The reproduction of Void Elves

[Maljinwo]

I mean Fel taint is genetic one assumes void is as well?

They a recipe for old god minions. Children with the whispers of the Void Lords in their heads.

"Oh look, the baby's gonna talk for the first time!"

"Ywaq ma shg'fhn"

[Voidwielder]

Blizzard has never seriously addressed the demographics of Azeroth so I doubt they'll do that for Meme Elves.

[KrakHed]

Adding to what I wrote later, I see the void elves more like a supernaturally-enhanced race than a mutation like green-skinned orcs. They are like the worgen or the lightforged: their condition is natural and does not pass to their offspring (thought it may taint the child in some ways).

Highmountain Tauren inherit the blessing of their Ancestors. Considering how physically mutated the Void Elves are, it's likely be hereditary. Being in a Void womb probably isn't going to be harmless to an ordinary baby either.

[DeicideUH]

Highmountain Tauren inherit the blessing of their Ancestors. Considering how physically mutated the Void Elves are, it's likely be hereditary. Being in a Void womb probably isn't going to be harmless to an ordinary baby either.

Highmountain tauren's blessing does not grant them superpowers of any kind. It's just a boon granted by a creature of nature.
Void elf condition seems to be supernatural to me, much like worgen curse or lightforging, both of which are not passed to offspring.

Of course, it'll all depend on how Blizzard decides to go forward, but to me it would make more sense for the void elves to not be a true "race" but a condition. Being able to turn other elves into void elves would be an easier way to explain how they replenish their numbers than natural reproduction, IMO.

[Arrashi]

Maybe they will be abducting and forcefully mutating high elves making it even less likely that high elves will ever be playable ?

[Obelisk Kai]

That's a very interesting question. What chance does a baby have of resisting the void? It takes a nearly impossible will to resist the whispers. That would be a sad fate, if void elves couldn't reproduce because all their children would inevitably crack before being able to learn how to resist.

I suppose more void elves could always be recruited from the blood and high elf populations but you basically give up the ability to have kids, unless their kids are for some reason whisperless (which didn't work for Deathwing's flight, so I'm not sure why it would work for the elves).

One day, many years from now, Blizzard maybe tempted to create a World of Warcraft 2 or some new property set in the Warcraft universe.

If they do so, the chances are high they will opt form some kind of timeskip, maybe one as long as several centuries, in order to put narrative distance between WoW and whatever comes after.

It is at that point, as the craft the history of Azeroth between WoW and this new time period, that the question of Void Elf reproduction will be properly dealt with.

My suspicion is that Void Elves will simply fade away, unable to reproduce safely, and that in the next iteration of Warcraft lore they will be a part of the past.

[Deleted]

when a Blood Elf and a Draenei love each other, you have something that only 14 year old Emos could enjoy

[Vargulf the Happy Husky]

Who can say?
For all we know the void has made them sterile.

Besides; you are talking like they have a culture and past that could be lost behind them, while they are actually just blood-elves who chose to munch on void...
It's easy to make a void elf:
- Take a random blood-elf
- Push void mana down his throat

could be an alliance spin on the bitch queen forcing undeath

[DeicideUH]

could be an alliance spin on the bitch queen forcing undeath

Now I'm torn apart. On one side, I'd hate it because it's a clear evil act and I don't want that shit on the Alliance.
On the other, I'd love to see the Horde players complaining about this, after seeing them defend Sylvanas doing the same thing for years.

[Maljinwo]

could be an alliance spin on the bitch queen forcing undeath

You mean a Windrunner being a bitch?
Shocking

[Friendlyimmolation]

That would be hilarious.

[yamix]

Assuming they aren't sterile and they end up living segregated enough to create their own culture, I would think the children would have some level of resistance to the energy itself, but may or may not be a little nutty.

Long term I would imagine being fully infused would be a coming of age ceremony of sorts, and that they are all a little nuts, but can tolerate it a bit better than the generation 0.

[Arrashi]

Now I'm torn apart. On one side, I'd hate it because it's a clear evil act and I don't want that shit on the Alliance.
On the other, I'd love to see the Horde players complaining about this, after seeing them defend Sylvanas doing the same thing for years.

The fun fact is that its nothing like what sylvanas is doing.

[Shibito]

could be an alliance spin on the bitch queen forcing undeath

Aww namecalling so cute.

[DeicideUH]

The fun fact is that its nothing like what sylvanas is doing.

Lol, keep telling yourself that.

[FelPlague]

If two Void Elves had a child, would the child be infused with the Void, or would they just be a normal High Elf? This is very important, this is vital, Void Elves need to reproduce, or they will fade away inevitably (and i'm sure no one wants that).

they are not their own race, they are a race that has taken on a power.
undead can grow without repoducing, so can void elves
just because they cant reproduce does not mean they will die out, as they were never born from reporducing in the first place.
Simply more void elves will be trained...

[Arrashi]

Lol, keep telling yourself that.

Lol, keep up that crappy fanfiction.

[Varodoc]

Simply more void elves will be trained...

And from where? From the Blood Elves? Considering Umbric and his people were exiled because of their studies in the field of the Void, that will never happen. From the High Elves, who preach and take great pride in their purity, so much so that they refused to follow the rest of their kin? Quite unlikely. They could possibly train other races into the Void, but then they wouldn't be 'Void Elves' anymore.

[Maljinwo]

And from where? From the Blood Elves? Considering Umbric and his people were exiled because of their studies in the field of the Void, that will never happen. From the High Elves, who preach and take great pride in their purity, so much so that they refused to follow the rest of their kin? Quite unlikely. They could possibly train other races into the Void, but then they wouldn't be 'Void Elves' anymore.

Kidnapping elves sounds interesting tho

[Tripzzz]

The fun fact is that its nothing like what sylvanas is doing.

Its exactly like what Slyvanus has done in the past(Andorhal) and what she plans to do in Stormwind. She says she will grow the ranks of the Forsaken one way or another and that all will eventually serve the horde. Why else would she have plans for Stormwind? Its not rocket science.

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Kidnapping elves sounds interesting tho

Or they conquer Quel'thalas and turn the Sunwell into a Voidwell. Turning many of the defenders into Void elves in the process, who then instantly join the Alliance.