Talk:Erya Uzruth/@comment-183.171.24.174-20180826014511/@comment-45.56.46.26-20180826042233

He didn't do that, the slave traders do it to mark them as slaves.

It seems these elves hark from the Theocracy as war captives, cutting off their ears appears to be part of the breaking process (probably because of some cultural significance to the elves...the fact they they thus become difficult to distinguish from half-elves appears to be the most significant reason).