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Originally Posted by ArkhanTheBlack
Well, elves have their origins in the norse mytholgy, therefore it's not something Tolkien just came up out of the blue.
I think they were called Ljosalfar, "Light elves" and kind of related to the Vanir gods which were more into creation than the bad *** Aesir warrior gods. The evil dark elves of D&D and Warhammer were if I remember right more a product of a misinterpretation since with the dark elves were actually the dwarves meant. Of course there's no exact yes or no since a lot of things in mythology allow different interpretations.
However, with Tolkiens impact, the elves generally have more of a tendency to higher moral standards which can be more interpreted more of less as 'good'. Which in gameplay terms could mean that they are less likely to use blood sacrifice and such.
On the other side, elves could be added with neutral alignment and the player decides if he plays them more like high, wood or dark elves.
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Well, as Edi says, even the Elf Queen was more of a fairy court sort of elf than a post-Tolkein kind of elf. The thing with fairies is that even though they have what you'd call "high moral standards", they wouldn't be considered human moral standards. The tradition I'm most familiar with is the sidhe and unsidhe (Or seele and unseelie sometimes), which is less "good and evil" courts and more "dangerous and even more dangerous". Even the "good" faries sometimes kidnap children and take them to their realm. And if you anger one, you are pretty much in huge trouble.