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Races are not capitalized--not since the 18th century, at least! But languages certainly are, as are nationalities. So, to borrow from Tolkien, elven (race) would not be capitalized, but Elvish (language) would be, and Mirkwood Elf (nationality, sort of) would be too. I'd use common usages as a rule of thumb: American would be capitalized, Swahili would be capitalized, but frog, say, would not.

Fey is a different category all together. I've seen both ways on Fey, and it seems like it's up to the writer/publisher on how it appears. Personally, I capitalized it in the only story I ever wrote that used the word, but that was because it was more medieval than fantasy, and I wanted its use to stick out. I'd say that one's up to you.

Hope that helps! If you need any other punctuation help...*flips hair*

Lorien