[Customization - Race] High Elf Race, Customization & In-Game Architecture

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

Additional thoughts per the thread:

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/should-high-elves-be-playable/1743177/252

Heritage Quest
There ought to be a heritage quest so that we can see the world through the lens of an Alliance, non-voidy Quel’dorei. The argument that there are ‘not enough’ Alliance high elves is no longer applicable. The void elves are elves that followed Professor Umbric to the Alliance, and can also be cleansed of void. Not to mention the Silver Covenant, Quel’Danil Lodge, the elves outside of Theramore in Swamp of Sorrows, so on and so forth.

What should happen within the quest?

• Additional lore, but of course!
• New tabards: our Silver Covenant tabard is severely dated (512px texture), among another tabard that unites all high elves of the Alliance.
• New hairstyles
• New beards
• Tattoos/Face & Body Paint - The much-awaited badass markings of Farstriders and more come to life!
• Jewelry - Cool jewelry like the Sin’dorei have! Alliance high elves have heirlooms and family jewels too!

Sharing Hairstyles & Facial Hair: It would also be a major win for Alliance void elves, Alliance high elves AND Horde high/blood elves to share ALL hairstyles and facial hair. We are all of the same ancestry ultimately and all would be capable (and competent) when it comes to self-care and ancestral hairstyles.

Thank you again. This thread continues to expand with the community’s input and I am grateful for it. Shoot me a ping should you have any feedback to add here.

Shorel’aran, friends!

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

Happy 2024, everyone!

Customization via iris eye color was emphasized again most recently in the following thread and warrants a post: Can we give Void Elves the Green Eyes?

For Alliance and Horde high elves, and void elves:
@ Character Customization/Barber Shop

• Iris Color - Select from basic iris colors; see Sylvanas’ cinematic from Shadowlands where she has her blue-gray eye color from the Tides of Darkness book - The book mentions Alleria as having green irises, Vereesa as having blue irises, and Lor’themar as having brown irises.
• Eye Glow - Yes/No
• If Yes - Glow Color - Yellow/Green/Purple/White/Blue shades as it is now; nothing changes here and the eye glow is active by default to pay respect to this being how the high elves were first introduced into the game. Players can change it at the barber shop if this is implemented.
• If No - No Glow, Iris Only - Iris color appears and there is no glow overlay.

Eye glow is as it currently is now and not every elf is attuned to magic. Quel’Danil Lodge lore explicitly states that they no longer use magic since the fall of the Sunwell (Source: Legends Volume 5: Warrior United & in-game implies this adherence to the source). Therefore, there should not be no glow for what Quel’Danil elves are ‘attuned’ to unless this lore is expanded on furthermore.

Players can also identify their elves as not being attuned to any sort of magic or affiliation too and would be able to have the same option that we see the wonderful homage to in the Shattered Legacies cinematic.

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All customization is a net gain that will resonate with a group of players across all spectrums of people who play the game. This addition is seamless given the rich lore and Blizzard acknowledging such lore (iris colors behind the glow) via a cinematic, even after all these years.

Thank you for reading me out, as well as the community that has shared this sentiment across multiple posts on the forum and on other blogs linked in this post.

Should any individual have a thought to chime in with for this thread, please ping me on the forum or reach out to me in-game. I have appreciated the thoughts and contributions here immensely into a thread woven by the community over my time on Community Council.

Shorel’aran and have a fantastic weekend!

(Edited for further clarity!)

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

With the amount of elven love that have been shown for The War Within, I look forward to proper half-elf humans (Stormwind & Kul Tiran models!). Customization is always a net positive. Thank you for doing this!

Point and Round Ear Customization Options in The War Within

I also hold out for hairstyles being shared amongst all Quel’dorei models such as the Warband photo showed when I was at Blizzcon:

May Rowoar continue to give us hope in shared hairstyles, along with continued hope for all that has been posted in this thread for the traditional Alliance Quel’dorei who do not affiliate with void.

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

Crossposting from TWW subforum!

Great Kyon, the Lamplighter in Hallowfall, delivers justification for something that a large part of the community would like to see, as showcased by the amount of upvotes on the Community Council topic pertaining to Alliance (non-voidy) Quel’dorei. (Note: Referring to this one!)

Paladin Quel’dorei Because Great Kyon is an Arathi Quel’dorei and would not have been present during the declaration the Sin’dorei’s Horde alignment, I would assume someone like him would be accessible to the player character Alliance side.

Sun-Blessed Yellow & Gold Eyes I would like to suggest Kyon as a segue into Alliance Quel’dorei paladins, and also having access to sun-blessed eyes (gold, yellow eye tints Sin’dorei) have as he indicates you do not need the Sunwell specifically to get such a tint.

He delivers hope for this wish and is an ideal tie-in to the question of Alliance Quel’dorei customization and paladins in general. This would be a great win as character customization expansion is always a net positive across all types of players.

Edit: This is in addition to Arator, son of Turalyon and Alleria, also being an Alliance paladin with sun-blessed eyes. I hope with these instances, it will demonstrate the ‘Why?’ for Alliance Quel’dorei paladins and these great eye colors.

Shorel’aran, friends, and I hope you are having a happy Sunday!

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

Bal’a dash, friends! I am most likely disappearing from here soon. I look forward to what the Class of 2024-2025 Community Council has to bring to the table.

