(Commentary): Seizing power was not a requirement for a dictatorship. Power held by a single individual or small group, with little tolerance for dissenters, was. It fits Quel’Thalas perfectly, and still does.
(Commentary): Visit, yes, stay, no. Auric even has an Islands Expedition team named after him. Now, that’s either because those are his soldiers, or he was killed and it’s in honor of him. Either way, considering the last place he was noted to be was in Quel’Thalas, there is no interpretation of that which makes it seem like High Elves are allowed to stay in Quel’Thalas, or are welcome. Indeed, the very hostile reaction towards him by the Blood Elves at the Sunwell is evidence enough of this.
(Commentary): In other words, “this lore which objectively disproves my stance is wrong.” While we don’t know enough about the Exile and who it applies to, we do know, thanks to this event, it applies to elves who weren’t even in Quel’Thalas at the time it happened.
(Query): Who?
(Speculative): Do you mean the Death Knight? Koltira? He chose to identify as a Blood Elf. Being dead rather deprived him of the choice initially. Having fought and died for Quel’Thalas, it’d make sense he’d stand with it’s rulers as one of Blood Elves.
(Commentary): I disagree. There’s no reason to disallow the High Elves a pilgrimage, but letting them stay would be dangerous. Remember, these are elves who chose the Alliance over Quel’Thalas, and not just when the issue of mana draining came up; many High Elves in the Alliance were those who defied Anasterian’s orders to return after the Second War. Not only would Lor’themar have to worry about spies and political agendas, there would be inevitable conflict within the city between the two groups. We’ve seen this highlighted through the conflicts between the Sunreavers and Silver Covenant; assassinations in the sewers of Dalaran, armed camps staring each other down across the Crystalsong Forest, vendettas enacted during the Purge of Dalaran, etc…
(Commentary): The presence of the High Elf Pilgrims back in Wrath didn’t benefit gameplay either. Why were they there then, rather than now?
(Commentary): None that we’ve seen at least. Halduron has been oddly absent in most stuff considering he’s the Ranger-General. Then again Rommath gets used only slightly more than Halduron.