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Ok, I’ll quote actual lore:

“We must put this misery behind us. We must enter a new chapter! And so I say to you that, as of this day, we are no longer high elves! In honor of the blood that was shed throughout this kingdom, in honor of the sacrifices of our brothers and sisters, our parents, and our children, in honor of Anasterian
 as of this day we will take the name of our royal lineage! As of this day, we are sin’dorei! For Quel’Thalas! Hail to the sin’dorei!”

– Kael’thas Sunstrider, Blood of the Highborne

"As I suspected, it gets worse up ahead. The Silver Covenant is outright attacking innocent Sunreavers!

This cannot stand. While our prime directive is to rescue Aethas Sunreaver, we must also protect as many blood elves as we can."

– Rommath, Quest: Violence in the Arena

“It unsettles me to have to fight directly with the high elves of the Silver Covenant
 but I never tire of slaying Alliance.”

– Rommath, Quest: The Kirin Tor’s True Colors

“Do you know how many elves—sin’dorei and quel’dorei alike—died to defend that land? How many continue to die? And you say I should just let it go? What the hell is wrong with you?”

– Lor’themar Theron, In the Shadow of the Sun

Baenan spat on the floor near the elf’s feet. “Ye blood elves wouldn’t know nobility if ye had th’ definition tattooed on yer foreheads. Pathetic, slavering magic addicts, ye even sold out yer own people!”

Talithar’s face whitened, giving Baenan the satisfaction of having hit a nerve. He realized it was unwise to bait his jailor, but he was too angry to care.

“Aye,” he pressed, “I’ve met high elves in me life. I know what ye did tae them. I come from Loch Modan; I’ve heard th’ stories from th’ Farstrider lass there—”

– Quest for Pandaria, Part 4, Link

“You think I do not know what I am? We sin’dorei were given a choice: our integrity or our well-being. As if that were any kind of choice at all. I chose my well-being. My wife chose her integrity.”

– Talithar Swiftwind, Quest for Pandaria, Part 4

One hundred years ago


I and a small group of other High Elves traveled here from our homeland, Quel’thalas. We sought the ancient mysteries of Kel’thoril
 to find why it was destroyed.

We found fragments in the ice, shards of the crystal. The Archmage we accompanied did not take long to fall under their sway. In our foolishness, we noticed too late.

His spirit wanders in the southeast, among those he drove to madness, still clutching the memory of the precious shard





Maenius was a powerful mage and an honorable elf. His spirit did not deserve such an ignoble fate.




We were shocked before we died. Shocked that one among our noble and austere kind could descend into vicious obsession so quickly. We died as naive fools, the victims of our own blithe assumptions.

The living would know that these events would play out yet again
 both here, and among the entire elven race with the fall of Quel’thalas.




Long after my death, my people would suffer an even greater mistake. The High Elves relied on the Sunwell and its glory. Never imagining a world without it, we would never make preparations to deal with such a fate.

Later, when the Sunwell fell to the forces of the undead, what was left of my descendants would be lost and helpless
 and the path they would take in response would change them forever.

The Sin’dorei, still striving for redemption, would return here as well


– Quel’dorei Spirit, Quest: Legacy of the High Elves and Quest: Descendents of the High Elves

We were not naive, as our forefathers were. We were suspicious and cunning and ready for betrayal at every turn.

Yet our pride and greed drove us to ruin once more. How many more will be lost to Kel’theril?




One year ago


The legend of the Crystal of Zin-Malor reached Silvermoon, and I led a group of the finest warriors and scholars avaliable to this land. We brought ample mana crystals, so none of us would be tempted to taste the crystal itself.

The crystal did not need our hunger to ruin us. Once in our possession, it warped all but me into wretched beasts.

– Sin’dorei Spirit, Quest: Descendents of the High Elves and Quest: Pain of the Blood Elves

The opening of the Dark Portal brought news of my people’s fate. In a way, my exile shielded me from sharing in their downfall, but to see the Farstriders throw their lot in with Kael’thas


I never imagined my one-time brethren capable of such a thing.

The homecoming I once dreamt of will never happen. This forest is the only home I have left.

– Theloria Shadecloak, (Link)

No, don’t feel bad. I get that a lot.

<Taela looks both amused and annoyed.>

I’m a HIGH elf, not a blood elf. Don’t worry, I’m not going to suck all of the magic out of you.

– Taela Everstride, (Link)

With those vessels and their power in hand, the scattered survivors of my people can resist the lure of demonic magic. Every quel’dorei we can save from our prince’s folly is one more that can help us regain our lost glory.

– Ros’eleth, (Quest: Vessels of Power)

Oh, and the Encyclopedia:

Blood elves no longer truly consider themselves high elves, and they tend to have different priorities and behaviors than their high elf kindred. Unlike high elves, blood elves have decided that in the absence of the Sunwell, they will feed their hunger for arcane magic by draining that magic from alternative sources.

Is that enough lore for you?

