Official High Elf Discussion Megathread

[Varodoc]

This should have been in the game since 2017 btw. Since back in 2017 they already showed biologically pure Elves delving in the study of the Void, and becoming Children of the Void themselves. So you should have always had the option to play a Ren'dorei who biologically is a pure elf (High elf).

I also think you should have the option to play an Undead elf by the way...

[Trumpcat]

Still hope they add some sensible lore "closure" to the High Elf problem, a few lines of dialogue at least, doesn't even have to be voiced. It feels like you're emulating a High Elf with the new customization options, but the game hardly provided actual information as to the status of the High Elves of the Alliance. At best we are doing some guesses based on the presence of unnamed high elf npcs in the Rift.

Blizzard writers could have easily solved this.
"Alleria returns and the Alliance High Elves join her, she teaches them the ways of the dark side." Done.
But the lore doesn't tell that, by all accounts the High Elves of the Alliance remain there as a small unplayable sub faction. The fact that the writers haven't solved the lore one way or another doesn't mean they are stupid, but that they don't want to close the High Elf page for whatever reasons. Maybe they want to use them in future, maybe just keep some tabs open. Either way it's Blizzard that should provide the lore, not us coming up with convoluted fan fiction.

In my head canon my Void Elf is a High Elf who never left the Alliance and who joined Alleria when she came back, she offered to teach him and others who are interested void stuff and he got some voidy radiation in the rift.

[Varodoc]

Canonically your "High elf" is one of the Quel'dorei scholars who travelled to Telogrus Rift, became Ren'dorei (Children of the Void), and began studying the Void. For the sake of salvation. For the sake of saving the world. This is the easiest and canonical route, and explains why the High elf would become infused with a Void state in combat, and is capable of tearing open rifts in the Void. It also makes the most sense because it explains why the High elf would start in Telogrus Rift as opposed to Stormwind or Dalaran (they went there to study the Void).

You can RP your "High elf" as a member of the Silver Covenant or Highvale elves or Kirin Tor if you choose to. Simply set your TRP3 profile that way. TRP3 exists for a reason.

Alternatively you can also RP your character as a Void elf who can revert to their Fair skin, like I do with my Main and like Alleria has been doing since 2017. But in that case it would biologically be a Void elf and not a pure High elf (like Alleria herself, who is biologically a Void elf, and not a pure High elf).

These are your 3 options, it's pretty straightforward.

[Syegfryed]

So a blood elf demon hunter is still a blood elf but a high elf with void powers isn't a high elf.

yes, because they don't just "have void powers" this is dumbiing down their state of mutation, and i said the problem with void elves as they either are, but still in the same race for gameplay purposed or not because they didn't reach that point yet

Accept it anti helfers You lost, as high elves are playable on both sides

This is something that always amused me. As someone who always were around those kind of topics. Few months ago HE was never a playable option, despite hard confirmations from the game and the devs that blood elves were HE, as they just change name, that was always ignored. But now that a race of void mutated elves got white skin and blonde hair they are indeed HE, despite the race and even species of elf straight up being different

And once i said they would prob give void elves white skin and blonde hair for roleplay purposes and be done with it, i got shit because "look" and "appearance" was not what matters, but lore, as people wanted the silver covenant elves or whatever, a mere skin and hair color was not good enough, they would have have to add an entire new race again.

But now i got those same people that say "what matters is lore" ignoring the lore of the race, a new race of elves, because just apparence, something i always said to Obeliskkai in the days of past, what a ride this was.

So you should have always had the option to play a Ren'dorei who biologically is a pure elf (High elf).
.

Who Was, yes, cause once you became "void elf" you no longer are "pure", i know this is the key part that drive people in those topics nuts, cause it would be a sin or blasphemy to taint their pure white and blonde elves, but its the lore guys, they changed, that is awesome, bury that bs lore that was never a big thing and forge a new one.

