Sylph

Sylph is one of the nine races in «ALfheim Online».

Background
Sylphs originate from Sylvain, a city located in the south west and situated near the Ancient Forest. It is bordered by the Salamander territory on the east and the Cait Sith territory on the north.

Due to their adjacent territories and the competition to gather scarce resources, the Sylphs and the Salamanders have a fierce rivalry to the point that the two races are currently at war. This rivalry further intensified when the first Sylph Lord was killed by the Salamanders, causing the Sylphs to lose a large amount of money.

On the other hand, the Sylph are on good terms with the Cait Siths who always provided tamed monsters to the Sylph capital. At one point, they made a treaty and joined forces to attack the World Tree. Though only one race could attain the promised unlimited flight of the Alfs, the two races promised to assist the other race in the next Grand Quest.

The Sylphs are typically associated with the color green and, similar to the other races, are capable of flight. The Sylphs, along with the Cait Siths, Imps, Spriggans and Undines, are also one of the five lightweight races that are capable of using the Wall Run skill.

Abilities
Sylphs are well known for their speed, stealth, as well as their wind magic.

Wall Run: As one of the lightweight races, the Sylphs are capable of using the skill Wall Run, that, as the name suggests, allows them to temporarily run on walls. The normal limit is a distance of ten meters but those with an extremely high sprinting speed are known to be able to run for about thirty meters.

Known Sylphs

 * Lady Sakuya - Leader
 * Lyfa
 * Recon
 * Sigurd - Exiled
 * Erika - Asuna's Alternate Account

Trivia

 * The etymology of Sylph comes from the 16th century alchemy works of Paracelsus. Sylphs was his term for an air elemental.
 * Sylph  is also the name of a recurring summon spirit of Wind in the Tales of series.