An index of fictional stories focusing on and/or revolving around elves. To qualify, the elf (or elves) in question must be a main character, main villain, or otherwise central to the plot. Such works will inevitably make use of one or more Elf Tropes.
Compare Dragon Works, Genie Works, Mermaid Media, and Unicorn Works. Given how elves and fairies are commonly lumped together and/or just different names for the same kind of creature, there's much overlap with Fairy Fiction. There might also be a bit of overlap with Goblin Works and/or Leprechaun Fiction.
Works:
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Multimedia Franchises
- Black Clover
- Dragon Age: There exist two factions of elves: the nomadic Dalish elves and the City elves. Elves from both camps are in very significant roles in the overarching plot.
- The Elder Scrolls: There are four different races of elves (mer, in-universe): Dark Elves, High Elves, Pariah Elves, and Wood Elves, most of which are playable in several installments.
- Tolkien's Legendarium
- Warcraft
- The Witcher
Anime & Manga
- Bastard!! (1988): One of Dark Schneider's lovers, Arshes Nei, is a dark elf.
- Black Clover
- Delicious in Dungeon: Marcille, one of the main characters, is an elf, as are the Lunatic Magician, one of the main villains, and the Canaries, who try to stop the heroes.
- Don't Hurt Me, My Healer!: The titular healer is a dark elf.
- The Dragon, The Hero and The Courier: Yoshida, the main character, is a half-elf.
- Elf Princess Rane
- Elf 17
- Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Frieren, the main character, is an elf.
- Ie Ga Moete Jinsei Dou Demo Yoku Natta Kara
- It's My Life (Imomushi Narita)
- Otaku Elf
- Plus-Sized Elf
- Those Who Hunt Elves
- Time Stop Hero: One of the main companions, Fury, is a dark elf. The party later finds a village of standard elves in Chapter 35.
Audio Plays
Comic Books
- ElfQuest
- The Elf With No Name
- Hilda: One of the main characters is an elf named Alfur.
- Jingle Belle
- Lands of Arran
- Poison Elves
Fan Works
- A Boy, a Girl and a Dog: The Leithian Script
- The Night Unfurls: Three of the main P.O.V. characters are elves — Celestine Lucross, Olga Discordia, and Grace Campbell. Several key components in the plot (Fantastic Racism between humanity and dark-elves, dark-elf trafficking and slavery, etc.) involve elves, especially dark-elves.
- Stargazer: One of the main characters is an elf.
- No stars in sight: Rewrite of Stargazer with the same elf as one of the main characters.
Films — Animation
- Arthur Christmas: There are plenty of Christmas elves featured, and one of them joins Arthur in his quest to deliver a missed present.
- Elf Bowling the Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike
- The Flight of Dragons: One of the protagonists, Giles, is an elf.
- The Lord of the Rings
- Onward: The two main characters are elf brothers.
- Prep & Landing: Two elves go ahead of Santa Claus to prepare each house for his arrival.
- Quest for a Heart: Millie the elf is one of the main characters.
- Strange Magic
Films — Live-Action
- Elf
- Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: House elf Dobby has a key role.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Both Dobby and Kreacher are critical to both the story as a whole and Harry's final victory.
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- The Hobbit
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Magical Christmas Tree
- Rollo and the Spirit of the Woods: The main plot is about the conflict between a village of elves and the troll-like Rolleys.
- SAGA: Curse of the Shadow
- The Santa Clause
- The Santa Clause 2
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
- Thor: The Dark World: The Dark Elves are the main antagonists.
Literature
- An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride
- Artemis Fowl: Many major characters are elves, including the deuteragonist.
- Beren and Lúthien
- Black Clover: The Book of the Black Bulls
- Black Clover: Order of Knights Book
- The Book of Lost Tales
- The Broken Sword
- The Cemeteries of Amalo
- The Children of Húrin
- Christmas Elf
- Dragaera: The Dragaeran race are elves by another name and the world's dominant species.
- Dragonlance
- The Elder Scrolls
- Eldraeverse: The eponymous Eldrae are elves in all but name (pointy ears, taller than humans, long lifespans).
- The Elf Maiden
- Elfslayer Chronicles
- The Elven Ways
- The Elves and the Cobbler
- The Eminence in Shadow: Most of the main character's allies are elves.
- The Fall of Gondolin
- The Fall of Númenor
- Farming Life In Another World
- Gate: Two of the main characters, Tuka and Yao, are elves.
- The Goblin Emperor: The main character is half-elf/half-goblin.
- Griffin's Daughter: The main character is a half-elf.
- The Halfblood Chronicles
- Harry Potter
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: The house elf Dobby plays a major role.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: House elf Winky's subplot isn't as important to the core plot of the book itself but has major long-term ramifications, including the impetus for Hermione's elf-rights activism that carries through the whole second half of the series.
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: House elf Kreacher plays an important role in the climax.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Both Dobby and Kreacher are critical to both the story as a whole and Harry's final victory.
- The Hero and His Elf Bride Open a Pizza Parlor in Another World
- High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even in Another World: The most prominent character aside from the titular prodigies is Lyrule, who's an elf.
- Hilda Tie-In Series: The aforementioned Alfur continues to be a main character.
- The Hobbit
- I'm a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl's Pet
- Instead of Three Wishes (of the short story collection of the same name) features the Elf Realm of South Minney, a court of fae ruled by the Elvish Prince Mechemel.
