Blue Eyed Blood Elves were a mistake

Lunaera-azgalor · April 14, 2022, 12:19pm

If you are a High elf, then the Nightborne are the Highborne. Oh wait, the Nightborne are Highborne, regardless of that.

Azsharion-proudmoore · April 14, 2022, 1:33pm

Don’t worry… be happy
The Alliance have High elves now …

Nicha-azgalor · April 14, 2022, 1:43pm

Apparently drinking the blood of a major demon is worse.

Plus, some orcs got exposed to the massive amount of Fel energy that shattered their homeworld and created Outland.

Hewer-kelthuzad · April 14, 2022, 1:59pm

True and real.

Kromkosh-thrall · April 14, 2022, 5:53pm

I’d buy this if there weren’t orc children born Azeroth decades after the blood drinking and fel usage who are still green.

I mean, I know the real reason is because green orcs are iconic, but it’s funny that blood elves have a canonical customization option for blue and golden eyes to show their release from demonic corruption while the non-Mag’har orcs don’t despite being at least a whole generation removed from any demonic anything.

Mystfire-wyrmrest-accord · April 14, 2022, 6:01pm

Sin’dorei is a political designation, not a genetic trait.

“Sin’dorei” means “children of blood” and was the name Kael’thas gave to his people in honor of the fallen and has nothing to do with their usage of fel.

Kael’thas, sometime after renaming his people, went to Outland and brought back fel crystals, to aid in sating his people’s addiction to magic. This stopped their withering, but had the added effect of being even more highly addicting, causing the problem of the wretched who over indulged on fel crystals.

A Sin’dorei could be highly loyal to Silvermoon, not take in Fel crystals, retain their blue eyes through a means of meditation, and still be in Silvermoon.

A Quel’dorei on the other hand, is a group of Elven kind who deserted Silvermoon and went scurrying over to the Alliance, even after their treatment of them in the wake of the Scourge.

Ren’dorei are Elven kind who took void baths and shop at Hot Topic.

Kaldorei are expired, and at this point, a bit crispy.

Fenelon-wyrmrest-accord · April 14, 2022, 6:02pm

This has me laughing. Lol

Magnificent-wyrmrest-accord · April 14, 2022, 6:18pm

not quite. ‘high elves’ were fighting to retake their homeland as hard any other thalassian elf. we know that for a fact because some were exiled for protesting against the magister methods to cope with addiction. and i do feel the need to emphasize only some were exiled, not all as the helfers love to gaslight when they say all ‘high elves’ have always been alliance or something

very few elves sought refuge with the alliance and were met with a cold reception

Felsylvan-wyrmrest-accord · April 15, 2022, 4:46am

I really don’t blame them.
People have this warped perception for how blood elves (aka high elves but I digress) joined the Horde, and that was this massively unorthodox thing because they are not traditionally as “ugly” as the other Horde races.

In reality, they were completely shut out by most of the Alliance thanks to Garothos and his lackeys. It’s literally because they shared the same hardships with the Forsaken that they joined the Horde.

Some remained with the Alliance, in so much as some tauren remained neutral / became an honorary “alliance” member with the other druids / shamans of the Earthen Ring.

But we, the players, don’t really get to be neutral.

High Elves and Blood Elves share the same kingdom. They are Horde now.

That’s just how the lore played out.
Thank the Forsaken for that.

Xenophontes-spirestone · April 15, 2022, 4:55am

i wish i can give you 10 thumbs up. i hope the one will suffice.

Lannislight-tichondrius · April 15, 2022, 4:59am

Suffice in comparison to what? The OP ratio of likes to comments calling out the second visually distinct theme VEs received is literally not even comparable.

Felsylvan-wyrmrest-accord · April 15, 2022, 5:07am

25 people angry at Blizzard for giving blood elves more customization options because it makes them feel less “unique”.

This is sad.
Funny but sad.

Magnarok-amanthul · April 15, 2022, 6:27am

The blood elves’ allegiance to the horde is a political and military arrangement. It doesn’t reflect the feelings of every single blood elf. One of my favourite little nuggets in BFA is where you can speak to Magister Umbric about his loyalties. And while he does believe in the alliance’s values and will fight for them, his ultimate loyalty lies with silvermoon. I thought it added some much need nuance and dimension to the concept of faction loyalty.

Felsylvan-wyrmrest-accord · April 15, 2022, 6:30am

I agree with that, I think the rigid philosophy of Alliance vs Horde was too restrictive and doesn’t allow for much nuance. That’s one of the reasons why I’m really looking forward to cross faction play.

Those restrictions feel like more of a guideline. I as a blood elf am loyal to Silvermoon first, Horde second, and Alliance would be closer to the bottom of that list.

Itaachi-proudmoore · April 15, 2022, 6:34am

I remember the time when banshee queen twitched the arm of Lor’themar by threatening to withdraw forsaken from ghostlands (I think it was in MOP)

Lor’themar was like “ok ok I will send an expedition”

Edit : I see it removed from wowpedia.

Anyn-hyjal · April 15, 2022, 7:25am

Exactly. My character Anyn here comes from the Quel’dorei group. She’s never agreed with the values of the Horde. Yes she’s a Void Elf, but she used to be a High Elf, because she has that background. Witch is supported by the lore now that we have both Silvermoon scholars, and High Elf Wayfarers learning to become Void Elves. What I want Blizzard to do is expand our lore over here on the Allaince, so we can forge our own identity separate from you Blood Elves on the Horde. I honestly don’t understand what the OP of this thread is complaining about though, so what if y’all can have blue eyes. Thay aren’t even the same shade of blue as the ones we have, so why the complaining?

Felsylvan-wyrmrest-accord · April 15, 2022, 7:37am

I do feel like void elves got very very little. I’d love to see more lore expanded, particularly with the void aspect. they don’t necessarily need to go all in with octopus heads, but there was an artist that visualized the void elves having starcursed hair. I can’t seem to link images but it was absolutely stunning.

I want void elves to have their own proper kingdom. One beneath the starlit sky.
And also to have the high elf representation too, for the more vanilla aesthetic.