Changes: Quarter-elf

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In the world of The Witcher, the term quadroon refers to a person who has one quarter elven blood (whose parents are either one human and one half-elf, or two quadroons). Only the pickiest about race consider them non-human.

Notable quadroons

Yennefer of Vengerberg
Goidemar
Fiona (her blood is technically 3/8 elven, but it seems that no 'more accurate' term has been devised...)
Amavet (see previous item)
Vestibor

Trivia

This term is lifted from actual history, part of a hypodescent vocabulary developed to distinguish levels of either African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.

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-A '''quadroon''' is a person who has one quarter [[elven]] blood. Either the child of a [[human]] and a [[half-elf ]] or of two quadroons. Only the pickiest about race consider them [[non-human]].
+In the world of ''The Witcher'', the term '''quadroon''' refers to a person who has one quarter [[elven]] blood (whose parents are either one [[human]] and one [[half-elf]], or two quadroons). Only the pickiest about race consider them [[non-human]].
 ==Notable quadroons==
 *[[Yennefer of Vengerberg]]
 *[[Goidemar]]
-*[[Fiona]] (Technically not. Her father was a quadroon, her mother a half-elf. She would, thus, have 3/8 of elven blood.)
+*[[Fiona]] (her blood is technically 3/8 elven, but it seems that no 'more accurate' term has been devised...)
-*[[Amavet]] (See above.)
+*[[Amavet]] (see previous item)
 *[[Vestibor]]
+==Trivia==
+*This term is lifted from actual history, part of a [[wikipedia:hypodescent|hypodescent]] vocabulary developed to distinguish levels of either African or Australian Aboriginal ancestry.