Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[Kyriani]

Oh yah! I will see if I can load the PTR on WoWmodelViewer when I have some time to play around!

You're amazing! Thanks for even taking the time to look at it! I love looking at your art on your social media and the stuff you do with the wow models so we can see potential possibilities is really appreciated!

[Luck4]

You're amazing! Thanks for even taking the time to look at it! I love looking at your art on your social media and the stuff you do with the wow models so we can see potential possibilities is really appreciated!

Me too, most of the time I only came here to check the awesome artwork from him and other passionate fans.

It's really amazing!

[Beloren]

Oh yah! I will see if I can load the PTR on WoWmodelViewer when I have some time to play around!

Would be interesting to see blood elves with the night elf beard options, would be nice to see what my toon could look like with a proper decent sized elven beard.

[Kyriani]

Would be interesting to see blood elves with the night elf beard options, would be nice to see what my toon could look like with a proper decent sized elven beard.

I'd like to see this too! Honestly, I really hope for more proliferation of options between races regardless of faction. I'm not saying they have to be straight up copies, but at least in the same style ya know?

[Varx]

You know, now that velves got helf options, it could be used as a spring board to either get Sanlyan or undead elves to the horde. I think it's only fair seeing as how velves got "pure" options, belves should get "corrupted" options too.

Perhaps the sunreavers or some belf group could do some shenanigans in Revendrath and unlock sanlyan for players. Similar to how players can unlock black eyes for nelves.

[Vaedan]

You know, now that velves got helf options, it could be used as a spring board to either get Sanlyan or undead elves to the horde. I think it's only fair seeing as how velves got "pure" options, belves should get "corrupted" options too.

Perhaps the sunreavers or some belf group could do some shenanigans in Revendrath and unlock sanlyan for players. Similar to how players can unlock black eyes for nelves.

There don't have to be any shenanigans in Revendreth to unlock san'layn or undead dark ranger customizations for blood elves. Dark Rangers are part of the Horde since Forsaken joined the faction and San'layn joined the Horde in BfA. It's right that the Alliance killed the leader and presumably all forces he had, I would not be suprised to find out there are more Horde aligned san'layn... or whatever remains of them in Icecrown could just finaly decide to throw their lot with the Horde once they saw their boss kicked by Sylvanas pretty hard. The thing is, there are strong ties of those groups to both Forsaken and Sin'dorei, so it is logical to expand on that and there is no need to unlock it, it is already in game for long time, just not playable.

Night Warrior power was on the other hand completely new feature for night elves, previously unknown to them and not represented in any way in their society. In that case, I find it reasonable to have unlock scenario.

Would be interesting to see blood elves with the night elf beard options, would be nice to see what my toon could look like with a proper decent sized elven beard.

To be honest, I would like to see night elves and humans getting proper long beard option from dwarves. Night elves getting long beard could finaly allow us for proper archdruid fantasy, bearded humans would give us proper archmage feel. I also guess long bearded Kul Tirans could be the closet thing to Vrykul we could get, so now I want that as well

[Varx]

There don't have to be any shenanigans inn Revendreth to unlcok san'layn or undead dark ranger customizations for blood elves. Dark Rangers are part of the Horde since Forsaken joined the faction and San'layn joined the Horde in BfA. It's right that the Alliance killed the leader and presumably all forces he had, I would not be suprised to find out there are more Horde aligned san'layn... or whatever remains of them in Icecrown could just finaly decide to throw their lot with the Horde once they saw their boss kicked by Sylvanas pretty hard. The thing is, there are strong ties of those groups to both Forsaken and Sin'dorei, so it is logical to expand on that and there is no need to unlock it, it is already in game for long time, just not playable.

Night Warrior power was on the other hand completely new feature for night elves, previously unknown to them and not represented in any way in their society. In that case, I find it reasonable to have unlock scenario.

Dark Rangers, sure, but the Sanlyan, I doubt it. Most of them were wiped out during Wrath and the BFA alliance war campaign probably finished them off. Having a new story line in Revendreth would explain why a portion of silvermoon elves suddenly look like vampires. Revendreth is the perfect tool for that.

[Vaedan]

Dark Rangers, sure, but the Sanlyan, I doubt it. Most of them were wiped out during Wrath and the BFA alliance war campaign probably finished them off. Having a new story line in Revendreth would explain why a portion of silvermoon elves suddenly look like vampires. Revendreth is the perfect tool for that.