- Iron Elves
- I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level: One of the main protagonists, Halkara, is an elf.
- Juniper's Christmas
- Keeper of the Lost Cities: The main character is an elf.
- The King of Elfland's Daughter
- The Legend of Drizzt:
- Looming Gaia: Three of the Freelance Good Guys, Jeimos, Linde, and Zeffer, are elves. Several supporting characters are also elves.
- The Lord of the Rings
- Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn: The Slithi and Norn are high elves and dark elves, respectively, by another name.
- Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation
- Nickolai of the North
- Nickolai's Quest
- Path of the Eldar
- Phantoms of Fear
- Princesses of the Pizza Parlor: One of the protagonists is Princess Gwenevrael, a half-elf ranger princess, and the elves' Decadent Court wants to exert its machinations on her.
- Record of Lodoss War
- The Riftwar Cycle
- Siege of Sardath
- The Silmarillion
- Spinning Silver
- Survival in Another World with My Mistress!: The titular "mistress" is a dark elf.
- Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!
- Whateley Universe: Fey is a Sidhe, which are sometimes called elves, and one of the first protagonists, along with the ancient past of the Sidhe and the Five Fold Court they were a part of, having the effects of its fall show themselves during the first generation of stories.
- Xanth: While the few named Xanthian elves are mostly minor characters, there is a crossover character named Jenny Elf who comes from the World of Two Moons in the above-mentioned Elf Quest. She's a main character in three of the books, and also appears in several others.
Live-Action Television
Tabletop Games
- Dragonlance: Fifth Age Dramatic Adventure Game
- Dungeons & Dragons: There are several different kinds of elves all across the franchise.
- The Advanced D&D 1st Edition adventure D3 Vault of the Drow
- The 2nd Edition Advanced D&D supplements The Complete Book of Elves, The Drow of the Underdark, and Elves of Evermeet
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms
- Magic: The Gathering: Elves are a common creature type, with various civilizations and legendary heroes found across many different planes of the multiverse.
Theatre
Video Games
- Betrayal at Krondor: This computer game spinoff of the above-mentioned Riftwar Cycle novels introduced the dark elf chieftain Gorath as one of the main protagonists.
- Dark Elf Historia
- Dragon Age
- Dragon Age: Origins: Elves are a playable option.
- Dragon Age: Inquisition: Like the above, elves are a playable option.
- Dragon Nest
- Dragonlance
- Dwarf Fortress
- The Elder Scrolls
- The Elder Scrolls: Arena
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
- The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- The Elder Scrolls: Legends
- The Elder Scrolls: Blades
- Elf Bowling
- Eternity: The Last Unicorn
- Heretic: The protagonist, Corvus, is a member of the Sidhe race of elves, who seeks vengeance against the archdemon wizard D'Sparil and his minions for killing most of his people and driving the survivors into hiding.
- Hexen
- Hexen II
- Heretic II
- Kameo: Elements of Power
- Master of Magic: High elves and dark elves are both playable races.
- Tolkien's Legendarium:
- Warcraft
- Warcraft II: Elves are first introduced. The High Elf Alleria Windrunner is a major character.
- Warcraft III: Night Elves are a playable faction and the last campaign (and first campaign of the expansion) revolves around them. Blood Elves (the majority of the High Elves, renamed after their near extinction by the Scourge), are a major focus in the expansion, The Frozen Throne.
- World of Warcraft: Night Elves are a playable Alliance race. Blood Elves became a Horde race in The Burning Crusade. Void Elves and Nightborne became Alliance and Horde races respectively in Battle for Azeroth.
Web Animation
- Doraleous & Associates: There's Neebs, a dumb elf belonging to the main character's gang who's prone to making wrong decisions at the wrong time especially during battle sequences who later is sacked from the group and becomes more competent than usual.
Webcomics
- Alfie (2010): A major supporting character who facilitates much of the plot is an elf, and both female main characters interact with him.
- Anime News Nina: The main character is a "news elf".
- Darken
- Drowtales
- Ears for Elves
- Elf & Warrior
- Elf Blood
- Elf Life
- Elven
- Flaky Pastry: One of the three main characters is an elf, and an arc revolves around visiting the elven homeland.
- Harpy Gee
Web Videos
- Oxventure: In their Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, Ellen plays a wood elf called Merilwen who is both a druid and a shape shifter.
Western Animation
- Disenchantment: One of the main characters is an elf named Elfo.
- The Dragon Prince: One of the three main characters is a Moonshadow elf, and the series in general is about the strained relations between elves and humans.
- Herself the Elf
- Hilda: As in the original comics, Alfur the elf is a major character.
- LEGO Elves
- LEGO Elves: Secrets of Elvendale
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: One of the main characters in this version of the story is Hermey, a North Pole elf who wants to be a dentist instead of a toymaker and is as much of an outcast from the other elves as Rudolph is from the other reindeer.
- Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town: The main character was raised by a family of elves who specialize in toy making.
- Santa Inc.: A female North Pole elf working for Santa Claus wants to become the next Santa Claus.
- Unicorn: Warriors Eternal: One of the main characters, introduced in the trailer, is a warrior elf.
- The Year Without a Santa Claus: Two of the main characters are a pair of elves who were tasked by Mrs. Claus to help restore Santa's faith in the Christmas spirit.
