See here is my issue with this arguement. Yes it was in World of Warcraft they officially joined the Horde. But other than a small group, the majority of the High Elves of Quel’thalas left the Alliance of Lordaeron (Alleria’s group). When Arthas attacked and sacked Quel’thalas Kael’thas (the ruling monarch mind you) then named them Sin’dorei. Then came the betrayal by a racist human and that pretty much ended any alliance between the two races except for the few outliers.
So no, they were not an ‘Alliance Race’ at the point they joined the Horde. They were a people struggling to survive against remnants of the Scourge still in their lands who reached out for help and were given help by the Horde through Sylvannas speaking up for them. What the Alliance gave were spies and sabotage from their Kaldorei cousins who had a hate for them over events 10,000 years in the past. So no, they weren’t an ‘Alliance Race’, they were an Elven race who had broken ties with humans for the most part before this ever came to pass and they chose the faction that actually HELPED them.
`After thought: To clarify this is the LORE reason not IN GAME reasoning. Faction imbalance is merely an in game reason, but lore wise, no thats not the reason.
The idea of themes would be a breath of fresh air. Simply toolkits that change your character by simple spell effects and animations would be the the diversity some are looking for. We got green fire for warlocks and I wouldn’t mind a nature based druid kit again green wrath and hurricane instead of starfall instead of the celestial thing going. We could have fel shamans even. Make them mage tower hard quests that scale or something. I got green fel fire when it was live and I had to get raid gear to help me out. I suck at demo spec so that didn’t help but it was fun and a refreshing change for my lock.
Oh please, you make it seem like the devs. couldn’t have just ended up writing lore showing the Alliance helping them instead. Dont forget the night elves once help Kael’thas himself. It was never a given the blood elves would have joined the Horde.
The Devs could have written the lore different if they wanted them to join the Alliance, but they didn’t so lore wise no they weren’t an Alliance race no matter how much you beat your chest and insist it true. In game faction balance does not = lore.
They would have to rewrite wc3 as it cinematics and missions of the alliance using them as cannon fodder and refusing to reinforce their position due to race and not being human. That lore was established before WoW came out pretty moot to retcon that although they could it would upset a great deal of people I’m sure.
They were literally a race who were part of the Alliance in Warcraft 3. So yes, they were an Alliance race that is not a fact you can change.
As oppose to what the Horde did to them during Warcraft 2? Garithos was a prick, but some of the very people who once killed their brethren in Warcraft 2 are still alive and kicking in the Horde.
As to giving the Velves a racial choice similar to the Zandalari, well if they want to do the same for the Belves go for it. Let my Spriest toggle on Velf racial and RP that she’s a ‘cleansed’ Velf who returned to her true home. Works for me!
Keep writing your own fanfiction darling, very few actually stayed Alliance. The race as a whole had ceased ties to the Alliance of Lordaeron even before Arthas pranced his pony in the gates.
It is not fan fiction. I am not particularly interested in blood elves. I care about the high elves. The race as a whole left the Alliance, returned in Warcraft 3 before Garithos did his thing, and then became Horde. They were an Alliance race, that is a cold hard fact you can never erase.
I’m not going to really get involved because… I don’t care, but it is a point of order. They didn’t come back during WC3. What you see is, beyond the act by the scourge on Quel’thalas, a small contingency that Sunstrider sent because of past loyalties and concern about the plague spreading, but they didn’t rejoin the alliance at this time officially.
Well technically he was being a disobedient brat riding him, tried to jump in a snowstorm and Invincible slipped on ice and broke his legs…but still I like your take too.
Though still loyal to the Alliance, the Blood Elves’ passions will lead them not only to the highest pinnacles of power, but to the darkest depths of madness.
There wasn’t really much left to join. Lordaeron was destroyed with only remnants here and there and all the other kingdoms had largely gone their own ways.
Zerde wanting to not agree with the Lore because it doesn’t fit what he likes, so it’s wrong. It goes against what he wants, so lets go back and rewite everything.
That’s true. Course the opposite is kind of true then. Yes, they did rejoin with Garithos’ troops (…temporarily and with wonderful results), but that wasn’t really an Alliance more as a bunch of survivors trying not to get eaten by zombies, yea?
for them over events 10,000 years in the past. So no, they weren’t an ‘Alliance Race’, they were an Elven race who had broken ties with humans for the most part before this ever came to pass and they chose the faction that actually HELPED them.