Well, as far as I know, san'layn are in fact just undead elves. As a group, they have no special powers which makes them any special. They acted as some kind of aristocracy among the Scourge, giving orders and overseeing Scourge's interests, or scheming in shadows. Sure, they delved heavily into blood magic, but so do death knights... if you look on the san'layn in game, they just use regular undead textures. Venthyr on the other hand are something completely different.

[Ardenaso]

There don't have to be any shenanigans in Revendreth to unlock san'layn or undead dark ranger customizations for blood elves. Dark Rangers are part of the Horde since Forsaken joined the faction and San'layn joined the Horde in BfA. It's right that the Alliance killed the leader and presumably all forces he had, I would not be suprised to find out there are more Horde aligned san'layn... or whatever remains of them in Icecrown could just finaly decide to throw their lot with the Horde once they saw their boss kicked by Sylvanas pretty hard. The thing is, there are strong ties of those groups to both Forsaken and Sin'dorei, so it is logical to expand on that and there is no need to unlock it, it is already in game for long time, just not playable.

the Mawsworn has resurrected Lana'thel, hopefully some more San'layn too and they join the Horde if they get freed

[Vaedan]

the Mawsworn has resurrected Lana'thel, hopefully some more San'layn too and they join the Horde if they get freed

I would like to see them reunited with Kael. I wonder what how would they react to him, since they died as they followed him and Illidan to Northrend to destroy Lich King...

[MyWholeLifeIsThunder]

You're amazing! Thanks for even taking the time to look at it! I love looking at your art on your social media and the stuff you do with the wow models so we can see potential possibilities is really appreciated!

Thank you! So far don't know how to load the PTR on WMV, but will try to look it up XD!

Would be interesting to see blood elves with the night elf beard options, would be nice to see what my toon could look like with a proper decent sized elven beard.

Will try if I get it running!

[Wired-Lain]

You also don’t have access to golden eyes representing the blood Knight strain, and no lore exists to confirm high elf Priests and Paladins can gain golden eyes even if the Sunwell is back up. This can only mean the green and gold glows are exclusively blood elf just as the silver and purple glow are exclusively void elf

Arator has gold eyes and theres a blood elf in Nazjatar with them who is neither a priest or a paladin. All Thalassian Elves (barring void elves) are connected to the sunwell which is passively feeding them arcane/light.

[Beloren]

Arator has gold eyes and theres a blood elf in Nazjatar with them who is neither a priest or a paladin. All Thalassian Elves (barring void elves) are connected to the sunwell which is passively feeding them arcane/light.

Possibly, but there are oother explanations.

Green eyes may have been his original natural colour, or it was just that because all blood elf models had it.

Gold eyes transition is because his daddy has enabled him to connect to the light at lightforged levels, so he is in effect a Lightforged Half elf, perhaps the only one atm.

saying that, we must entertain the possibility he can train other high elves and half elves to tthat level, but are they able to reach it? lightforged is not something just anyone can become.

The fact that he is the only also heavily suggests that is definitely an exception not the rule, maybe we should check some silver covenant paladins in Northrend to see if they swapped in golden eyes.

[Wired-Lain]

Possibly, but there are oother explanations.

Green eyes may have been his original natural colour, or it was just that because all blood elf models had it.

Gold eyes transition is because his daddy has enabled him to connect to the light at lightforged levels, so he is in effect a Lightforged Half elf, perhaps the only one atm.

saying that, we must entertain the possibility he can train other high elves and half elves to tthat level, but are they able to reach it? lightforged is not something just anyone can become.

The fact that he is the only also heavily suggests that is definitely an exception not the rule, maybe we should check some silver covenant paladins in Northrend to see if they swapped in golden eyes.

I very much doubt theres any lightforging going on, it was just a retroactive update since gold eyes became available and he was a (fairly) important paladin character. They didn't go back and touch up any blood elf paladins from yesteryear besides Liadrin, blizz doesn't really care that much.

For example these guys from Legion still have green, while their BFA counterparts have gold because they were introduced after the asset was officially available.

The Sunwell is connected to them whether they like it or not, to the point where Kael had to destroy it to stop it poisoning them. Since its feeding them all a steady diet of light/arcane, it just depends what they tap into more.

