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Alleria Windrunner, the greatest hero of Silvermoon's past, but a hero of Silvermoon's people in past, present, and future.
When the orcish Horde destroyed Stormwind and was moving to conquer the entire Eastern Kingdoms, the snobbish Sunstrider dynasty and councilmen choose to ignore this threat and gave the human kingdoms' call for an Alliance only token support. It was only Alleria who realized the true danger these invaders posed to Quel'Thalas. It was Alleria who volunteered willingly and brought her own rangers to join in the fight.
After it became clear the orcs had allied with the elves' eternal enemies, the forest trolls, and were on their way to invade Quel'Thalas, it was Alliera who brought the Alliance armies, the allies her superiors scoffed at, with her to save her homeland. It was Alleria and her elves who raced back so fast that the human's mounts couldn't keep up. It was Alleria who threw a troll head at the arrogant King Anasterian's feet. Alleria forced the Council of Silvermoon to realize that the trolls and orcs were here, burning their forests and killing their people. It was because of Alleria's actions that her homeland was saved from being wiped out before her people even realized it.
Yet victory came at a great cost, for many high elves, including her own dear brother Lirath, had been slaughtered by the orcs along with so many of her other kin. Could their lives have been saved if her people had heeded Alleria's warning? While others were enjoying the prosperity of peace, Alleria dedicated all of her time to hunting the last of the orcs in order to avenge her murdered brethren and so no one else would share their fate.
And then, two years later, when the orcs were preparing to invade Azeroth once more, it was Alleria and her comrades who went to the dying planet of Draenor to stop the orcs from again invading other worlds. It was Alleria and her comrades who made the ultimate sacrifice by trapping themselves on a dying world, risking death or becoming stranded, so Azeroth would not be destroyed with it. And it would be Alleria and Turalyon who did battle with the Burning Legion for a thousand years, bringing safety to all those back on Azeroth. Her people in Quel'Thalas enjoyed years of peace through her sacrifices and had simply to enjoy them with the allies Alleria helped make.
They didn't listen.
Her own people turned against the allies that helped save Quel'Thalas and isolated themselves at a time when unity was needed more than ever to face a new threat. As a result they were unprepared for when the Scourge came to destroy them. Her sister Sylvanas, the Windrunner who Failed, was unable to warn Silvermoon of the impending invasion. Anasterian was killed under the weight of his own arrogance, and the Sunwell was destroyed.
It was in the years following the king's death and the prince's absence that a new power would arise in Silvermoon. The so-called Regent Lord Lor'themar sought to exploit his people's thirst for magic in order to cement his own position of power. Demanding that the elves siphon magic from living creatures like vampires, this would make them dependent and easy to control, like drug addicts to a dealer. The new Regent Lord quickly exiled his own people who would not sell themselves out, so as to further cement his position.
More drastic changes would soon be demanded of this new government. Lor'themar and his cronies would sell out their people's independence to both the Dark Lady Sylvanas and her Forsaken, the same monsters that slaughtered their people and destroyed Quel'Thalas, and to the orcish Horde, the same monsters who slaughtered their people, burned their forests, and would've destroyed Quel'Thalas if not for the Alliance. Sylvanas has previously allowed her own champion to slaughter her own former people without any care, and now Lor'themar entrusted the safety of all his people to her. This decision was not popular among the elves, but Lor'themar was not one to let his people's will get in the way of his ambitions. Magisters were sent throughout Silvermoon to mind control anyone who disagreed with his policies, effectively enslaving them.
The practice of siphoning would eventually be relaxed when the Sunwell was restored, but not by the blood elven leadership or their new Horde allies, but instead by the draenei of the Alliance. A shame the blood elves couldn't just ask their old allies for help in the first place, but of course that decision was taken away by Lor'themar himself.
Even Quel'Delar, the legendary blade of their people, tried to kill Lor'themar because it knew of the crimes and treason he committed.
When Alleria had finally returned to her homeland after the Legion's defeat, she had hoped that Silvermoon's now permanent new leadership would listen to reason and rejoin the Alliance. But once again, they did not listen. Why did they still not listen, after all the damage ignoring Alleria's wisdom has caused in the past? Lor'themar had firmly remained a puppet of Sylvanas and the Horde, refusing to serve his people's best interests.
Before leaving, Alleria requested to see the Sunwell one more time. The blood elven leaders, despite not restoring the Sunwell themselves, had been hesitant about sharing it with their high elven compatriots, but Alleria was allowed anyway. However, the Sunwell was different. It was not the same Sunwell of magic, which Silvermoon's leaders allowed to be destroyed, that Alleria had known. It was a Sunwell of the Light. The Light, the same force that decides people's destinies for them. Just as Lor'themar had allowed Sylvanas and the orcs to take control of Silvermoon's destiny. Like Silvermoon, the Sunwell is no longer meant for all of its people, for it is just a weak imitation meant only for those who first submit to Lor'themar's leadership. This is why it weakens at the presence of one who hasn't conformed. Nonetheless, it was still Alleria who closed the rift back up before being thanked with exile.
Soon after departing her homeland, Alleria discovered more of her people who had been exiled for studying the void. Yes, it was Lor'themar who had exiled his own people twice just to save his position of power. It was Lor'theman who sold out Silvermoon's independence to Sylvanas and the Horde. It was Lor'themar who further divided his own people in times of tragedy. But it was Alleria who did not abandon her people. It was Alleria who taught them how to control the void. It was Alleria who brought her people back home into the Alliance. It was Alleria who stopped this ceaseless division between high and blood elves, welcoming all kinds of her people seeking knowledge. It was Alleria who had always been an enemy to Silvermoon's leadership, the corrupt greedy bureaucrats who do not give a care about their own people. And it was always Alleria who was a hero to Silvermoon's people first, and will continue to be until it is the home for all of her people once again.
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