Reproduction

There are three ways for Snow Elves to be created: birth and binding, manifestation, and conversion. All three involve the use of the Shards of Siku.

Birth and Binding
The most common way new elves are made, birth and binding involves combining a shard of Siku with a new born elf. Baby elves are brought about via biological means (commonly referred to as 'Going out into the cold'). Expectant elves then wait in the nursery caves beneath the Temple of Siku until they catch a pure icicle as it falls from the ceiling. The parents then care for the icicle until their child is born. Shortly after the birth, once a name has been chosen, the child is bound to this shard and formally named in a Binding Ceremony. The anniversary of this ceremony is celebrated yearly as an elf's Binding Day.

Manifestation
Manifested Elves are not created biologically but are instead living embodiments of Siku, like Kirratchaiķtitkaa, and as such are always members of the royal family. They are created when either when children for whom icicles have be caught are not born or when pure icicles are caught by elves who are not expecting. These icicles are taken to the binding chamber, where they form into elves over the period of few weeks. Manifested elves are viewed as having two sets of parents, the elf who caught the falling shard and their partner/s and an adult member of the royal family who claims parentage for the child. This is usually, but not always, the king. Manifested elves celebrate their Binding Day on the day they were placed within the binding chamber.

Conversion
Converted elves are made when adults of another species convert to become Snow Elves. This most commonly occurs with creatures who have experienced a state of Communion/Shardification with Siku. If an adult seeking conversion is deemed to be worthy they will be allowed to sit in the nursery chamber for up to the duration of either the Festival of the Sleeping World or the Festival of the Midnight Sun, waiting for an opportunity to catch a falling icicle. As the creature to be converted is not a Snow Elf catching a icicle will cause a piece of Siku to enter the creature's body, like it did that of Sivulliķ. This shard will convert the creature into a Snow Elf. These new elves often forsake their old names, taking new ones and celebrating their Binding Day as the day they were converted.