The High Elf Love Thread 🥰

[Curemaster-sisters-of-elune (Curemaster)]

Quel’thalas* left Lordaeron. Many priests and mages had stayed within the ranks, as well as many of the High Elves you see now within the Silver Covenant. Everything else was correct!

[Reginageorge-moon-guard]

idk about many but yes they are the ones that follow jaina to theramore on a boat in wc3 and are now dead

[Murgatroyd-lightbringer (Murgatroyd)]

Quel’thalas* left Lordaeron. Many priests and mages had stayed within the ranks, as well as many of the High Elves you see now within the Silver Covenant. Everything else was correct

Alright, to address the pedantically inclined: The High Elf nation left the Lordaeron Alliance after the Second War, while some chose to forsake their nation and remain as elven ex-patriots. Better?

[Curemaster-sisters-of-elune (Curemaster)]

Wishful thinking on your part. But many people were evacuated before the bombing happened. Not all of course. We cannot determine who made it and who didn’t.

[Reginageorge-moon-guard]

not really. the elves with jaina were as you said mostly mages and priests who almost certainly wouldnt choose to flee but stay and fight. and ofc later die

Edit: i just looked this up and theres actually a number for how many integrated into theramore. 7

[Darkstar-garrosh]

Showering love to my kin. Blood, High, Void, San’layn.

[Hecatone-burning-legion (Hecatone)]

Its not extensive its 3 thread spread out over months. With no traction. Period.

…and when those people were disagreed with, they’re chill about it.

[Broflake-illidan]

Someone tell me if Saurfang and Thrall are friendly or not when the rescue for Baine takes place. I am sure there’s tons of examples.

They are friendly, why would that matter?

[Reginageorge-moon-guard]

You should get a dog

i currently take care of 3. 2 are rescued. id take on more if i could

[Cezol-darkspear]

Glad you found a new metaphor to latch onto, but I would like to remind you of all the times your fellow helfers stated they were nothing but respectful that you have done everything in your power to demonstrate otherwise.
Of course, it is an impressive thing to be blind to what their community members say when reading is the thing on a forum.

They are nothing but respectful, and yours are anything but, yet they continue to treat you with respect.

I on the other hand never pretended to respect trolls. I’m shocked you’re shocked.

But as usual i’m sure you’ll take the actions of one and paint the entire high elf fans as such, i know its hard for you, imagining different strokes and such, all you see when you blink is High Elves and the color red.

[Bourbonboxer-lightbringer (Bourbonboxer)]

But many people were evacuated before the bombing happened

Many of the evacuees were children, and a high number of high elves were killed from the attack both are info from the book

But who knows, none of the fighting npcs seem to be high elves

[Bourbonboxer-lightbringer (Bourbonboxer)]

They are nothing but respectful, and yours are anything but, yet they continue to treat you with respect.

Kizzan. Your first post on the primer thread was flamebait, and i called you out on it in the past when you tried to act holier than thou. You backed down then and admitted to it.

Im still surprised you are trying to act like it again. Knowing your history

Oh, wheres the Kizzan account btw?

[Lavashart-dalaran]

You don’t know what spiteful even is. You see people having discourse and disagreement. You see people with concerns and then all of this is somehow spiteful. If my 2yo wants to gorge themselves on candy but i say no is it spiteful? No, thats just good parenting. I posit you are so blinded by your greed you don’t know whats good for the game. Or don’t care.

[Lorithyn-agamaggan (Lorithyn)]

Regarding this and the evacuation of Dalaran in Chronicles 3, it’s a way High Elves might have a higher population than we previously knew, but we have no official update. High Elves simply haven’t received any attention from Blizz outside of a few new High Elf npc’s being placed every now and again

I hope that changes eventually, but we’ll see

[Bourbonboxer-lightbringer (Bourbonboxer)]

Regarding this and the evacuation of Dalaran in Chronicles 3, it’s a way High Elves might have a higher population than we previously knew, but we have no official update.

So heres the problem with that, we know canonically that these elves turn into three different sects:

1. They join Jaina and go to Theramore, then get eventually mostly erased from existence.

2. They return home but return later, making the group we know as the Sunreavers.

3. They come back and stay in Dalaran; making up portions of the Kirin Tor and small parts of the Silver Covenant (we know that they dont make the majority of the SC because we know they are former Farstriders who left/exiled).

[Lorithyn-agamaggan (Lorithyn)]

Believe me I won’t go around claiming that there are definitely more High Elves running around now, it’s just a possibility is all

Edit: Even then, the increase in numbers could be miniscule

[Bourbonboxer-lightbringer (Bourbonboxer)]

Even then, the increase in numbers could be miniscule

But the problem becomes “where are they coming from, and wht haven’t we seen them until now?”

Remember we have had multiole times were high elves have been killed mobs and been canonically killed in the story.

You need a story event to explain where the reserves are coming from (and I say this to every race because have an endless stream of no named npcs trvializes conflict and loss)

[Lorithyn-agamaggan (Lorithyn)]

I didn’t get the chance to engage in the Half Elf discussion that happened yesterday, so I’ll share my thoughts now

I’d like Half Elves. From what we see they’re generally aligned with the Alliance, Kirin Tor, or are just independent. We can count the amount of known Half Elves on our fingers, but it isn’t explicitly stated that those are all of them. We just know that they’re a rare sight (someone please correct me if I’m wrong)

That being said, I think they’d serve better as customization options for High Elves. Include them in a scenario of unification under Vereesa to create an allied race that could have the option of non glowing eyes, shorter ears/eyebrows, etc. The Thalassian elves of Dalaran are typically more accepting and friendly to humans (assuming we’re talking human/elf), so it makes sense that Half Elf customization would be exclusive to this allied race and not something Blood Elves should be given (unlike the beards available to male Void Elves, something Blood Elves should 100% have access to!)

So package them together, and while we’re at it we could rename this combination race as well. “High Elves” really aren’t deserving of that name anymore, they’re no longer the elites of society and they’re not the continuation of the people of Quel’thalas. Do this and we could achieve an allied race that would not only be popular with the Alliance, but would also not step on the identity of both Blood and Void Elves

[Lorithyn-agamaggan (Lorithyn)]

I’ll admit this is a problem I probably can’t give a satisfying answer to. Even if other races can get away with being slaughtered and still go on, it doesn’t make it ok with High Elves

Ideally we’d get an explanation for all of the races that are presumably becoming fewer in number

[Bourbonboxer-lightbringer (Bourbonboxer)]

Ideally we’d get an explanation for all of the races that are presumably becoming fewer in number

Remember when the losses were so heavy the Alliance was calling up civiliand and farmers to fight?

Guess that didnt matter. They still had the strength to do continued warfronts, invasions, and now the conclusion