The existence of the Priest class and the retention of Elune symbols for their flag 
Not much but there ultimately does have to be a lore reason for the classes.
Ergo this thread. Is it likely a Legion aligned Nightborne would be reintegrated into Suramar? Probably not. But alas thatâs the only coherent reason for Nightborne Warlock.
Also the Temple of Elune is literally walking distance though now itâs known as the Temple to Sargeras, but the iconography all over the city and the priest class is fairly safe assumption. They literally have no reason to stop being priests and with Tyrande being the most famous priest from their city as well as they having Eluneâs main temple there. I donât see why even in a bubble a priest would stop worshipping their patron deity.
Iâm assuming it must still be Elune. Iâd love it if they became worshippers of the Winter Queen. I think that could make them unique.
Could make for cool lore if they reintroduced race specific class quests.
Eg Forsaken Priests centered on CoFS and Natalie Seline, Nightborne Priests are a secret sect of Elune worshippers who survived under the magocratic tyranny, Blood Elf Priests who are either Light using Magisters, Church of Light worshipers, maybe some Belore worshippers, Orc Priests who are Shadowmoon Clan initiates or maybe they worship Rukhmar and Anzu, etc
Hello, a while ago i made the claim Steve Danuser mained a Nightborne hunter. However as you correctly pointed out i only had circumstantial evidence and nothing conclusive.
However he has recently tweeted again about his Nightborne hunter.
More circumstantial evidence i know, but i think it pretty fair to assume he mains a Nightborne hunter. This isnât a âgotchaâ or anything(since again this new evidence isnât 100% conclusive). Just wanted to let you know since learning race/class combo of WoW developerâs mains is something i find pretty interesting and i really donât know where else to bring this topic up. Iâm putting it here in this Nightborne lore thread instead of necroing the old thread in which this discussion began since it doesnât need that much attention.
Iâm at a point where Iâve largely given up on trying to fathom their personal motivations other than when they tell on themselves (e.g. admitting they learned about basic Black history this past June via a TV show, e.g. retweeting a meme and dismissing critics of the story)
In addition to the above âforgivenessâ angle, I think I can see a âmagic-obsessedâ society light the Nightborne kind of opportunistically seeing the power vacuum left by the Legionâs defeat, and sort of trying to master âthe demonsâ themselves. I mean the Legion was probably the single most powerful cosmic force out there, and its absence will no doubt have SOME people interested in furthering their knowledge of this power.
I think itâd put Nightborne on the fringe of their society⌠a frowned upon activity as it were. But itâd be something I can see a power-hungry Nightborne DOING.
Alliance:
Draenei, Night Elf both despise Fel because it fractured their society & put them in danger, and theyâre honorable and wise races, so they dont use it.
Horde:
Blood Elf, Nightborne shouldânt use Fel magic for the same reason as above, but they use it anyway because theyâre edgy.
The fel literally saved Sinâdorei society though. Yes it led to divisions but the majority of their population was able to endure the withdrawals of their addiction only by indulging in the fel. The High Elves, those strong-willed enough to quit cold-turkey, were a significant minority.
Yes with the restoration of the Sunwell theyâve largely moved on from it now but it played a significant and surprisingly positive role in the lives of many Blood elves.
As it turned out⌠many of them werenât They just Withered later.
Highly magically adept elves suddenly find their city occupied by demons using fel magic as often as they use arcane. Elves like to play with magic. They play. They learn. They kill demons and burn down their cousinâs house because tyrande is rude. Lore.
Blood Elves should have been the fel or warlock culture.
Itâs probably not much different from the reasom Orcs have Warlocks.
When they were first introduced⌠they wereâŚWhat do you think all of those green crystals contained?
It wasnât a warlock culture as Fel usage wasnât widely known amongst the public.
Besides if we were we would have at least one prominent blood elf character who happens to be a warlock. I would even settle for a B list belf warlock character.
The Black Harvest is training new Warlocks and former mages are interested
The Horde has people who are Warlocks and training nightborne
Elves being magic crazy in general eventually leads to the Fel.
All kinds of reasons, honestly. Races that canât be Warlocks (Draenei and Tauren for example) are usually races who have an ideological hatred of demons and demon magic.