Okay, so why exactly is our capital city named Silvermoon? last I checked the entire city… no, the entire BIOME is primarily gold. Not to mention… our people are Sun Worshipers. Petition to change the name of our city to something less ironic.
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Don’t let it bother you, there’s nothing to worry about. Just go hang out in Orgrimmar. The city the Orcs named after the Orc Warchief who burned your forests and killed your people!
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Are you a tauren?
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No but my grandmooother was.
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From the WoW wiki:
Silvermoon’s name is peculiar in that the elves, who had renounced their nocturnal ways and embraced the sun, would go on to name their capital city after the moon. Why this is, when even their naming conventions changed to incorporate the sun and brightness/light over the moon and darkness, is unknown. It’s possible Dath’Remar felt a twinge of sentimentality for the culture he was in the process of changing and chose to keep but one prominent reminder of where the Highborne had come from.
It was mentioned in the Warcraft Chronicle that Silvermoon became a “shining monument to the memory of the (Highborne’s) ancient empire.” This might imply that it was named to emphasize that connection; the Highborne were moon-worshipping night elves during the height of their old empire.
Silvermoon’s name may have been inspired by Silverymoon, a capital city in the Forgotten Realms lore.
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That is damn good! 
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That was actually super informative, thanks!
Maybe Goldsun just didn’t have the same ring to it as Silvermoon? I don’t know, just spit balling here. 
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I figured it had something to do with their heritage prior to becoming the Blood Elves we know today.
Looking forward to Silvermoon City being redone and I hope that they feature the FULL city, and not just the one half we are able to visit today. A gorgeous city and a place that holds a lot of memories for me personally.
To be fair, I was never on board with the whole “join the faction made up mostly of former sworn enemies”… however when faced with having to live in one of those dreadfully over-practical alliance cities, my heart told me to zip my piehole.
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You’re on thin ice 
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is the revamp confirmed?
No it is not, unfortunately. But I am going to keep putting that idea out into the universe anyway!
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Suramar looks more like a Silvermoon than Silvermoon actually does.
I mean stormwind is neither stormy or windy 
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No. No we are not. We ain’t like the Sunwalkers.
We have reverence for the sun because of Dath’remar Sunstrider
Doomhammer did nothing wrong.
That’s cold, man.
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“Yes he did. He quit before the job was done!” -Zul’jin