Canonically your "High elf" is one of the Quel'dorei scholars who travelled to Telogrus Rift, became Ren'dorei (Children of the Void), and began studying the Void. For the sake of salvation. For the sake of saving the world. This is the easiest and canonical route, and explains why the High elf would become infused with a Void state in combat, and is capable of tearing open rifts in the Void. It also makes the most sense because it explains why the High elf would start in Telogrus Rift as opposed to Stormwind or Dalaran (they went there to study the Void).

You can RP your "High elf" as a member of the Silver Covenant or Highvale elves or Kirin Tor if you choose to. Simply set your TRP3 profile that way. TRP3 exists for a reason.

Alternatively you can also RP your character as a Void elf who can revert to their Fair skin, like I do with my Main and like Alleria has been doing since 2017. But in that case it would biologically be a Void elf and not a pure High elf (like Alleria herself, who is biologically a Void elf, and not a pure High elf).

These are your 3 options, it's pretty straightforward.

And you don't even need more, this is a RPG, is a roleplaying game, you don't need every little detail spelled out, you can be literally any thallasian elf that was changed/mutated by the void, be from silver covenant or from outland, you can even pick blood elf organizations, there is no limitation

the asinine thing isto believe you are "still the pure elf who didn't change/mutate, because that would ruin the lotr fantasy, you just use the magic", (if you rly want to rp that, sure go for it, but that is simple not the canon/truth), come on, race is so much better now with a clear identity and an antagonist view of blood elves and the alliance aesthetic in general.

[ravenmoon]

If your coming back to WoW, might I suggest you wait for 9.1.5 instead of now?

There's no point in coming back in 9.1.

Yeh. That was the plan.

[Yarathir]

Canonically your "High elf" is one of the Quel'dorei scholars who travelled to Telogrus Rift, became Ren'dorei (Children of the Void), and began studying the Void. For the sake of salvation. For the sake of saving the world. This is the easiest and canonical route, and explains why the High elf would become infused with a Void state in combat, and is capable of tearing open rifts in the Void. It also makes the most sense because it explains why the High elf would start in Telogrus Rift as opposed to Stormwind or Dalaran (they went there to study the Void).

You can RP your "High elf" as a member of the Silver Covenant or Highvale elves or Kirin Tor if you choose to. Simply set your TRP3 profile that way. TRP3 exists for a reason.

Alternatively you can also RP your character as a Void elf who can revert to their Fair skin, like I do with my Main and like Alleria has been doing since 2017. But in that case it would biologically be a Void elf and not a pure High elf (like Alleria herself, who is biologically a Void elf, and not a pure High elf).

These are your 3 options, it's pretty straightforward.

This is honestly the route I've been going for Void Elves and High Elves.

The purple, betentacled Void Elves anyone plays are all from the Void Elf introduction scenario, similar to how all past and current Worgen characters, at least until Shadowlands, were pigeonholed to be from their starting zone events. So if you're playing a blueberry, your character was caught up in that ritual that changed them.

If you play a High Elf character, your character is one of the Wayfarers in the rift being taught by the "OG" Void Elves, and as a result, they can briefly infuse themselves with void powers (Entropic Embrace) but are otherwise normal, similar to a Shadow Priest.

[Tanaria]

Yeh. That was the plan.

Might have to try and get yourself that new purple tempest set from the Legion Timewalking.

I suspect you've got a Night Elf Mage, so I imagine it would look grand on him/her

[Yarathir]

Might have to try and get yourself that new purple tempest set from the Legion Timewalking.

I suspect you've got a Night Elf Mage, so I imagine it would look grand on him/her

That purple tempest sets looks like it would be good for Draenei, too.

[elbleuet]

yes, because they don't just "have void powers" this is dumbiing down their state of mutation, and i said the problem with void elves as they either are, but still in the same race for gameplay purposed or not because they didn't reach that point yet

Are you suggesting that this thing hasn't mutated from its orginal, blood elf state ?

