Dark Rangers are actually banshee
As per https://wow.gamepedia.com/Dark_ranger
Dark rangers are undead archers in service of the Forsaken or Sylvanas Windrunner.
The Forsaken use dark rangers as elite agents or as the personal guards of Sylvanas.
" Nearly all dark rangers are undead high elves found only among the Forsaken. No other faction has the elves’ history coupled with the personal knowledge of shadows to learn the arts of a dark ranger. In fact, many dark rangers refuse to teach their arts to anyone who wasn’t a former elf. While these rangers have slackened their restrictions some, most dark rangers were once elves.[ citation needed ]
There has been only one recording of a human ranger and subsequent dark ranger. Nathanos Blightcaller’s resurrection as one of the Forsaken and service to the Dark Lady has earned him the rank of Champion of the Banshee Queen. He used to reside at Marris Stead in the Eastern Plaguelands, but now resides in the Undercity teaching hunters to learn new talents. Nathanos has recently been training a new generation of Forsaken rangers comprising of undead humans, making the undead racial composition more diverse.[2]
During the War of the Thorns, lots of night elves were killed. Sylvanas and her Forsaken would later take that chance and raised them into their ranks turning some night elves into loyal dark rangers."
An elven ranger who dies and returns as a Forsaken undergoes a great shock. She can no longer cast elven ranger spells and loses her woodland stride ability. While some may choose to let things be, most immediately seek out a dark ranger to relearn their arts.
An elven ranger seeking to convert to a dark ranger must, of course, have died, returned as a Forsaken, and seek to learn the arts of the shadow rather than the wild. This ordeal is difficult, as the dark ranger must twist everything she was taught about nature to start learning her darker trade. Then comes the hard part. A dark ranger-to-be must undergo a lengthy trial, where she unlearns everything she was taught as an elf and learns the new arts of a Forsaken.[8]
IN SUMMARY
Dark Rangers are primarily elven, with Nathanos (and his human form currently) being the only known human dark ranger. They are different than forsaken hunters in that they learn different dark arts, and are banshees in their elven bodies.
Dark Rangers appeal to elven players & undead players. There’s debate on whether they should be on forsaken models or blood elf models, but that’s not technically for this thread, as I’ve said before to someone who so kindly insulted me after suggesting they start their own. (Besides, seeing as we have Blood Elf DEATH KNIGHTS, having Dark Ranger on Blood Elves makes more sense to me, that’s all I’ll say on the matter though.)
As of now, Dark Rangers are not currently playable. It’s like how Shadow Hunters for trolls (I think I’m saying the right one) aren’t, same with Dragonmaw orcs, and similar concepts. Not playable as of yet.
In terms of being angry/annoyed… yeah, I’m feeling it. It’s why I made this post: San’layn/vampyr elf Customization (and Allied Race idea) Coagulated Megathread {Re-VAMPed} - #6946 by Fallynn-wyrmrest-accord
I just… argh. It’s so frustrating putting a ton of ideas out there for years only to have a complete theme replacement. I just wish there was some sign of a connection and San’layn in Shadowlands other than feeling like they’re completely tossing us aside.
I used to think that freaking out over the “private forums” was exclusively for progression people. Now I’m not so sure. I sure hope it doesn’t apply to AR discussion and customization, but who knows.
Edit 2: https://twitter.com/Warcraft/status/1321859531987705868
