Windrunner Reconciliation?

[Ricros-bleeding-hollow]

@Velxas-frostmourne

Well yes of course she would refer to them by the name they wish to be referred to. They took the name based on their culture to respect the fallen and the legacy of their people. I don’t see why she should be rude and call them by another name.

So where exactly did Veressa say she sees the Blood and High Elves as one?

@Velxas-frostmourne

The Purge of Dalaran, for Vereesa’s part, was aligned with the Jaina arc of absolute rage and grief. Jaina just took the spotlight for it. It was about feeling pure hatred for the Horde and wanting revenge. Vereesa, unfortunately, was playing the role of a “grieving widow”. Honestly though I am glad Rhonin is gone and she doesn’t have to live in his shadow anymore and for his story.

I don’t think her partaking in the Purge Of Dalaran was an emotional knee-jerk reaction to losing her husband honestly. When you speak to her during the questline, she even says that she has waited for a long time to get rid of the Sunreavers but couldn’t because Rhonin had believed in the neutrality of the Kirin Tor. So really, she has had it out for the Blood Elves for quite some time.

@Velxas-frostmourne

She later lets this rage and idea of vengeance go (even before Jaina) in order to see the bigger picture, as we saw in Legion.

Veressa most certainly did not let go of her hatred of the Horde or her grief for her lost husband in Legion.

During the Insurection campaign in Suramar she says this line to Horde players who speak to her:

For the record, I counseled against trusting any Horde in this campaign. I have lost a husband and a King to the treachery of the Horde. I see no reason to trust you now or ever.

And when the Alliance gets the quest where they travel to Argus, Veressa makes this remark about the Horde when taking the boat from Stormwind:

We will soon see if the Horde heeds Velen’s call. Those savages lack any sense of honor, but they do know how to fight.

@Velxas-frostmourne

So she is back to the original idea of having everyone be on the same page again.

If by that you mean, the Blood Elves returning to the Alliance then yes you are most definitely right as she says this in the Three Sisters comic.

[Velxas-frostmourne]

@Ricros-bleeding-hollow

So where exactly did Veressa say she sees the Blood and High Elves as one?

Say it word for word? No. But she heavily implies it.

She first accepts and is close with her cousin, Zendarin Windrunner; who chooses to associate himself as a blood elf. This shows that originally she didn’t have a problem with the idea, which is contrary to what many believe.

Vereesa to Zendarin (in the comics or Night of the Dragon):

(after his betrayal) She tells him he “isn’t worthy to call himself a Blood elf” because of his actions that aren’t to uphold the legacy of the High elves, but rather he is revelling in the extinction and becoming corrupt.

We also have:

Vereesa in Night of the Dragon:

Vereesa admits she was also considering joining the blood elves because of the pangs and addiction and if it wasn’t for Rhonin and birth of her children keeping her together, she likely would have.

Vereesa in Cataclysm in the ghostlands:

“Quel’Thalas is as much my home as it is yours and I would not see it fall to our ancient enemy.”

This shows us she doesn’t see them as a different people. She seems them as one race and the same, and even sympathised with them at some points.

You’re right, she was still mad in Legion, but something we see is it is based on Horde leadership, not on them being blood elves.

Legion quest:

It is no small matter for me to seek the aid of a blood elf. Your leaders have turned their backs on the sacrifices made by my family and so many others. Yet I have witnessed your deeds firsthand. I have seen you fight for Azeroth time and again. And like the rest of us, you have endured many trials and hardships to reach this point.

Previously she explained the reason she didn’t want the Horde in Dalaran was her lack of trust in them. She, like Alleria, still had strong enmity to them because the windrunners had been one of the most notable families that were hit hardest in the Second War. It isn’t because they are blood elves. The blood elves in Dalaran are just the most notable Horde race there and became a faction for the Horde representation.

@Ricros-bleeding-hollow

I don’t think her partaking in the Purge Of Dalaran was an emotional knee-jerk reaction to losing her husband honestly.

The purging, and honestly the writing of her in the game at this time, was badly based on being purely antagonistic to propel the blood elf story, but we will leave that aside.

Vereesa originally didn’t want the Sunreavers dead, she just didn’t want Horde influence allowed in Dalaran. The Purge was her grief at losing Rhonin, and it is even said her and her troops took advantage of the situation to cause unnecessary harm. That is an emotional response, not tactical.