This is something that always amused me. As someone who always were around those kind of topics. Few months ago HE was never a playable option, despite hard confirmations from the game and the devs that blood elves were HE, as they just change name, that was always ignored. But now that a race of void mutated elves got white skin and blonde hair they are indeed HE, despite the race and even species of elf straight up being different

Yeah because you know what ? Blood & High elves rejoining the void elves is canon. Purple elves with tentacles were the original void elves created by accident. Now we're basically playing High & blood elves who agreed to follow Alleria's teachings.

Blood elves are High elves in certain ways but not officially since they renamed themselves into Sin'dorei. High elves are a group of thalassian elves stayed loyal to the Alliance. That's not that complicated to understand.

But now i got those same people that say "what matters is lore" ignoring the lore of the race, a new race of elves, because just apparence, something i always said to Obeliskkai in the days of past, what a ride this was.

Things have changed since the introduction of void elves. Now what we're playing - among the other void elves - are these elves :

Who Was, yes, cause once you became "void elf" you no longer are "pure", i know this is the key part that drive people in those topics nuts, cause it would be a sin or blasphemy to taint their pure white and blonde elves, but its the lore guys, they changed, that is awesome, bury that bs lore that was never a big thing and forge a new one.

That's your own definition of what it means to be high elf.

Anyways, it's already hard for you to see all those blond haired and blue eyed elves hanging around Stormwind and fighting for the Alliance. Recognizing them as High elves sounds like wasted effort.

If you want to keep on seeing them as void elf, so be it I have nothing against that.

[Tanaria]

That purple tempest sets looks like it would be good for Draenei, too.

That's true.

I don't think it would suit my Blood Elf Mage (the lady in the profile picture), but Night Elves and Draenei...maybe Void Elves, although I think Void Elves would suit the new Priest set.

[Yarathir]

That's true.

I don't think it would suit my Blood Elf Mage (the lady in the profile picture), but Night Elves and Draenei...maybe Void Elves, although I think Void Elves would suit the new Priest set.

Man, that new Priest set is some good food for Void Elves.

(I'm still upset about Priest T21 Elite recolor being gone forever..)

[Tanaria]

Man, that new Priest set is some good food for Void Elves.

(I'm still upset about Priest T21 Elite recolor being gone forever..)

Those new sets seem to be made for the alliance races.

I haven't seen one that really jumps out of at me, where I can say "Oh that will look good on Blood Elves."
Maybe the Warlock one...but that's just a dark red version of the original ToS normal set.

[Syegfryed]

Are you suggesting that this thing hasn't mutated from its orginal, blood elf state ?

it is permanent? no, they revert back, and i literally said to you both options, if they are or not and explained the scenarios, but yeah, expected.from someone like you to ignore

Yeah because you know what ? Blood & High elves rejoining the void elves is canon. Purple elves with tentacles were the original void elves created by accident. Now we're basically playing High & blood elves who agreed to follow Alleria's teachings.

yeah, blood and high elves joined the void elves and became void elves, they mutated, that is the canon, not that they are elves using the magic like a shadow priest, that is a made up thing for RP.

Blood elves are High elves in certain ways but not officially since they renamed themselves into Sin'dorei.

they literally are, officially, as "high elf" is the race of elves that evolved from the night elves. Renaming don't chang your race, like daeneis who are still eredar.

High elves are a group of thalassian elves stayed loyal to the Alliance. That's not that complicated to understand.

That is something made up in those echo chambers, High elf was always the race of elves evolved from the night elves, period, the rest is a made up headcanon to validate this nonsense.

Things have changed since the introduction of void elves. Now what we're playing - among the other void elves - are these elves :

they didn't rly change, this just show that other elves got mutated as well

That's your own definition of what it means to be high elf.

No, that is blizzard definition of what a high elf is, a race of elves that evolved from the night elves, that is canon in warcraft, the rest is made up shenanigans.

