be capable of gliding and hovering.

Personality
They were usually passive creatures, and fled in the presence of danger if their curiosity did not get the better of them.

Ecology
Some were known to befriend adventurers and even aid them in exchange for favors, though in general they distanced themselves from mundane races. They were most often seen in the company of dryads and nymphs.

Being an all female race, sylphs mated with other humanoid species. Generally this was done with elves, though some were known to mate with humans and halflings.

History
In the ancient city of Cursrah, sylphs inhabited its city parks and were known to sing sad songs.

Trivia
The year 687 DR was named the "Year of the Wandering Sylph".