★ PSA: Void Elf Paladins are justified in the Lore ★

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Steve Danuser interview with Polygon regarding Void Elf Population

“There’s just one question: If they come from a small group of Silvermoon Exiles, how are they an Allied Race? Where do the numbers come from?”

“They start out as a small group,” Danuser continues. “But it’s natural as other elves have found out about them — elves who are interested in new sources of magic, power, or opportunities — would see if they could undergo a similar process.”

-Steve Danuser, Lead Narrative Designer for World of Warcraft

.www.polygon.com/2019/1/21/18188397/wow-world-of-warcraft-allied-races-story-nightborne-void-elves-steve-danuser-interview

Void Elves are made up of Horde Blood Elves & Alliance High Elves

Void Elf Paladin Anti’s like to ignore that canonically, playable Void Elves come from two different populations.

The first being the Void Infused Blood Elves seen during the Allied Race Questline, and the second being High Elf Wayfarers who are not Void Infused but rather are dabbling in the Void, hence the introduction of High Elf skin tones, eye colors, hair colors, and the option to remove tentacles from our hair.

This goes hand in hand with Blizzard making Sandfury Trolls & Wildhammer Dwarves playable through the addition of customization options.

.wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/High_Elf_Wayfarer

Void Elf Paladins are recruited Telogrus Rift High Elf Wayfarers

It is clear to everyone that the Void Infused Blood Elf population of Void Elves would not be able to be paladins, however the High Elf Wayfarers lore-wise would be able to.

A Void Elf Paladin hailing from the High Elf Wayfarer population would be the equivalent of a Discipline Priest. Light & Void are forces that can be utilized by the same individual as long as it is done with care, as seen by Anduin Wrynn, usage of the Netherlight Crucible, and the Priest order of The Conclave made up of masters of the Light & embracers of the Void,

“For light cannot exist without darkness, and darkness without light.”

-Alonsus Faol

But how do we represent this ingame?

A simple gameplay solution would be to lock Void Elves from utilizing Void customizations when the Paladin class is selected. This includes disabling the usage of Void skin tones, eye colors, faces, and hair tentacles.

A similar concept is already used in game for Death Knights, where certain customizations are only selectable when choosing the Death Knight class. Additionally, selecting regular skin tones when creating a Void Elf already locks you out of selecting nearly half of the Void Elf face options in the live game.

We have the technology, and we have the lore.

Lets make it happen Blizzard :raised_hands:

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The request has been denied by the reviewer.

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Please explain how that justifies two polar opposite cosmic forces?

That’s not what Velfs are. This is entirely your headcanon and has zero basis in factual lore. Because you completely ignored your own quote:

That entirely negates your argument. They underwent a similar process, became infused with Void. Period. Done.

Not unless they create skins for Void Knights, which has entirely different basis in magic.

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Wrong

The Void Elves currently do not have a way to mimic the process the original Void Infused Blood Elves underwent, hence the High Elf customizations.

Sorry, our Lead Narrative Designer disagrees with you. High Elves are playable through Void Elves in the same way that Wildhammer Dwarves are playable through Dwarves.

“There’s just one question: If they come from a small group of Silvermoon Exiles, how are they an Allied Race? Where do the numbers come from?”

“They start out as a small group,” Danuser continues. “But it’s natural as other elves have found out about them — elves who are interested in new sources of magic, power, or opportunities — would see if they could undergo a similar process.”

-Steve Danuser, Lead Narrative Designer for World of Warcraft

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i think void elf do alotta WAA WAA on the WOW form no afanse

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u void elves r greedy
no more elf stuff pls

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This forum is obsessed with void elves and that tree that burned down

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If any elves deserve paladins, its Night Elves.

Void Elves can wait their turn before we look at new classes for them. You have enough already.

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Void Elves are barely justified in the lore.

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So did you not bolden the “would see if they could undergo a similar process” just to create a narrative?

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Void elf paladins can’t happen under any circumstances. Void and Light cannot coexist. They can be cast separately, a priest can spec change to each one. They’re not using them simultaneously though. But you can’t channel Light through a Void-infused body without painfully explosive consequences.

Also any high or blood elves floating into the cause are clearly interested in the Void, not the Light. Paladins would have no appeal to them and wouldn’t be among them. They joined to study the prospects of the Void.

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Your the reason some of us despise void elves at this point.

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Her eit is…a Void Elf Paladin…

by name and layman terms, yes.

By lore a Void Knight that uses the power of the void to consume life force and heal others, mechanically in game they play similar to Paladins, but in the lore they’re more fleshed out. I solved the problem, anyone who argues this cannot write.

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No more stuff for elves.

Gnome Shaman
Goblin Monks
Mechagnome Druid
Worgen Monks

Those first.

:cookie:

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Ion Hazzikostas : "Je pense qu’il existe des éléments, outre leur couleur de cheveux, qui feraient des Elfes du Vide des Paladins peu appréciés par leur ordre. Cependant, les associations race/classe sont un sujet à propos duquel l’équipe de développement discute activement. Nous recueillons de nombreux avis, de nombreuses demandes, et tandis que certaines combinaisons pourraient sembler plus complexes que d’autres, nous pensons que tout demeure possible. Nous ne voulons donc pas fermer les portes d’une certaine classe à une race donnée. Nous n’avons rien à annoncer spécifiquement pour Eternity’s End, mais c’est quelque chose dont nous discutons énormément. "

Quick Translation: any class/race combo is possible(some are more complicated then others) and this is in constant discussion. So yeah, I say for anyone who wants a certain race/class keep asking for it. You never know when Blizz might grant it.

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Should never be mentioned along with lore

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He’s our Lead Narrative Designer for the game. Whether you like him or not, that is his position in the company and he writes our lore.

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Gnome Paladins

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