If the night elves are given a new home or world tree, they should also be blessed by Nozdormu to have their immortality reinstated. It never really made sense to me why he refused Staghelm in the begin with, being that they sacrificed their immortality to banish Archimonde and the burning legion away. It’s literally no different than when the dragon aspects sacrificed their powers to destroy Deathwing. Yet they want praise and respect for that, I dunno. They call it a great sacrifice yet they can just get their powers back I guess and lay eggs all over the darn place. They are just as arrogant as anybody else if not more so.
I… know you. What you were. What you will yet be.
You will follow him to the deep places. The dark waters will flow in his wake.
With many eyes, they will see again. They will drink, and be uplifted.
Deeper, deeper its roots will reach. Welcoming our embrace.
Her dreams sing beneath the surface. Our dreams. Our song.
That is the possible bad news but the possible good news is the night elves get more story exposure and receive night elven themed items, mounts, and pets.
Huh. So…it’s arrogant to try to regain the power necessary to oppose the Incarnates, and prevent the world from being driven into destructive chaos, but it’s okay for a single mortal race to receive a state of immortality other races won’t…just because.
The dragons are very “I’m the hero here” even though they really aren’t lol. In fact they are most of the problems. But yeah, idk how the dragons don’t find that fair.
To be fair… Staghelm had been corrupted by the Nightmare long before anyone realized it. The guy lost his mate and then watched his son get ripped apart in front of his face. He never recovered and the Nightmare crept in. Xavius came to Staghelm looking like his son, making the corruption worse and pushing Staghelm towards corruption of Teldrassil, because he thought he was bringing his son back and saving all of his people. He had no idea what he was doing. And then Malfurion destroyed Staghelm’s “son” in front of him— again.
I’m wondering if Nozdormu already knew about the corruption within Staghelm and if he was trying to keep something worse from happening. I can’t say that’s why… but it’s a thought that’s crossed my mind before.
The Aspects blessing the first World Tree is what granted the Nelfs immortality. When Nordrassil was sacrificed for Archimonde, that magic and blessing was lost. Staghelm tried to grow a new tree and make the Aspects bless it. Nozdormu refused, because he thought it was arrogance that drove them.
The tree was later blessed by Alex and Ysera, but without Nozdormu’s blessing, there is no immortality.
Key name there is, ‘Staghelm,’ whom was being manipulated by the Old Gods. Who knows what sort of chaos would’ve ensued if Teldrassil can bound the Kaldorei to it via immortality. Probably would have been as tragic had Kael’thas not destroyed the corrupted Sunwell in the aftermath of Kel’thuzad’s resurrection.
And yes, Nozdormu knew. He’s the Bronze Aspect. He knows all futures, all past, all present, and of those three, two are not unknowns.
The kaldorei almost destroyed Azeroth during the War of the Ancients. I don’t think they should have ever been made immortal.
Just throwing this out there as well. You can blame another nelf, Maiev, for Arthas and what happened to Lordaeron and Quel’thalas.
In WC3, Maiev’s lie to Malfurion about Tyrande and thirst for vengeance toward Illidan, led to Malfurion interrupting Illidan trying to destroy the Lich King and Icecrown. If Illidan had been able to finish that spell, all those hundreds of thousands of innocents would have lived.
Teldrassil was an abomination and if it wasn’t for the horrors of war and all that died in the fighting and in the fire its loss are hardly a big problem. Having said that, Teldrassil as an in-game location was more like a flat mountain top with branches sticking out from it, or a gigantic stump from a cut down even more gigantic tree. Limitations of the game engine at the time I presume. It would be nice with something better. Personally, I would have preferred a slimmer tree with city districts resting on different tree branches with suspension bridges connecting the districts. I think it could be done really well now.