Anyways, it's already hard for you to see all those blond haired and blue eyed elves hanging around Stormwind and fighting for the Alliance. Recognizing them as High elves sounds like wasted effort.

Why would it be? its like you think i spend much time stormwind , and that isn't rly hard, like i said, is amusing, it completely prove my point over the years that people gaive two shits about lore but about appearance, be a blonde. white, pure elf - legolas/lotr style- what i feel is vindication.

If you want to keep on seeing them as void elf, so be it I have nothing against that.

i mean, is what they are, its the race and the lore, if you want to play pretend and ignore everything else, you can totally go for it, as anyone can rp and/or larp what they want, i even said it was what they would do, give then the colors so peopel could rp, and not introduce a new race.

[Varodoc]

By the way, since Blood elves got blue eyes, Void elves should get green eyes. Especially since there were also SIN'DOREI scholars studying the Void in Telogrus Rift:





So you should also be able to play a Ren'dorei who is biologically a Fel-infused elf, who escaped from Silvermoon AFTER they heard of what happened to Alleria and Umbric, just saying.

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And as a side note, is there any doubt that this is the perfect race? No other race has these many potential RP backgrounds and stories. You can be a Ren'dorei who was part of Magister Umbric's group and was transformed by the Void. You can be a Ren'dorei who biologically is a High elf, coming from the Silver Covenant, the Kirin Tor, or maybe the Allerian Expedition, or a simple scholar who travelled to Telogrus Rift in search of knowledge, or maybe to be reunited with a loved one (maybe your uncle/dad/mom/etc. was exiled with Umbric and you haven't seen him in years). Or theoretically you can also be a Ren'dorei who biologically is a Blood elf (when green eyes become available), who heard of what happened with Magister Umbric and his people, and chose to travel to Telogrus Rift and join them for the sake of knowledge, defying the Theron government.

This is the perfect race from a RP standpoint too, there is no doubt now.

[elbleuet]

it is permanent? no, they revert back, and i literally said to you both options, if they are or not and explained the scenarios, but yeah, expected.from someone like you to ignore

Some changes are permanent like the horns and the fel eyes for some. So yeah they mutated in some ways but are still considered as blood elves.

yeah, blood and high elves joined the void elves and became void elves, they mutated, that is the canon, not that they are elves using the magic like a shadow priest, that is a made up thing for RP.

Where's your source for that buddy ?

I'm still seeing "HIGH ELF WAYFARER" in that pic.

they literally are, officially, as "high elf" is the race of elves that evolved from the night elves. Renaming don't chang your race, like daeneis who are still eredar.

No. Elf is the race. High elf is the group.

Wether you are a blood elf or a night elf, you'll still be an elf. That's where you're utterly wrong in your reasonning.

Kaldorei ... queldorei...sindorei...rendorei... You get it ?

No, that is blizzard definition of what a high elf is, a race of elves that evolved from the night elves, that is canon in warcraft, the rest is made up shenanigans.

A ren'dorei also evolved from the Night elves you know. What's your point ?

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And as a side note, is there any doubt that this is the perfect race? No other race has these many potential RP backgrounds and stories. You can be a Ren'dorei who was part of Magister Umbric's group and was transformed by the Void. You can be a Ren'dorei who biologically is a High elf, coming from the Silver Covenant, the Kirin Tor, or maybe the Allerian Expedition, or a simple scholar who travelled to Telogrus Rift in search of knowledge, or maybe to be reunited with a loved one (maybe your uncle/dad/mom/etc. was exiled with Umbric and you haven't seen him in years). Or theoretically you can also be a Ren'dorei who biologically is a Blood elf (when green eyes become available), who heard of what happened with Magister Umbric and his people, and chose to travel to Telogrus Rift and join them for the sake of knowledge, defying the Theron government.

This is the perfect race from a RP standpoint too, there is no doubt now.

