High Elves are Blood elves

[Rhlor]

Ion doesn't know WTF he's talking about. While the Blood Elves have natural eye colors ranging from amber to blue to green, etc. (just picture the plethora of European eye colors), almost all of them - due to Fel radiation - have a green aura surrounding them. The only way that a Blood Elf will have a blue aura is if: a) the Sunwell purged all of the Fel taint and b) if the elf in question is heavily involved in the usage of the Arcane.

blood elves with blue eyes in the game

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Lanesh_the_Steelweaver

Teris Blightsunder

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Teris_Blightsunder

Sunreaver Captain

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Captain

Sunreaver Frosthand

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Frosthand

the sunreaver Assassin is a very special case not only appears in the purge of dalaran also appears in thunder island and his eyes are still blue
Sunreaver Assassin
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Assassin
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=68756/sun...delviewer:10+0
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=70045/sun...delviewer:10+0

astromancer darnarian

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Astromancer_Darnarian

[Sigxy]

blood elves with blue eyes in the game
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Lanesh_the_Steelweaver

Teris Blightsunder
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Teris_Blightsunder

Sunreaver Captain
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Captain

Sunreaver Frosthand
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Frosthand

the sunreaver Assassin is a very special case not only appears in the purge of dalaran also appears in thunder island and his eyes are still blue
Sunreaver Assassin
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Assassin
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=68756/sun...delviewer:10+0
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=70045/sun...delviewer:10+0

astromancer darnarian

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Astromancer_Darnarian

I know Blizzard mentioned at some point that they just messed up the models and they were supposed to be blood elves, but I think that was just the ones involved in the Dalaran stuff.. the rest, not sure.

[Deleted]

blood elves with blue eyes in the game

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Lanesh_the_Steelweaver

Teris Blightsunder

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Teris_Blightsunder

Sunreaver Captain

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Captain

Sunreaver Frosthand

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Frosthand

the sunreaver Assassin is a very special case not only appears in the purge of dalaran also appears in thunder island and his eyes are still blue
Sunreaver Assassin
https://wow.gamepedia.com/Sunreaver_Assassin
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=68756/sun...delviewer:10+0
http://www.wowhead.com/npc=70045/sun...delviewer:10+0

astromancer darnarian

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Astromancer_Darnarian

The Sunreavers during the Purge having blue eyes was confirmed as an oversight. I can assume that others are as well.

[Rhlor]

I know Blizzard mentioned at some point that they just messed up the models and they were supposed to be blood elves, but I think that was just the ones involved in the Dalaran stuff.. the rest, not sure.

sunreaver assassin not only appears in dalaran also in thunder island and blizzard did not correct the "bug". the eyes from one patch to the other remain blue

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The Sunreavers during the Purge having blue eyes was confirmed as an oversight. I can assume that others are as well.

sunreaver assassin not only appears in dalaran also in thunder island and blizzard did not correct the "bug". the eyes from one patch to the other remain blue

[Friendlyimmolation]

I know Blizzard mentioned at some point that they just messed up the models and they were supposed to be blood elves, but I think that was just the ones involved in the Dalaran stuff.. the rest, not sure.

For them it was, Lanesh the Steelweaver has been consistently portrayed with blue eyes however, along with some other npc, can't remember his name.

[Sigxy]

For them it was, Lanesh the Steelweaver has been consistently portrayed with blue eyes however, along with some other npc, can't remember his name.

So... baaasically that sounds like it really is just a political thing now with the High/Blood elves, rather than the fact that you kept away from the green stuff or not. Kinda like, well, "Stormwind Humans" or "Lordaeron Humans" - just that instead of "Quel'Thalas Elves" it's "Blood Elves".

I can dig that. I'm just wondering, how did Alleria manage ARGUS for so long and keep the blue eyes...

[Friendlyimmolation]

So... baaasically that sounds like it really is just a political thing now with the High/Blood elves, rather than the fact that you kept away from the green stuff or not. Kinda like, well, "Stormwind Humans" or "Lordaeron Humans" - just that instead of "Quel'Thalas Elves" it's "Blood Elves".

I can dig that. I'm just wondering, how did Alleria manage ARGUS for so long and keep the blue eyes...

Because if Alleria showed up with Green eyes people who had no idea who she was would call her a blood elf, and people who knew who she was would screech. (she does have natural green eyes in the lore though.)

And yea, its a political divide at this point..

[Rhlor]

For them it was, Lanesh the Steelweaver has been consistently portrayed with blue eyes however, along with some other npc, can't remember his name.

you can look at my previous post there I name the blood elves with blue eyes.

lanesh we see that he has blue eyes on Thunder Island and suramar

sunreaver assassine has blue eyes on dalaran and thunder island

[Deleted]

This whole argument really depends on how much yhe (then) High Elves were affected by the loss of the Sunwell and subsequent addiction to fel magic and how the High Elves who werent in Silvermoon were themselves (if at all) were affected by the same.

