You’re right, Aethas was. Aethas was already on the Council, and used his position to try to rebuild burned bridges and bring Blood Elves back into Dalaran. And the Covenant’s creation was indeed a reactionary measure, taken by the High Elves to push out the Blood Elves.
While the Purge was indeed spur of the moment, the Covenant took advantage of that to help Jaina push out the Sunreavers, like they wanted from the beginning. The Silver Covenant was an Alliance group that wanted Dalaran out of Horde hands. By pushing it to the Alliance, they kept it out of Horde hands.
If they were not Alliance, or not opposed to the Horde, or entirely dedicated to the Kirin Tor, they would have no vested interest in involvement and in fact would have pushed back against Jaina. But it was, in fact, exactly what they wanted.
That’s a shocking turn of events, innit.
There is another lodge, Farstrider Lodge. Quel’danil Lodge is overtly meant as a communications outpost to foster relations with the Alliance-aligned Wildhammer, and allowed the settling of the Alliance-aligned Draenei, while the Alliance-aligned High Elves contributed to the conflict against the Horde in the Hinterlands, namely the Revantusk trolls and the Forsaken.
They are, in fact, the exact opposite of isolationist, considering they have been the most inviting of other races and it is their job to communicate with other races.
Because it didn’t come up. I can refute it though - he is there as the High Elven representative to the Sunwell Plateau when Quel’delar is restored. He did not appear further in the game, but that does not mean he is still standing there. I would assume it goes without explanation that a character would have a life outside of standing there for eternity to partake in one event.
He is there for one event only, in a sacred sight, as a representative. He is not there because he just feels like it. In fact, he is expressly unwelcome to Rommath and other Blood Elves, especially if the Silver Covenant are the ones who got Quel’delar. The Alliance are practically told to get the hell out for good measure.
To put this in perspective, let me make a comparison. Halford Wyrmbane’s last location was on a boat in Boralus overseeing a war effort with the Horde. Do you assume, by the same logic, he’s just sitting there doing the same old thing, fighting a war that’s currently in a ceasefire, because Blizzard just didn’t put him somewhere else or feature him elsewhere?
I don’t even know where this is coming from, I didn’t even mention eye colors. Eye colors don’t even define High Elf or Blood Elf, that’s entirely a question of political affiliation, lifestyle, and ideology.
This one actually stumps me because it’s so incoherent and bizarre I have to take several tries at grasping what is being said here.
The Lodges aren’t even in Quel’thalas. Of the three High Elf Lodges, they are in Lordaeron, the Hinterlands, and Loch Modan. None of this is “living in and fighting for their homeland” and the Blood Elves certainly had no involvement here. In fact, High Elves and Blood Elves have never coexisted in each others’ Lodges, let alone amicably fought together outside of forced unions in Legion or Rise of the Zandalari.
Find me any example of High Elves and Blood Elves living together “this whole time” because it most certainly isn’t in any Lodges.
Well, considering they only host Alliance, only support the Alliance, actively refuse anyone who is Horde, actively try to thwart anyone who is Horde, and then support exclusively the Alliance in fighting the Horde on the Isle of Thunder, I would think it’s pretty apparent that the Silver Covenant has, uh… a preference, I guess you could say.
I’m not going off of “individual interactions” when I’m literally explaining to you their interactions with the Horde and their affiliates. But at this point, you’re just being willfully obtuse.
Apparently Dalaran. Because they did that with both the Alliance and the Horde by granting them both enclaves in their city, in both Wrath and in Legion. Unless you want to tell me the Gilneans and the Forsaken in Legion joined the Kirin Tor all along and were just really patriotic neutrals.
If a dev did say that, then they were wrong. I know I’m coming out swinging when I call a dev wrong on the lore, but any dev who ignores the multitude of Alliance-only High Elven bases, outposts, and settlements that are densely populated with High Elves and then wonders where the High Elves went desperately needs to play their own game.
Edit: Of course, having typed this, I think I’ve made my point pretty abundantly clear, for having basically typed up a spur of the moment thesis on the validity of High Elves. That was productive of me.
And I’ve said my piece in a 1000 post long thread, so I think I’m going to get back to work. Have a nice day, everyone. Thanks for the new hair colors.
to be fair and clarify though, everyone in both discord’s has always been very kind to me. It’s the forums where people get tricky. And as Fen said, there are hundreds of shades of opinions out there. Some fall on top of others, some starkly contrast others.