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15591

I’ve also never seen you defend an argument made to you other than stating your personal feelings and theories.

We’re as High Elves are actually in game and on the Alliance, just not playable.

See how easy that is?

15592

I am an attack helicopter yes.

You’re using a word improperly.
What you mean to say is “How dare you provide a logical argument that I cannot counter? Now I shall act spitefully towards you for not agreeing with me on this matter.”

Based on that gear you’re wearing, I think you need to take your own advice.

Shame, that just means you’re just another flame baiter.

So
when are you and Kizzan going to provide arguments? Or are you just going to insult people who disagree with you?

15593

The High Elvhen that are not running under the moniker of Blood Elves are High Elves, yes. That much is a fact. They are not, however, affiliated with the Alliance as much as you, or anybody who calls for playable Alliance High Elves seems to believe that they are. In fact, they are heavily scrutinized by the Alliance because of how the High Elves treated them in the past (Second War, was it?) The way they behaved is still being felt to this day by the members of the current Alliance (And no, the Alliance that exists today is not even a shadow of the Alliance that existed back then.)

They also do not even have that much of their own lore in the past 30 chronological years of WoW lore to even have remotely distinguished themselves from Blood Elves, no matter how much you want to believe that they have. Their society has not evolved; Their architecture and clothing/apparel has not changed at all; Their militia is an exact duplicate, because I wonder why
 I mean, literally
 If you want playable High Elves
 Blood Elves are it. :shrug:

Sorry that you simply don’t want to be associated with the Horde. But deal with it? If I want to play a Draenei, I have to associate myself with the Alliance. Got to make sacrifices. The High Elves have made plenty, and the Blood Elves are the ones that stayed true to their people, their land, their heritage, so on and so forth. The ones that walked away? They might as well shamefully call themselves something other than High Elf, as far as I see it.

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15594

That is selective reading on your part Kizzan.

Are you sure you are not referring to yourself? Read your posts outloud. They’re emotionally based.

You seem to be having an argument with someone else because I am not sure as to what discussion point you are trying to make.

15595

Source.

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15596

I believe and feel the Lore/story/game maintains & reflects a Biculturalism relation Between High Elves and Sin’dorei, Until you prove otherwise I cant agree with you.

15597

I have a source:

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15598

You know, having multiple people trying to pretend that that point matters to our argument doesn’t make it so. They call themselves something new to honor what they have lost, that does not mean they change what they are.

So, are you ever going to actually address my point which is that they changed their name but that did not change who they were? Because you keep spamming that they have a new name now like that changes the essence of their being.

15599

And they still support the Alliance. I am waiting for his source to claim that the High Elves are not affiliated with the Allaince.

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15600

Your point, the burden of proof is on you to prove your claim.

15601

You talk as if changing your name was like changing clothes. Changing your name is changing your very identity!

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15602

I know, I was being sarcastic.

15603

:100:

I know :heart:

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15604

Culture is a word for the ‘way of life’ of groups of people, meaning the way they do things. Different groups may have different cultures . A culture is passed on to the next generation by learning, whereas genetics are passed on by heredity.

Here my proof, Show proof im worng

15605

And yet the name change was made to celebrate that identity and mourn the destruction of so much of it. I mean this feels like you’re saying because they’ve changed their name to continually remind them of their past that they have abandoned that past.

15606

OK this made me laugh. Thank you for that.

I’ve given proof before and it’s just a circle where no one accepts it unless it’s their proof
 Even though I had sources and multiple examples.

This about my gear score? Not my main toon this expac and also not important. It’s more than enough to see all blood elf high elf content. As is my horde main.

What cause I make jokes at your expense? Oh no, I didn’t realize you were so delicate.

I don’t know who Kizzan is but I’d bet they’re just as tired of this bull as I am.

If you seriously don’t see a difference between high and blood elves then you’re not reading much in a game where your quest come in read format.

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15607

Here, this is for all of you guys. I’m tired of repeating myself, so here’s the major bulletin handed down by developers themselves tackling a few highlight “Reasons Why the Alliance Should Have Playable High Elves”.

15608

That’s why they’re:
Living in our cities
Interacting in our campaigns
Aiding our war efforts.

Right?

Neither have Void Elves.

You also act like this matters, most people are aware they share a history, what matters now is there story going forward, especially in WoW.

You seem to be under the delusion that they need a solid back story to be viable for a AR slot, where comparatively to every other AR the Alliance has, they are only compared to Dark Irons in how long their presence, even separate from the main “Thalassian” story has been apart of the Alliance.

Don’t even associate with Broflake, he’s proven more disingenuous and blatantly ignorant to our request than even most antis, just wait for him to switch Alts again and tricks you into talking to him.

You have a better chance of a decent conversation with Tarrok, but to be frank, most antis are very lore obtuse. :tipping_hand_woman:

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15609

“We must put this misery behind us”.

“We must enter a new chapter”

“as of this day, we are no longer high elves”.

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