Agreed. The lore behind the void elf is incredible. The blood elves look bland compared to the void elves since we can play both in the Alliance.

My High elf will be a Theramore soldier who travelled to Dalaran and then Kul'Tiras with Jaina.

[Syegfryed]

Some changes are permanent like the horns and the fel eyes for some. So yeah they mutated in some ways but are still considered as blood elves.

Like i explained, word by word, is either not a permanent change, and thy could revert back or, they are indeed another race, but by gameplay mechanics are put in the same race because they are tied to the class, trying to say is the same case for the void elf is a false equivalence

Where's your source for that buddy ?

I'm still seeing "HIGH ELF WAYFARER" in that pic.

your character having white skin and blonde hair but still spells out void elf, and have void elf racials is the proof that you are a elf mutated by the void energies

No. Elf is the race. High elf is the group.

"and what is the source of that buddy?"

Wether you are a blood elf or a night elf, you'll still be an elf. That's where you're utterly wrong in your reasonning.

Lmao, you just made that up, that is straight up a headcanon, there is different races of elves, by this nonsense you are saying a void elf is a night elf too "because they are all elves" this is completely absurd..

A ren'dorei also evolved from the Night elves you know. What's your point ?

a rendorei evolved from the high elves, who evolved from night elves, that is something you are ignoring.

By the way, since Blood elves got blue eyes, Void elves should get green eyes. Especially since there were also SIN'DOREI scholars studying the Void in Telogrus Rift:

No, it would not, the moment they mutate their eye color would change to void-ish colors like blue and purple. Like it change when blood elves use arcane and light.

void elves are saturate of void magic, it would overcome the fel/light and other low energies.

And rly, let something for blood elves, you already have everything else and the void options, unless youw ant to give up void optiosn for then too.

[Tanaria]

Blood Elves need their own core features that aren't shared with the other races.
That is green and golden eyes.
That's Silvermoon.

Blood Elves are one of the greatest races in Azeroth - they shouldn't lose core features like their main eye colours and their capital city and nation, to other races - especially those on the Alliance.

[ravenmoon]

Might have to try and get yourself that new purple tempest set from the Legion Timewalking.

I suspect you've got a Night Elf Mage, so I imagine it would look grand on him/her

I have got a NElf Mage, but will advance my void elf Mage and either my Nightborne or Blood elf Mage instead.

usually it depends on what outfit looks best on the race and gender.

I and my friends tend to run with 4 toons since BFA

1 night elf, 1 void elf, 1 Nightborne and 1 blood elf. Shadowlands was perfect with 4 covenants to continue that trend. I typically have one of each elven race in many of the classes. Mage Ofc I have 4, damn annoying only NElves can be druids. Frustrated and annoys me no end. Like Blizz forget half the time nature love and forests is part of all elves. Half of the time you see it reflected and then other times it’s just swallowed up in light and arcane.

Thalassians loved Quel’thalas because of the forests and woods. It’s a huge part nature. They just didn’t pursue Druidism. Probably because hatred over expulsion (post TBC narrative) or lack of stewardship (cut off from Malfurion and none of the expelled would
have been druids. As we know highborne who became druids stayed in Kalimdor as some of them have returned to Mage.

I am waiting for them to expand the Mage fantasies of the void elves and advance the story of the Kaldorei highborne.

but I’m enjoying playing my Nightborne. New male customisation have made making a Nightborne male I like far more appealing. And I’m considering switching around some class genders.

intry to have 1 male and 1 female of Thalassians or night elves. And I split them between my void/blood elves and Night/borne elves.

Example: If I have a male Nightborne warlock, I’ve got male NElf caster covered. I would then find either a female nightbelf or Nightborne , a male void elf of blood elf caster and then a female void elf or blood elf caster.

so in each cluster group I have.