High Elf paladins are pretty rare to begin with though so I doubt you'll find much in the way of npcs in general. Logically it makes sense that high elves are probably cropping up with gold eyes, largely the priests and paladins but as shown in Nazjatar it can be anyone. The reason it wasn't given is I guess blizzard doesn't want to compromise the void elves too much with stuff that doesn't make sense. Normal skin tones, arcane blue eyes can just as easily be a regular high elf as it could be an alleria style void elf. But gold is explicitly at odds with the void.

[Ardenaso]

High Elf paladins are pretty rare to begin with though so I doubt you'll find much in the way of npcs in general.

the only confirmed pre-Blood Knight High Elf paladin is currently Horde

[Wired-Lain]

the only confirmed pre-Blood Knight High Elf paladin is currently Horde

IIRC currently its just the Dalaran trainer, the random troops you can recruit in the order hall (but I don't know if they're still a thing) and Arator.

[Vaedan]

Possibly, but there are oother explanations.

Green eyes may have been his original natural colour, or it was just that because all blood elf models had it.

Gold eyes transition is because his daddy has enabled him to connect to the light at lightforged levels, so he is in effect a Lightforged Half elf, perhaps the only one atm.

saying that, we must entertain the possibility he can train other high elves and half elves to tthat level, but are they able to reach it? lightforged is not something just anyone can become.

The fact that he is the only also heavily suggests that is definitely an exception not the rule, maybe we should check some silver covenant paladins in Northrend to see if they swapped in golden eyes.

Alleria was described to have natural green eyes long before elves begin to meddle with Fel. If elven eye color display the what power source they are tapping into, it is logical for Farstriders, who use (or at least used to) nature magics to some degree have green eyes... not fel green, but natural green.

I also think lightforging can be applied to basicly any race. Turalyon himself is a human with signs of lightforging. As shown in lightforge draenei recruiting scenario, the most important factor during lightforging is your willpower and faith, both of these traits are typical for draenei, so they make natural fit for lightforging. I guess if some elves went through the lightforging ritual, they could succeed and become lightforged.

[Beloren]

Alleria was described to have natural green eyes long before elves begin to meddle with Fel. If elven eye color display the what power source they are tapping into, it is logical for Farstriders, who use (or at least used to) nature magics to some degree have green eyes... not fel green, but natural green.

I also think lightforging can be applied to basicly any race. Turalyon himself is a human with signs of lightforging. As shown in lightforge draenei recruiting scenario, the most important factor during lightforging is your willpower and faith, both of these traits are typical for draenei, so they make natural fit for lightforging. I guess if some elves went through the lightforging ritual, they could succeed and become lightforged.

Hmm, which means the blue colour must be the physical evidence of her void enhancement, cos when we meet her in Argus, she has blue eyes, but she's already been void training a lot by that point.

I didn't know she originally had green eyes.

Did they officially explain the eye colour change?

Speculation Bonanza
And yes, I think Lightforging can happen to any race, but I don't think just anyone can do it, according to the Lightforged quest thing, it isn't an easy process at all, and even holier than thou Draenei aren't all able to achieve it. Turalyon seems to have a special destiny, which means he had that potential in him , from birth, cosmically chosen as such. I'm only guessing here, but Lightforging would be very difficult and very rare, and most would never be able to achieve it even if they're very pious.

I can assume Turalyon as Lightforge is quite the exception, he doesn't have golden glowy eyes - Thalassian have that colour because of the Light magic, so they've gone a stage further, but as elves they probably react more to magic than other races do, so they adapt physical signs sooner, but it could also mean there capacity and reach in magical areas is also far greater which is why they are affected physically, despite other races able to wield the magics just as well for combat purposes. This also hasn't been clarified.

I would assume blood elves with golden eyes have undergone something similar, and it's not exactly tied to being a priest or paladin, more some sort of virtue related inner strength and then will power to endure an acceleration of the light. Perhaps in the blood elves case it's far more easily attained because of the Sunwell's light half, an doso in them it's not an indication of special light selection or anything like that.

Seeing they are also from night elves and night elves have these golden eyes, the Light effect of the Sunwell could have healed or reconnected something in them that produces this colour too and it's a gene they already have from their night elven roots, one that is light related, nature can also trigger it, but not in the way we thought, it was actually the love and devotion to nature that triggered more golden eyes, making love and devotion the real trigger nt nature, nature was just the vehicle that allowed the love and devotion to grow to the extent required to trigger some golden eyes in night elves.

