“Large” is nebulous, Amadis. For this scenario, we only have five points of data. You have chosen your one shot and base all arguments around it. You’ve built your argument upon it and answer your argument with it. Nevermind that…
Terran Gregory and Steve Danuser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhpGvgXyi-U&t=38m40s :
And we thought, well, you know, that's a great moment. We have this transformation of Tyrande, that energy that she's calling upon, this dark side of Elune, how that infuses the other Night Elves in the warfront, hey, why not give that, as an option, to players. Allow them to tap into that power as well.
Terran Gregory: Character customization, yes.
Steve Danuser: Character customization.
Terran Gregory: And a lot of people were interested online in how exactly the players came to have the black eyes.
Steve Danuser: It is.
Terran Gregory: The darkened eyes.
Steve Danuser: Yes, the darkened eyes. And I think that speaks to the power of that ritual. This ancient ritual that Tyrande taps into - again, sorry, spoilers, but - Tyrande taps into that ritual, that calling upon- it's not even calling upon, she's demanding, she's like, "Give me this power. You turned your back on us, as those 'so-and-so's' took our home from us. Now you owe us. Give me this power." And that so infused her that it could change those Elves. So we wanted to give players that opportunity, to say, "You know what, I'm part of that, too. I stand with Tyrande," and show that off in their characters.
Terran Gregory: And if you'll notice at the warfront, all the NPCs that are Night Elves actually have the darkened eyes. So there's definitely a sense that, in proximity, fighting on behalf of the darkened element of Elune under the darkened moon, that's what happens. And whether or not the player has customized themselves, that of course is player choice, but **I think** in the story sense that any Night Elf that's fighting on behalf of Elune in that confrontation their eyes would be darkening.
Gregory states he thinks that’s how it works. He doesn’t state it with any authority that “This is how it works.”
Normally I’d let this fly, but we have Shandris’s quote:
Shandris: You are dearest to my heart, Tyrande. I beg you, let go of the Black Moon’s rage and embrace the mother’s light once again. I could not bear to lose you to darkness.
Tyrande’s quote:
Tyrande: Know this. My hunger for vengeance will not be sated so long as Sylvanas Windrunner remains free–and until I know why Elune abandoned her children.
The fact that neither Furion nor Shandris have black eyes.
That neither of them have been overtly vengeful this entire time. Even when fighting Lorash, Furion was trying to talk him down.
Everything we’ve been given in the game suggests that the black eyes are a reflection of feeding on anger/wrath/what have you – not fighting on behalf of the Goddess.
