Originally Posted by
Lorca
From a lore point of view, we don't really know now what a Void Elf is; before they got the option to get the fair skin, it was clear that they were somehow corrupted by the void and thus they had the blue-ish skins. But now, we don't know what's the difference between them and a Blood Elf or a High Elf if they are fair skinned. Are they just High Elves, Blood Elves that control the void and therefore have different racials, as something that anyone can learn, even, let's say, a Gnome? Or are they mutated -genetically altered- High Elves or Blood Elves but less affected by the void than the ones with blue-ish skins? If not, what's the difference between a purple skinned one and a fair skinned one? How do they become a Void Elf and what makes them a Void Elf and not a Blood Elf or a High Elf? Alleria's process to become a "Void Elf" -does she ever call that herself?- is different to the one the playable Void Elves suffer, basically because they don't absorb any Naaru.
I mean, if they just give all the customization options that Blood Elves have to the Void Elves -and that's something that a lot of people here is asking for- then it would be unfair to the Blood Elves, as they will lose their uniqueness and receive nothing from the Void Elves. In any case, we still don't know what Void Elves will get in the end -apart from the fair skin tones and the eye color- so this is all speculation. If they decided to give blonde hair to the Void Elves, then it would have been easier to make "Alliance High Elves" an allied race and not Void Elves. Imho, they shouldn't get blonde hair options, and keep the blue, purple, black, grey and white. Because if not, they'll be Blood Elves but with more customization options, which will be unfair first for the Blood Elves and second for the rest of the races.