Anyway, the eye article in early wow is de-canonised - it is no longer canon lore. I noticed Malfurion had emerald dream green eyes in Legion, this is far more appropriate for nature users than golden eyes. It seemed a bit silly to change golden eyes from being a mark of destiny (not fully understood) to suddenly being nature related because Malfurion was the writers' pet or Metzen's pet.

Hopefully they'll fix their inconsistencies soon.

[Vaedan]

Hmm, which means the blue colour must be the physical evidence of her void enhancement, cos when we meet her in Argus, she has blue eyes, but she's already been void training a lot by that point.

I didn't know she originally had green eyes.

Did they officially explain the eye colour change?

Speculation Bonanza
And yes, I think Lightforging can happen to any race, but I don't think just anyone can do it, according to the Lightforged quest thing, it isn't an easy process at all, and even holier than thou Draenei aren't all able to achieve it. Turalyon seems to have a special destiny, which means he had that potential in him , from birth, cosmically chosen as such. I'm only guessing here, but Lightforging would be very difficult and very rare, and most would never be able to achieve it even if they're very pious.

I can assume Turalyon as Lightforge is quite the exception, he doesn't have golden glowy eyes - Thalassian have that colour because of the Light magic, so they've gone a stage further, but as elves they probably react more to magic than other races do, so they adapt physical signs sooner, but it could also mean there capacity and reach in magical areas is also far greater which is why they are affected physically, despite other races able to wield the magics just as well for combat purposes. This also hasn't been clarified.

I would assume blood elves with golden eyes have undergone something similar, and it's not exactly tied to being a priest or paladin, more some sort of virtue related inner strength and then will power to endure an acceleration of the light. Perhaps in the blood elves case it's far more easily attained because of the Sunwell's light half, an doso in them it's not an indication of special light selection or anything like that.

Seeing they are also from night elves and night elves have these golden eyes, the Light effect of the Sunwell could have healed or reconnected something in them that produces this colour too and it's a gene they already have from their night elven roots, one that is light related, nature can also trigger it, but not in the way we thought, it was actually the love and devotion to nature that triggered more golden eyes, making love and devotion the real trigger nt nature, nature was just the vehicle that allowed the love and devotion to grow to the extent required to trigger some golden eyes in night elves.

Anyway, the eye article in early wow is de-canonised - it is no longer canon lore. I noticed Malfurion had emerald dream green eyes in Legion, this is far more appropriate for nature users than golden eyes. It seemed a bit silly to change golden eyes from being a mark of destiny (not fully understood) to suddenly being nature related because Malfurion was the writers' pet or Metzen's pet.

Hopefully they'll fix their inconsistencies soon.

Alleria's green eyes are mentioned in Tides of Darkness. I don't think her having blue eyes was explained then, or if her former green eyes were just retconned. I think it is just minor detail. I think they went with blue eyes purely to label her as high elf and not mistake her with a blood elf to begin with, but your explanation that it could be caused by a void is logical.

I think blood elves having gold eyes is the direct result of Sunwell's energies, which is now infused by the Light as well. Since all elves are connected spiritually to Sunwell, I think that Light energies radiates through them because of it and it is manifested by golden glow in their eyes. It is similar to fel green eyes elves got while they used Fel Crystals around Silvermoon. I'm not sure if I would call it lightforging... perhaps it is just small portion of what lightforging means. Lightforged draenei display Naaru tatoos, permanent Gift of the Naaru and all of them are able to call upon powers of the Light and when they die, Light erupts from their body. The only sign similar to that on blood elves are golden eyes, they lack all other signs of lightforging.

I'm sure that if some blood elf, like Lady Liadrin, endure trials of lightforging, she can become proper Lightforged elf.

[FlubberPuddy]

the only confirmed pre-Blood Knight High Elf paladin is currently Horde

There were others in the Silver Hand, Mehlar is just noted because he was Uther's apprentice.

"A few were members of the Silver Hand, such as Mehlar Dawnblade, while others belonged to the high elven Royal Guard."

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Paladin_races

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IIRC currently its just the Dalaran trainer, the random troops you can recruit in the order hall (but I don't know if they're still a thing) and Arator.

Yeah the random troops in Paladin Order Hall means they're common enough. It's not possible to check anymore though because Blizzard deactivated that specific Order Hall perk across all Order Halls. But here's a photo of them during Legion.