The future looks sunny for us non-voidy Alliance high elves, if The War Within is anything to go by! I am very excited for all to come with TWW, then Midnight. The feeling is contagious, judging by the surge in activity within the community I represent and beyond.

This Quel’dorei dream will never die. For me, this dream feels lifelong; my mother and I played as ‘Alliance’ high elves with the blood elf models back in TBC for our RP. She may be almost 70 now, but her dream is my dream too and is a lot of the community’s dream.

All customization is a win, and while it may not sing to one person, it will to another, and while we all derive from different communities, we are all ultimately in this game together.

Parting Thoughts
Do not let the Alliance non-voidy Quel’dorei dream die, future Councilpeople! My work on the Council mostly pertained to my community’s dream of this, as well as lots of character customization (tabards, helms showing hair, more ‘fun’ helms that people will actually show, spell effects, character styles) and other bits and bobs.

For those who may not be as supportive of this initiative: Any customization is a net positive as it will resonate with some part of the player base, never forget this. I appreciate your consideration.

And to Ion and many other devs I delivered this thread to in person at BlizzCon in November 2023: Bal’a dash, dear friends, and thank you so much for hearing the community out!

Thank you
It was a massive pleasure being part of the Community Council Class of 2022-2023. I leave the Council in the capable hands of '24-'25 and await reading what is posted on this forum as an outsider looking in!

Shorel’aran,
Noa Brightbough of Quel’Danil

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

Bal’a dash!

Belore has blessed me with additional, unexpected time on the Council! I am not sure how long this will be for, but I wish to bring other threads to the attention of fellow Alliance high elf advocates.

High Elf Threads in the Community Council Subforum
[Customization - Race] High Elf Race, Customization & In-Game Architecture - Primary high elf thread on the Community Council subforum! You are currently here.

[Customization] [Hair Color] New Belf's Hair Colors for Void Elves

Bal’a dash! I am creating this thread as a sister thread to the Alliance High Elf & Quel’Danil Lodge architecture thread. I would like to advocate on behalf of the community I represent to allow void elves the same four hair colors that blood elves had introduced in 10.2. Would not both the Sin’dorei and Ren’dorei have access to the same magic to dye their hair? There is no reason to not give to both. Especially since they are the same model. Thank you for hearing (reading) us out! S…

[Customization] [Hair Styles] Blood Elf <-> Void Elf Hairstyles

We would like hairstyles for both sides (blood/void elf) to be integrated into each other, including hair colors. Lore-wise, either side could easily imitate each other with access to such arcanic tools and enchantments, plus both culturally share the same styles in general! My POV: Furthermore, this allows for those of the Alliance high elf community to better roleplay their character with these classic elven hairstyles. And blood elves of the Horde have asked for void elf hairstyles in Genera…

[Expansion] [Class] Void Elf Paladins & Druids / Blood Elf Druids

All, I was very shocked to see Ion state in an interview that the only class expansions being done are for Dracthyr. Which I think is wonderful as quite a few in my community adore the model for a half-elf over a human or full Quel’dorei model. @ Ion - Thank you for this. There are a lot of people who adore the visage and would simply like to play a mage in visage form. Your example of this made some friends’ days for their half-elf characters, or for enjoying the beautiful customization of th…

I hope you will give each a read should you feel compelled by the topic! Each is tied into this master thread for the (non-voidy) Alliance Quel’dorei on the Community Council subforum.

Shorel’aran! Wishing you a happy summer!!!

[Nonoa-moon-guard]

With the Silver Covenant, the Sunreavers and the Quel’dorei of Dalaran directly impacted by TWW’s setup with the Fall of Dalaran, I see more (non-voidy) Alliance high elves now than ever in RP.

All Quel’dorei are eating well with this setup bringing many groups into the battle.

From reading many responses on the Warcraft forum’s Quel’dorei threads and in-game chatter, I see players across the board looking forward to the buildup of Midnight with the ‘uniting elven tribes’ as Metzen put it at BlizzCon 2023.

I hope TWW brings us some more high elven customization to compliment this appetite for Alliance Quel’dorei steeped in Warcraft’s history.

[Noa-moon-guard]

Bal’a dash,

Happy 30 years of Warcraft and 20 years of World of Warcraft, friends!

Half-Quel’dorei: Great news was received in the form of customisation via humans and Kul Tiran humans having pointed ear options in the next patch. Excited to make an Arathi Lamplighter with some pointy, cool ears! The community I represent is excited for this win as well.

Back to the topic at hand:

Since World of Warcraft has come out, many of us have wanted to see our beloved blue-and-gold Alliance high elves playable in game. And we still continue to hold this wish true. Still happy for the half-elves though!

Traditional, Alliance High Elves: Whether it is in the form of a full race OR a boatload of customisation options with a glyph to show on hover ‘High Elf’ (instead of void elf), paired with wonderful blue, silver and gold architecture and heritage ensembles, I wish that our hope will turn into reality.

Classic Alliance high elves from Warcraft have a feel that is quite different than the Sin’dorei or the Ren’dorei (formerly Sin’dorei from the Horde, per lore) - the traditional Alliance high elves are unique and deserve to be playable.

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In speaking of the traditional Alliance high elf, super excited to see NPCs like this in the anniversary event. Thrynviel, a Fashionista, rocks Alliance-exclusive armor with the Sin’dorei version of this hairstyle! Flaunting that OG blue, gold, beige and white feel too. To think someone went out of their way to design this NPC delivers hope.

Shorel’aran and happy anniversary!