Drunktheory time
So.
We all know that humans are banned from the realm. (Maeve mentioned it)
And I know the reason for that.
And that is COLONIZERS, yes. Let me explain, what did napoleon do irl? Yup, he went to a land unknown for him and stole the women for sex slaves, maybe humans did it as well there. And they did, they went in and stole some elves as their slaves. But the elves fought back and that resulted with humans getting banned from the realm
And since it was centuries ago they forgot how does a man looks like, that's why Maeve was surprised by seeing the player looking like them and maybe they also forced their religion onto others, making the elf church a thing and the reason the priest wears familiar clothes to the ones in real life