It’s only sacred cause you labeled it as such. Sacred might as well be synonymous with “dibs”, it’s essentially the same thing for the Night Elves. “You can’t touch this, we called di- errr… it’s sacred”
I am not personally yet at the point of calling Anduin a Mary Sue, because he isn’t being placed in a position of some saviour of the world. He just seems to be your average peace-loving priest guy, who happens to be able to wield a sword. He seems to have trouble commanding the respect of other Alliance leaders, as demonstrated by Tyrande’s defiance with Genn following suit.
If he somehow gets positioned into being some kind of liberator of the Horde from Sylvanas, it might be pushing the envelope. I’d like him to just enable the Horde to sort out its own issues internally.
Wolfheart by Richard Knaak, right? I’ve read it. It was…pretty awful. I refuse to let Maiev’s bizarre characterization in that story ruin her for me. She literally saved the entire universe by killing Illidan. And she was right about Malfurion and Tyranduh being horrible leaders. She deserves another chance!
Except she didn’t. Illidan was going to bring down the Legion. I don’t think his demise saved an entire universe? Maybe some of the people of Outland.
She just delayed the inevitable, murdered people, basically got more of them killed on Broken Shore, lied to Mal (pretty sure she’s the one who said Tyrande was dead? I could be wrong.), and then backpedaled when she realized she needed the help of those she imprisoned.
Her and Jaina both need tossed I prison. But that’s just me.
Illidan’s redemption retcon is so weird to me. It felt bolted on as an afterthought. Also in Black Temple there are what seems to be Blood Elf concubines, I’m not so sure they’re there consensually.
How would I know? I wasn’t part of Azshara shoving her way into the world and pushing the trolls back way before the Sundering. And that wasn’t why she did it. She trolls didn’t like the growing power of the Kaldorei. They fought against it. Azshara fought back and pushed them out in their expansion of an empire. But you’re arguing something entirely different. And much much much older that wasn’t even for the same reasons.
Expanding territory and the trolls fought back and lost. Darkshore and Ashenvale weren’t expanding territory, but you got the same reaction in battle: fought back. Isn’t that what everyone does when faces with battle? They fight back. The wisps fought back. So I fail to understand.