But Dalaran was not a racial capital of the Alliance the way Silvermoon is for the Blood Elves and the Horde.
I think thatâs a rather pointless distinction though. A capital city is still a capital city. Arguably Dalaran would make for a racial capital for the High Elves as well, boasting the largest visible population of High Elves within the Alliance, as well as being the home of the Silver Covenant, the Alliance High Elf military.
Pointless in lore, sure, but my bringing it up was more a consideration of Blizzard not wanting to blurr lines between factions.
See this is where I clarified:
The Sunwell is an isolated site on an island. It isnât âtheir homeâ or âcityâ, that would be Silvermoon.
Youâre equating a religious site (the Sunwell) to the entire home of the Thalassian Elves and I donât believe weâve seen anything of that sort.
If thereâs evidence of this though, Iâd agree that thereâs a blurring going on.
But currently, seeing as the Alliance Thalassians make their homes in Alliance lands and the Horde Thalassians make their homes in Horde lands - I cannot see where there is blurring occurring here.
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Then I must ask why Alleria requested permission to visit the Sunwell, and Lorâthemar granted it, if it wasnât her place to ask permission and his to grant it?
Unsure how it helps your stance that blurring is going on if permission needs to be requested?
Alleria is also considered a hero by Lorâthemar - he says so himself.
Your question doesnât showcase that High Elves and Blood Elves blurring, if you could explain how maybe I can understand more?
But the Sunwell =/= their home - that is, is there evidence High Elves are back to living in their homes with Blood Elves? I havenât seen any indication of this.
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The blurring is in the fact that Lorâthemar has been shown to value and care for his Alliance kin.
Blizzard has stated they want less faction blur.
Allowing players to create characters of a race that could arguably have access to a Horde capital might be a reason theyâre not wanting to add High Elves. They went so far as to give Alliance Thalassian models but highlighted in vivid story why they physically cannot return to QuelâThalas, not even for religious pilgrimage.
Again, completely speculation but it does make sense.
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To be fair if you did the Quelâdelar Questline on a character other than a Blood Elf, the minute the sword knocks Lorâthemar back the Guards immediately surround Auric, the High Elf Representative, as if it were his fault.
I donât think the fact that Pilgrimages were allowed is any indication that the Blood/High Elves were putting aside old differences. If anything it highlighted the divide further.
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The short story, âShadow of the Sun,â more or less clarifies Lorâthemarâs, âvalue and care,â for the High Elves comes almost entirely from guilt. If he had any actual interest in reunifying QuelâThalas, heâd leave the Horde.
Of course thatâs outright impossible due to gameplay.
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I donât think it dampens the point Iâm trying to make.
Iâm not suggesting the theyâre on trustworthy terms. Lorâthemar still banished Alleria because he had to.
He wouldnât have had to do that if she hadnât become a void elf. Something to consider.
He banished the High Elves, however, and they remain exiles to this day. When the Silver Covenant come to ZulâAman in 4.1 to aid the Blood Elves fighting against the Amani, a messenger from Lorâthemar demands to know why there is an Exile in QuelâThalas.
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Yeah. But in a statement during the time that they gave Alliance a Quelâdorei variant race and the Horde a Kalâdorei variant race.
If you do the Blood Elf heritage questline you find out why he hasnât. Sylvanas leads them and gave her life so that they might survive, he has loyalty to her.
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So he values Sylvanas more than he values all of the High Elves.
You still seem to be suggesting that either the Blood Elves become neutral or that the High Elves join the Blood Elves.
Which is a recipe to make everyone angry. (Well, I imagine Horde players would be happy with High Elves joining Blood Elves. Thatâs schadenfreude for you.)
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Iâm sure itâs a tough decision, and itâs part of his character. Call it a character flaw, if you like, but that seems to be the gist of it.
Theyâre a vengeful people.
Iâm not suggesting that at all. Iâm suggesting we donât add High Elves but weâve gone off another topic it seems.
I just think that you might be over-estimating Lorâthemarâs good will towards the High Elves is all. Personally Iâve never considered Lorâthemar to be a very good leader. Itâs a shame Kaelâthas went the villain route. Lorâthemar wouldâve made for a far more interesting Military Leader of QuelâThalasâ forces, as was shown on the Isle of Thunder.
She was willing to lay her life down (and did) for her people, but those exiled are those that would not stand with their people.
Iâm willing to bet heâd allow any high elf back (which has happened) considering they are his own people, just those that chose to not be with their own and chose the Alliance (for the most part,) over them.
Why wouldnât they exile those that were a part of a hostile faction? Do you really think he wouldnât take any of them back were they not part of a faction they were separate of or at the very least neutral?
He gave them a choice, be with their people or be apart and he still gives them access to the Sunwell which shows a hell of a big risk heâs willing to take because he takes it THAT seriously of how important it is to all his people regardless if theyâre aligned with the Horde.
Interesting that Sylvanas, who should see militarily how this could be exploited doesnât even say anything about it, showing how much she still thinks of itâs importance.
Lorâthemar values his people, ALL of his people. He just doesnât value the Alliance. Which makes sense considering their history.
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Or as is the case with the QuelâLithien High Elves, those that would stand with their people but were exiled anyways. Even the Silver Covenant comes to aid QuelâThalas upon request in 4.1. The only reason we donât see High Elves standing with Blood Elves is because the Blood Elves exiled them and joined the Horde, in that order.
Source?
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