super duper darkspear, the OP is.
I think that Alleria has pretty good reasons to support either side, but I just feel she would be inclined to agree with Vereesa. By a small margin.
Maybe before Dalaran, I could see that. But, seriously, Vereesa should probably rate right up there with Dar'khan Drathir in terms of doing harm to non-combatant Sin'dorei now, and I can't imagine that Alleria would be... okay with all that. "What do you mean you rounded up, banished, or killed every one of our people in Dalaran with no evidence that any of them had actually done anything wrong?"
Regardless of how she feels about Blood Elves vs. High Elves, I imagine she'll be horrified about Sylvanas (and the Scourge's devastation of Silvermoon). Poor Alleria is in for a nasty shock.
It's an anachronism, the Blood Elves came into existence in the War3 expansion, whereas Alleria went missing after the War2 expansion.
Yeah I don't know how they're going to explain her existence away from Azeroth far from the Sunwell (that lore was all introduced long after War2), presumably feeding on fel energy.
To be totally accurate, after she left the Elves of Silvermoon split in three - Kael'thas' Blood Elves who went to outland, the playable Blood Elves who stayed behind, and the High Elves who were mostly in Dalaran at the time. It'll be interesting to see what Alleria makes of this and which side she chooses, if any.
I'm taking that into account, it would definitely be a point of contest, but not a dealbreaker IMO. Without the Purge there is barely anything active the high elves have done against the blood elves. This would make Alleria's choice more difficult, and that is a good thing.
I haven't exactly read much except the first post in this thread but was wondering what would be the next hero class/playeable race if burning legion was the next xpac and they decided to put one in, I know there's a bunch but i'm not that big into lore so don't know which would suit the xpac.
How about the bitter pill of the other, much more likely explanation? That she had to get by exactly the way the rest of her people did without it, that she has harvested mana from living organisms before, that she was not to proud to nom on some mana wyrms. I mean, even if Turalyon was trying to nurse her, she already is in every way a Blood Elf of the sort that the self-styled new "high elves" got in a snit over and left Quel'thalas. But retconning in a supply of vials (when she had no idea she was going to disappear for a generation or more) or conveniently having her always with a steady stream of magical artifacts... just can't do it.
I don't think she can "stay" on the Alliance side, since the Alliance she would return to is a) a bona fide enemy of Quel'thalas, and b) radically different in its make-up than the one she was an ally of (say high, Night Elves). I don't think she'd be immediately or implicitly hostile toward the Alliance, but I don't think she'd be best buds with them considering the laundry list of offenses against her people that actually kind of shame what the Orcs and Amani accomplished in the Second War.
It has been stated that rangers actually have it easier because they are not spellcasters and only absorbed ambien magic. Lor'themar is an example of this actually, he barely needed to consume fel crystals, and there's Vereesa as well. Sure it was hard for her, but it isn't stated that she used any palliative measures.
I actually think that the moment the high elves set foot on Draenor or maybe when the portal collapesed that they felt the pangs. They muct have chalked it up to the new world maybe, and since they were all string combatients I don't think death as an outcome was even a thing. It just seems that all the helves in outland just took it on stride.
Well, how would Alleria even know how to mana tap animals or humanoids? Blood elves only learned this technique from Rommath after his return from Outland.
And, Alleria's people are still technically on the Alliance (High elves). Her sister is also there, and Sylvanas is so much of a nut job that I don't think Alleria will try to change her ways. Also, the recent Blood elven/Troll attack on Theramore will probably make Alleria choose the Alliance side considering they just slaughtered a lot of High elves living there. Let's not forget her husband either; huge pro-Alliance hero.
Oh, I didn't know that! Thanks for the info! ^-^
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People keep forgetting that there are still very many high elves that are allied with the Alliance, INCLUDING HER SISTER VEREESA. :P
Probably the most fair thing to say is that the history of the elves has changed so much that it is hard to say with certainty that she will be Alliance-aligned, but I sincerely hope she is not neutral and certainly do not hope she chooses the Horde. I do not see any way that her aligning with the Horde being believable given her history with the orcs. The most I can see happening is that she is neutral towards blood elves but still hostile towards other Horde races.
As for managing any sort of magical addiction, I'd imagine that she'd handle it the same way every other high elf that is still around does, or found a new lightwell source. Who knows, perhaps she even found a cure for their addiction while she's been off doing whatever she's been doing.
Last edited by Celista; 2013-09-30 at 05:19 AM.
is everyone in here who is pro alleria being neutral to horde fucking forgetting allerian stronghold?
http://wowpedia.org/Allerian_Stronghold
all of her people were disgusted by the blood elves when they came through the dark portal and continued to side with the alliance even after finding out what happened.
what makes you think alleria whos own husband and son and sister and niece and nephew are still alliance would think differently?
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Well, some speculate that the Twisting Nether is the actual source of all arcane magic, so it wouldn't be too out of the ordinary for her to remain a High elf. Also, like an above poster said, non-magically classed High elves didn't suffer as much with their magical addiction.
Edit: Crap, didn't see that the thread was a year old.
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Mmmm, I don't think that's a fair assumption for several reasons. Allerian stronghold has been a multicultural alliance sided post for almost 2 decades, Alleria has been on her own for the same-ish amount of time.
Alleria didn't see what Kael'thas belves did in outland, if/when she returns, she will see them with the sunwell restored and them not sucking fel.
Even the high elves of Allerian stronghold have started pilgrimage to the renewed sunwell. Auric Sunchaser, the high elf leader of Allerian S. is now an ambassador there.
Indeed they are addicted to magic and chose to cope with it by stealing magical Draenei artifacts from Turem, to sate their hunger.
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It would be best if she is portrayed that way, neutral to her poeple hostile to the rest. It would be really cheap if she just got over her addiction to be honest, heck most high elves sated their hunger through alternate sources and a few of them through sheer willpower, she should have struggled with it for some time, before she learned to handle it properly in my opinion.
Last edited by Combatbutler; 2013-09-30 at 08:41 AM.
It's been years since they disappeared, and they've probably gone through quite a bit in that time. Couples don't always stay together. It's possible that during their adventures in the beyond they grew apart, or someone betrayed someone else, and we'll get a hero for each side. The expansion could be the story of their battle, and their reconciliation. All sorts of opportunities for drama.
That would be nicely complex, although I know it would disappoint the people who want a simple romantic story. I like my romances more complex.