I think it is plausible that there could have been some, for lack of a better term, speciation due to the corruption, however Blizzard afaik has not confirmed that or how, on a wider scale, Fel magic corrupts.

[Rhlor]

This whole argument really depends on how much yhe (then) High Elves were affected by the loss of the Sunwell and subsequent addiction to fel magic and how the High Elves who werent in Silvermoon were themselves (if at all) were affected by the same.

I think it is plausible that there could have been some, for lack of a better term, speciation due to the corruption, however Blizzard afaik has not confirmed that or how, on a wider scale, Fel magic corrupts.

the director of wow confirmed that blood elves are high elves

[Andromedes]

Story writer confirmed that falstad is dead, until random red shirt guy with knowledge corrected him.. Jesse didnt correct Ion, because he is biased horde player without deep knowledge.

So... baaasically that sounds like it really is just a political thing now with the High/Blood elves, rather than the fact that you kept away from the green stuff or not. Kinda like, well, "Stormwind Humans" or "Lordaeron Humans" - just that instead of "Quel'Thalas Elves" it's "Blood Elves".

I can dig that. I'm just wondering, how did Alleria manage ARGUS for so long and keep the blue eyes...

While in reality she always had emerald eyes. Another oversight by blizz.

[Friendlyimmolation]

Story writer confirmed that falstad is dead, until random red shirt guy with knowledge corrected him.. Jesse didnt correct Ion, because he is biased horde player without deep knowledge.

No, the only thing that separates them is politics, that doesn’t make a different race, nor does it justify their playability again to the alliance


People are not owed high elves, and that feeling of entitlement, the ceaseless crying for the same damn race that has been on the horde for over ten years now is enough to drive anyone insane.


It doesn’t justify name calling, attack the argument, not the person

[Andromedes]

If wanting high elves as a race is entitlement, then wanting non hunched orcs is entitlement, wanting more customization is entitlement because people can live without it. Or does non hunched option cease to be entitlement in the moment players will get it?

[Traveler Voltin]

the eye bs is kind of useless now.
Lady liadrin is suppose to have golden eyes but doesnt.

[Graden]

If wanting high elves as a race is entitlement, then wanting non hunched orcs is entitlement, wanting more customization is entitlement because people can live without it. Or does non hunched option cease to be entitlement in the moment players will get it?

But...those things you mention are not comparable at all with the High Elf issue.

[Enlil]

All elves are just troll ancestors anyway.

[Andromedes]

We are speaking about entitlement.. What if blizzard never made option of non hunched orc.. Do you think forums wouldnt be flooded? Demanding that? For example they would say ''We are happy with orcs as they are, we dont feel they need to resemble humans by standing straight.. With this posture they are more menacing as they should look like''

[TriHard]

What I am confused about though, these elves are no longer "blood elves" as they've obviously cured their hunger for Arcane? (If that was the right element, can't remember if it was fel or Arcane)

Void Elves, Blood elves and high elves are all the same being, but the difference was ideology, right? I assume they just traded the hunger for arcane for void instead.

I really find this whole thing fascinating as that should eventually lead to something that can "cure" the blood elves for good, no?

[Rhlor]

What I am confused about though, these elves are no longer "blood elves" as they've obviously cured their hunger for Arcane? (If that was the right element, can't remember if it was fel or Arcane)

Void Elves, Blood elves and high elves are all the same being, but the difference was ideology, right? I assume they just traded the hunger for arcane for void instead.

I really find this whole thing fascinating as that should eventually lead to something that can "cure" the blood elves for good, no?

world of warcraft game directo Ion Hazzikostas say blood elves are high elves, the void elves are the new flavor

[Kathranis]

there are blood elves with blue eyes.

according to the director of wow the blood elves are high elves

Highmountain tauren are tauren with moose antlers.

Nightborne are night elves with ears that curve slightly upward.

Zandalari trolls are trolls that stand upright.

Lightforged draenei are draenei with golden eyes.

Dark dwarves are mountain dwarves with red eyes.

Void elves are blood elves with blue eyes.

Mag'har orcs are orcs with brown skin.

Hill dwarves are mountain dwarves with tattoos.

Hell, blood elves are just humans with pointy ears, green eyes, and long eyebrows, from a visual standpoint.

I could go on and on. Reducing an entire race to a single physical trait is kind of a shitty argument to make, especially when 4/6 of the Allied Races announced so far are more or less reskins of other existing races, and the other two are still pretty damn near identical from a physiological perspective. In other words, it's not at all a valid excuse for them to not become an Allied Race.

I'm not saying that there aren't valid reasonsfor Blizzard to choose against making them an Allied Race. Just saying that "blood elves with blue eyes" is a bullshit copout.