Kaldorei wall themselves off from southern Kalimidor. Stonetalon pass rooted over, Azshara bridge destroyed, Big wall seperating Barrens and Ashenvale, overlooking a Horde Wall.
Tyrande stays somewhat bitter about the whole thing, is the voice of the hawkish side of the Nelves.
Malfurion, having far more contact with horde races through the CC takes some time to look at why some Horde races were so bitter at the night elves and is the one who is more willing to extend an olive branch.
Not entirely correct. Darkshore still has a very high concentration of wisps that are a result of the latest war. If they died in the War of Thorns, following the timeline of events, they would have gone straight in to the Maw then, never appearing in Darkshore… Yet there they are.
Even with that retcon, it is still established WoW lore that not all night elves go to the SL due to some unknown connection to either Elune or Aessina.
It’s not in questionable position at all. The wisps were intentionally placed in Darkshore after the attack on Darkshore and Teldrassil. So it clearly shows that not all elf souls went into the Maw.
That people don’t know enough about WoW lore to know that these wisps are the souls of dead elves is not the fault of the writers, but the ones claiming all elf souls perished in the Maw.
What are you not understanding? It makes no difference that they are unlocked during the warfront. They are elves that died after the SL process was hijacked by the Jailer. They did not go to the Maw for whatever reason.