I was reading through Griffin Mountain and the way the elves and dwarves are described in the encounters section struck me as kind of odd, given how we seem to look at all the elder races nowadays. They feel much closer to humans, in terms of personality and background, and there's a whole lot of breaking what are now racial taboos going on, yet they seem to be intended as just usual members of their species. Hell even the dragonewts are described in a less alien light, just a weird one.
Personally I do like this, since it is nice to see elder races other than trolls presented in a not-so-weird light, but I'd like to know what others think of it. Also I'm curious whether y'all think people like Rockheart and Strongbark's parties could still fit in current canon. I know my Glorantha has some room for non-hereticapostate dwarves who play chess and go on adventures, or elves who join troupes or were raised by Balazarings, but it's interesting to see how y'all deal with this sort of stuff.