I shoulda done a touch more homework first, because I am indeed remembering several things wrong and I thank you for pointing it out. I’ve no particular desire to see void elves in Silvermoon, I was just speculating in a very negative fashion on why or how certain events may come to pass, but in a way that might end up unsatisfying. I agree about the feelings toward the well. I do love this game as a whole. Been around since Orcs and Humans after all lol, but far and away my favorites, the things I wanted to see and or interact with in the game when I heard about, were high elves, Dalaran and its magi, and the sunwell. I truly have absolutely no desire to see anything bad happen to any of them, except to say I do love a good story and understand everything can’t be constant sunshine and roses or it’d be terribly boring. Shake ups have to happen and I just took this one poorly.
You’ve given me a number of things to be happy about and look forward to and I very much appreciate that.
I think the high elf customizations work both ways for both sides to that effect. And I would be for a racial tag if they ever let players have a sub race system, but i can do the same thing w trp now ig.
I prefer the story of how they would be rejoining blood elves though but that’s just personal preference in the story ig.
Kalecgos’ visage is that of a half elf, and he uses the human base model.
And in TWW we might be getting Elf ears for Humans and Kul’Tirans, while we get Rounded ears for Blood Elves and Void Elves, to help further create and differentiation between Half or X% Elves, and maybe even other races.
If the “long awaited feature” isn’t player housing, I’m gonna cry 100%, lol.
The Blues eyes are a result of the end of TBC. When the Na’aru sacrificed it’self to make the Sunwell be both Arcane and Light, it was said that the new magical mixture was able to cure the Fel taint from Blood Elves, and in time some of them would go back to having thier Blue eye glow.
I think it might end up working out like how Na’aru have a duality, and light and void are a duality.
I think they MIGHT say that Alleria’s presence as a Void Elf being near the Sunwell, made it flicker, and become more susceptible to the void.
But we also know Na’aru can be sent back to thier light phase.
Like the premise is all the Elven Tribes unite to protect the sunwell and fight for the light. With a focus on Blood/Void/High Elves.
Like I wouldn’t be surprised if they have Void Elves at somepoint actively guarding the sunwell, and siphoning out the void when it grows. Since they can absorb it into thier bodies like sponges.
Or if they give void elves a vaccine basically to prevent the sunwell from being in danger with their presence.
But it’s obvious that Void Elves are going to a major part of the Elven tribes now, and seeing as how they’re uniting to protect the sunwell against the void…I just feel like they’re gonna do some kind of story in that vein.
And there is no announcement these will be customization options.
Round eared thallasians is just weird.
3rdly i would not use kelecgos, a dragon that can change his form to his choosing and not baised on actual races that exist, is a bad example. Otherwise there should be NE’s with pale skin (previous Nozdormu visage)
Also we have models we can use for half elves not used for the playable races or derive into half elves.
Also, if they never intended to give half races new models, rexxar would still be an orc model.
In the lore, Kalecgos is literally the visage of a Half Elf, because he feels torn between two species.
Also in the lore, even in the new PTR Emberthal quests, it’s stated your visage isn’t a choice, so much as just an expression of who/what you and effectively your soul is.
Pale Night Elves do exist, and ones with more humany skin colors were literally what the High Elves had as they started to turn into High Elves from Night Elves, also in the lore.
Actually they do, in pretty much every fictional universe. Pointed Elf ears on humans are denoted as a sign of being a half elf, or half other magical creature.
In WoW specifically the only humans with pointed ears that we know of, are Half Elves.
Even if they’re not player customiztions, they will be used for NPCs, some of which are of the Arathi like Faerin Lothar, and some children with presumably Elven decent.
In the lore, the High Elves helped the Kingdom of Arathi at first, and they had the most contact with that nation…so most human aligned High Elves historically probably were allied with that kingdom.
Considering it was a group of that kingdom who left and ended up in Hallowfall…it’s VERY likely that yes, the pointed ears are Half Elves, and the ears are visual representations of that.
What models are those? Because every Half Elf in the lore, be it in game, the books, or the comics, or anything. Look either like Elves or Humans in thier body shape and features.
Rexxar’s new model is in part due to how different Ogres are from Orcs. Like even a player Orc is dwarfed in comparison to a lot of the Ogre models.
Humans and Elves are pretty similar in appearances and body builds. With Elves just being more slim and toned on average.
Visage form (what a dragon imagines what they will look like) will never be a proper represrntation of a race. Torn or not, he still imagines he has features that is not presents on what race he chooses to be.
Not really. Elves is taller, naturally slimmer and have different body features then an average human. A hybrid would have more of a build you see on the male succubus model (muscular yet thin i mean) there is also different facial features between the races, and bone structure.
Before the model update, mok’nathal lore-wise was just “bigger orcs” the difference in that point of time was non-existent.
That wpuld not be lore accurate, as the time arathi and elves allied for the first time, the elves saw themselves so superior, that humans was just wild animals to them.
The pointy ears is most likely caused by magic exposure (the light gem that is above them) or a mutation from living underground.
Actually they don’t.
Expressions is always a choice.
Which ones are you refering to? There multiple theories (not lore) about how night elves slowly became blood elves as they are now.
That’s not how genetics works. You’d have some who would look thicker like humans, and some who would look more like Elves.
Also, the difference between a High Elf and a Human are not that stark when you put the models together.
But lore wise, they were still also half Ogres, which were still these massive creatures in comparison to Orcs.
You’re full of crap.
The Elves taught the Arathi how to use magic. They were the first humans who the Elves allied themselves with. lmao
I doubt it, we see Arathi who both do and do not have pointed ears.
If it were a mutation from magic or living underground, they’d all have it. Just like how all Nightborne were changed.
Actually they do. Are you gonna start dropping your sources where pointed ears are no indication of Half Elf or magical creature?
Again not in the lore. The lore is cut and dry. Even the PTR quest where Emberthal asks for help in finding her visage.
The multiple novels that talk about the visage, etc.
Even the Dracthyr quests.
The visage is a magical acceptance of your soul and who you are. With every dragon who summons forth that part of their soul, talking about how it’s a perfect reflection of themselves.
It’s literally stated cut and dry. That once the Sunwell was up and running, and they switched to a Diurnal sleep cycle. Their skin became more pale/human like, and that was the first phase of thier change to High Elves.
TECHNICALLY, the original high elves were just night elves that studied/kept with the arcane once the race split between those that shun it and those that embraced it. Now that Night Elves can be mages again, high elves are now playable again
Not to mention that you can literally play 10s of thousands year old high elves as nightborne.
BUT, I know what you’re asking for, and am all for Alliance High Elves. Honestly they just need a toggle button for void elves that changes the purple entropic embrace to light colored instead and that button also shuts off tentacle and blueberry options.
