Blood elves are a race of nobility. That is kind of their thing, isn’t it? They were called High elves until very recently (When you concider their long elven lifespans) - All of them are direct descendants of exiled highborne.
It alsways felt strange to me, seeing Thalassian characters calling themselves noble as a way to set them apart from the rest of Thalassian society.
Yes, there are different hierarchies within Quel’thalas, like the magisters for example.
And sure, your character could come from a wealthy and powerful house (Like the Windrunner house), and it’s easy to imagine that it would give you some privileges like in any society.
But here’s the thing: All high/blood elves are noble.
Like I said before, nobility is kind of their thing, as a race. It is literally how they define themselves as a people.
The whole noble =/= commoner idea is just… very wrong in my humble opinion. It’s a human concept that honestly feels… anti-Thalassian.
I’ve read so many backstories where the blood elf character was brought up as a “noble” in a wealthy house full of servants like footmen, cooks and lady maids who would brush their hair every morning.
I just can’t take it seriously.
In my mind, even the drunk thistlehead under the Silvermoon bridge is a “noble”, same as the blood elf “labourers” and innkeepers etc.
There would be little need for a peasant class anyway as much of the manual labour is administered through their use of magic and technology.
I always assumed the lords and ladies in Quel’thalas would be the magisters and other powerful individuals who have earned their place in society.
For example, I assume Lady Liandrin calls herself lady because of who she is with her position as the Blood Knight Matriarch, not because she might have been brought up in a specific house with banners.
–
Honestly, if my my blood elf meets other blood elves that call themselves noble and somehow makes a thing out it, I would ICly treat them like they’re crazy or something. “What do you mean you’re a noble? … As opposed to what? Aren’t we all? What the hell am I then, night elf lowborn?”
And OOCly, in my mind I just can’t help but think “Why on earth are you role playing a blood elf and not a human?”
They are a surviving, proud people who has been through the worst kind of tragedies with only 10% of them remaining. A magic elven society where each and everyone has direct noble lineage. You’d assume there be some sense of camaraderie with mutual respect and high regard between individuals, and not a human class system of aristocracy confined to a handful of elites.
