Nightshot of:
https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...ide-Nordrassil
They may be on the horde, but it isn’t their “rightful” place, nor is it the “rightful” place of the Blood elves.
But for all the things they’ve done in game, both Blood elf and Nightborne deserve to be on the horde, and they can stay there.
I have far more respect for the courage of the High elves and the decision of the Highborne and void elves to ally with their right minded people on the alliance (i.e. the Night elves and High elves). My highest respect goes for the Darnassian Kaldorei - the true elven stars, who opposed the Legion from the get go, whose efforts resulted in its first ever defeat, who bravely even set aside their very powerful and loved magic for as long as 10k years to keep the demons away, (you don’t realise what a sacrifice that was to a kaldorei) then sacrificed their immortality and lives again to prevent the second invasion succeeding.
Since then they’ve been stalwart defenders of life and what’s right, they chose mercy and acceptance when the Shen’dralar Highborne, now free of corruption and addiction were prepared to play ball and do the right thing. Accepted them back for who they are, and let them lead the way on kaldorei magical affairs like in pre-sundering times, trusting their kin, in an extraordinary act of reconciliation.
Continued risking and spending their lives to save us, extended mercy to the very orcs who had rampaged across their homes in Cataclysm on blood crazed conquest, yet supported mercy and a war tribunal. When Azeroth was under threat by the iron horde, the Night elves sent representatives, mages, druids, priests, the Warden Cordanna.
They fought valiantly against the Legion’s final assault, stepped in and did all they could to save their former city and kin who’d become Nightborne due to over addiction, risking their lives again for the same people who had sealed up their mutual home city leaving them to die at the hands of the demons in the first war, refusing to lend the power of the newly created nightwell, but these guys stepped in anyway to help their former kin and former home city - and how do the Nightborne repay that sacrifice, jump into bed with the elves and faction who hate them and very nearly totally wiped them out.
They’ve been grossly going from one hardship and stress to another, they haven’t had a break, always giving of themselves. And when the alliance wouldn’t send soldiers to help reclaim Darkshore against the very horde army that had nearly wiped their faction out, they still sent soldiers to help in the War against Dazar’alor
Makes me wonder if blizzard realised how incredible they’ve made this guys and whether they realise how much hardship they’ve written them through - they’re due a massive windfall and as fan, Suramar is one of the least things they can do, Nightborne and horde don’t deserve it - let the original citizens return, let them get their immortality back, let them get powerful using their Well of Eternity and World tree - let it be up and up for the Night elves now.
You can have the Nightborne who chose to follow people like the Sin’dorei and the Forsaken, not even holding council or enquiring of their bros, or consider the impact such a relationship and affliation would have on not just the Darnassian faction but the other racial kaldorei like the valewalkers, Dreamers and priests from Val’Sharah who’d been helping them and the Moonguard. Because Tyrande wasn’t fawning over them, and didn’t approach them as quickly as Liadrin to ask for allegiance - they made such a monumental decision. Pffft
Yeh, for making such decision, the Nightborne deserve the horde, and they don’t deserve to be comfortable in Suramar again while those who’ve paid the price for 10k years and are still paying, are out homeless after doing everything to save, help and keep the world safe.
If there is any justice, the least the Shal’dorei can do is welcome the Darnassians back home regardless of what the horde say, the very lest, and if they refuse, they should lose Suramar.