Starting zone should depend on what kind of elf you are (as I said in the previous post, the kind of elf you are could depend on your skin color).
As is too difficult to create a zone for every kind, it could be interesting to create a zone that mixes different styles.
A beautiful forest with high marphile, gold and glass towers and also tree-houses AND caverns with their own edifications (in the style of Dritz Do'Urden books).
The starting zone should be just a little camp and when you start moving forward in the map different styles will be displayed.
Finally the capital city will have all the elements mixed at the same time or separated in zones. It should include an underground zone dedicated to the dark elves.
Nose que debo escribir más diré que me emociono el juego y quiero jugar este juegazo