theyve been assimilated and their models just dont depict that yet
their blood lines are diluted from 2800 years of marrying humans.
since theyve been assimilated, they likely took on some of the customs and norms of the host nations, such as different hair styles, different casual attire (like belf starting gear would not be helf starting gear, even if you could call them helfs, since theyâve been assimilated. i honestly think theyâre half elves already except for the royals, who are only recently assimilating.
I canât speak for anyone else, but my interest in getting playable high elves is in exploring the mindset of the group (or at least the specific subset) that decided to stay with their allies rather than follow their leaderâs call back to their homelands.
Iâm perfectly fine with leaving the primary history and themes and aesthetics of Quelâthalas with the blood elves - thatâs where it is, and thatâs where it belongs. But current high elves are those who pretty much by definition gave up their claim to that home and history - as said, the blood elves allow pilgrims, so they probably arenât overly hostile to the still-high elves who acknowledge their rule, which to me implies that current high elves are only apart from the blood elves because they continually choose to stay apart. And, perhaps because Iâm from a family of immigrants, thatâs the theme and mindset I want to see explored.
no its a blanket statement that blizz is famous for. the high elves of the alliance are assimilated into surrounding cultures. some are still gonna look like helfs and some are gonna look like half elves. and some are gonna beâŚis that a helf or a half elf, cause theyâre so close but just different enough to raise the question.
and if its retconned that we had asian and african humans all this time, then itâll be more obvious. their half elf models would have the most unique appearance.
i just based that on ionâs comments that there arent enough remaining to form a substantial community of high elves, as theyâve been assimilated into surrounding cultures.
kul tirans are thousands of years and dozens of generations seperated from stormwind, they have their own distinct culture which is represented in their racials.
most high elves are the same generation of blood elves and live in a city that is as close as you can get to silvermoon without painting the roofs red. they donât have their own culture.
Itâs actually the other way around - you reject Alliance High Elves because they have light skin, thatâs why you donât mind Void Elves even though theyâre literally Alliance Blood Elves, with the exact same lore and mindset as their Horde counterpart.
