
Originally Posted by
FlubberPuddy
Dude, I already said this to someone else, the new Chronicles has came out and further differentiated the High Elves and Blood Elves, even makes mentions of how the High Elves didn't feel the pangs as bad as Blood Elves did, and how Blood Elves magic siphoning changed their "mind, body, and soul" look at the 3 things there. All of it is imparting that there's more differences to Blood Elves and High Elves now than previous lore made it seem like except you and some other High Elf dissenters keep trying to stick to older lore.
There core identities already are differentiated in-game, Elisande even points out this disntinction. High Elves intermingled w/Humans, their culture is wholly different, they do not have Elven sprawling cities like Blood Elves, they left that behind, even though they miss it. They keep to lodges instead, there's a greater presence of them using meditation/willpower instead to deal with their withdrawal rather than how Blood Elves just went all-in finding new sources of magic.
And you don't know where the Silver Covenant came from, we know that a split occurred between the Blood Elves and High Elves, doesn't matter that they made the choice when it wasn't tested. Not all Blood Elves are specifically those who almost died with Kael until the Naga helped either, so I don't understand that point.
Nah you see, when asking specifically for High Elves, those are the groups that had ideological differences with Blood Elves. You keep saying small numbers but again this has been retconned with Chronicles showing that all citizens of Dalaran were removed with just a few left to defend it before it got destroyed. Chronicles Vol3 has set it up so that there can be more population for High Elves than previous lore.
You don't need to believe anything because you sound as if your mind is already made up. "How am I supposed to believe" simple they've been portrayed in the game that way and have stayed portrayed in the game that way, if you've been playing for over a year you would most likely know who the High Elves are, unless the Horde side of things just never has them come up at all or you're someone that doesn't pay attention to lore like some and think all elves are the same. Even in Legion the Quel'dorei were specifically called out.