Full Admin & Story Team approval, yes. Both of which has included people from the ‘fenn playerbase, current or former.
The reasons are detailed in this thread.
-Should not have been a race to begin, as they were pushed through by an administrator regarding his dissidence with the Highelf community
-Have lackluster and non-lore-approved Creation Lore
-Repeatedly falling flat as a nation, subrace, and playergroup – particularly in regards to Retention, maintaining only a fraction of players that make ‘Fenn
-Having no subrace-variable from any other but a shorter, albeit completely optional, lifespan.
You can still, as I stated and stated in this thread, roleplay as ‘fenn. You can still have Fennic culture, a Fennic religion, and any of the above; it just isn’t a subrace. Strictly saying, it not only isn’t unique enough, but has no justified reason given its dozens of failures in the past to produce anything more than a community embalmed in toxicity and an attitude aptly against new players. That community can still exist. The culture, which effectively is the race, still exists. All that is different is that the subrace no longer is different, because it was barely so to even begin.
As I stated before to Ender, you’re still entitled to enjoy and roleplay the culture you play for. You are still Fenn, you are still snowelves – all that is different, is that the optional lifespan difference, being the only thing that seperated ‘Aheral from ‘Fenns, is nonexistent. Yet, you may still even roleplay so given it was barely a unique effect. The culture is preserved. The title of “Subrace”, has not been – and effectively changes only the race on one’s persona card.