1 male night caster animation covered (whether Kaldorei or shal’dorei)

2. Male Thalassian caster animation covered (whether blood or void)

3 Female caster night covered

etc

Also do for
dual wield glances, 1H and 2H
dagger wield
1H and sword
2H
druid
warlock(b/c it had the most unique caster animations)

I make sure I have one male and one female for each of the above as Thalassians and Night elves. So I have flexibility between void and blood as well as night elf and Nightborne

[The-Shan]

yes, because they don't just "have void powers" this is dumbiing down their state of mutation, and i said the problem with void elves as they either are, but still in the same race for gameplay purposed or not because they didn't reach that point yet



This is something that always amused me. As someone who always were around those kind of topics. Few months ago HE was never a playable option, despite hard confirmations from the game and the devs that blood elves were HE, as they just change name, that was always ignored. But now that a race of void mutated elves got white skin and blonde hair they are indeed HE, despite the race and even species of elf straight up being different

And once i said they would prob give void elves white skin and blonde hair for roleplay purposes and be done with it, i got shit because "look" and "appearance" was not what matters, but lore, as people wanted the silver covenant elves or whatever, a mere skin and hair color was not good enough, they would have have to add an entire new race again.

But now i got those same people that say "what matters is lore" ignoring the lore of the race, a new race of elves, because just apparence, something i always said to Obeliskkai in the days of past, what a ride this was.



Who Was, yes, cause once you became "void elf" you no longer are "pure", i know this is the key part that drive people in those topics nuts, cause it would be a sin or blasphemy to taint their pure white and blonde elves, but its the lore guys, they changed, that is awesome, bury that bs lore that was never a big thing and forge a new one.



And you don't even need more, this is a RPG, is a roleplaying game, you don't need every little detail spelled out, you can be literally any thallasian elf that was changed/mutated by the void, be from silver covenant or from outland, you can even pick blood elf organizations, there is no limitation

the asinine thing isto believe you are "still the pure elf who didn't change/mutate, because that would ruin the lotr fantasy, you just use the magic", (if you rly want to rp that, sure go for it, but that is simple not the canon/truth), come on, race is so much better now with a clear identity and an antagonist view of blood elves and the alliance aesthetic in general.

gameplay-wise they are still void elves.

Fantasy-wise, you can canonically be a high elf. Steve Danuser said that it doesan't break canon for the player to consider their character a high elf in-universe, which should be the end of this discussion.



People don't have the same narrow view of race as we have, especially with Thalassian elves it seems to be a very fluid thing, an expression of tradition and politics. A void elf character can say "I am a High Elf" and not be wrong.

[elbleuet]

Like i explained, word by word, is either not a permanent change, and thy could revert back or, they are indeed another race, but by gameplay mechanics are put in the same race because they are tied to the class, trying to say is the same case for the void elf is a false equivalence

So gameplay when that doesn't fit you and lore when that fits you ?

your character having white skin and blonde hair but still spells out void elf, and have void elf racials is the proof that you are a elf mutated by the void energies

When creating a Bronzebeard dwarf you can be a Wildhammer shaman despite having Bronzebeard racials. Your point ?

You perfectly know Blizzard is too lazy to create new racials/name options just for high elf. They even gave us blood elf reused colors instead of creating new ones specially for the void elves. So why bringing it up as an argurment ?

"and what is the source of that buddy?"

This one buddy.

https://wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Elf

You're just playing a group of elf. Nothing more.

Lmao, you just made that up, that is straight up a headcanon, there is different races of elves, by this nonsense you are saying a void elf is a night elf too "because they are all elves" this is completely absurd..

A void elf can't be a night elf since ... you know... they're not part of the same group.

a rendorei evolved from the high elves, who evolved from night elves, that is something you are ignoring.

A high elf mastering the void is still a high elf.

void elves are saturate of void magic, it would overcome the fel/light and other low energies.

So a light infused blood elf such as Liadrin with golden eyes is no longer a blood elf ?