Truth be told, there isn't much about Elf Lore, and if we must continue to speak of it, I don't particularly care much for Elves. I have a certain love/hate relationship with them. I'm an Orc guy myself, and I embrace both the savagery of old orcs and the glory of the new orcs. When dealing with Elves, I often think of them as either mentally deficient for not making any substantial progress with their civilization despite being ageless immortals who are often rather peaceful (Apparently it takes you a hundred years to be as good of a warrior as a human, who does it in about ten if he starts as a child) or bleeding hearts who care more about persevering some sort of balance in the world instead of control over it. Oh sure, save the forest, let's keep the giant monsters inside of it. Granted as an orc I'd love nothing more than to kill giant monsters, but I won't shed a tear if I happen to hunt them to extinction. Still, aside from elves being physically appealing to me, I find that elves who have at least grown with a "Human" mindset would be somewhat more tolerable. I don't mind people having dreams and ambitions even if it involves subjecting the masses to your demands. Not only does it tell me you're a proactive person, but now I have something to fight against/for, and that's always fun. Gives context to why I'm killing you/your enemies.

That's why I have this weird obsession with the Altmer from Skyrim. I'd never play a High Elf and I hate the Dominion, but at the same time, they supply me with a infinite amount of people to kill who represent some larger authoritative regime than just a group of brigands. It certainly makes me feel more important that I'm killing them in droves since I'm actively fighting against a substantial force instead of say, just a well organized band of disgruntled vagabonds. In the words of the Orks, they are my Favorite Enemy.