It’s part of worldbuilding to consider the society created by its circumstances and how it reacts, adapts or even changes fundamentally from pressure. Material conditions can’t be ignored, not can cultural backlash.
Dragon headcanon time!
Proto-dragons are less common now then they were during the WotLK-era because of overhunting and enslavememt by (especially) the Horde but also a handful of other factions (looking at you, Argent Crusade).
Cenarion Circle introduced proto-dragons to Un’goro Crater in the hope of ensuring their survival. The Red and Bronze dragonflights keep an eye on proto-drake populations too, especially time-magic using bronze proto-drakes
While the Blue, Green and Black Dragonflights are dissolved, many of the surviving adult dragons that do not have a clutch of eggs to protect are seeking for a way to restore their fertility. Nonetheless many fear that there are too few green, black and bkue dragons left to actually restore their populations.
Drakonid and dragonspawn are not infertile, unlike their masters of the dragonflights. Many of the dragons look upon their lesser kin now as the future of dragonkind, and they have been given more freedom as a result hoping they lay more eggs to make up for the loss of “true” dragon eggs.
Because there are less dragons associated with the dissolved dragonflights around the world, the stormheim and nether dragons seem to be sighted more and more.
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Since when has the green flight been dissolved? Have I missed something?
Since the Emerald Nightmare raid in Legion iirc
Merithia, the daughter of Ysera, summoned green dragons to aid her, but wasn’t sure they would answer her.
She also stated there were so few Green dragons left that the flight was dissolved iirc.
Proto-dragons are also far more common outside of Northrend, where they are the reason many people have historically hunted and feared dragons - they are the stereotypical fantasy dragon that would swoop down a farmer’s herd of sheep. The Dragonflights and their aspects were barely known to exist outside of places like Dalaran and Quel’Thalas.
She’s very concerned about her ability to lead the Green Dragonflight in Ysera’s place.
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On the contrary
Half backed by lore half head-cannon
The dragon flights used to be less tolerant of mortals, so an individual blue dragon might have done the typical fantasy dragon routines, and mortals banded together to slay them.
in present day, while it is easy to forget with how integrated dragons have become with mortals, at least those of note such as the PC and the leaders of each faction, in the not so distant past, mortals were at best an annoyance even a red dragon wouldn’t mind killing to lighten up their mood.
This old school look still persist in some of the older dragons who have managed to survive.
It probably also didn’t help the red flights rep when they were under orc control and often times used to decimate alliance troops and ships.
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The God Emperor protects.
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That role is taken by Holy Regent Turalyon, supported and protected by legions of fanatically loyal space marine draenei eager to cast a harsh, purifying Light into all dark corners of the world.
In this context, the void elves actively fled Stormwind, hanging out in Dalaran or Telogrus. The de facto militaristic police state ruins their anarcho-whatever vibe.
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Headcanon: Elune is, in FFXIV terminology, a primal.
That is, she doesn’t have an existence independent from her worshipers, but rather the power of worship is what brings her into being, in a fashion. The things the night elves interpret as Elune’s divine intervention happen because they believe she should intervene in this specific way.
And her perceived nature can be affected by the outlook of her worshipers, which is how Elune shifted to a dark avatar of vengeance. Tyrande, in a way, summoned this darker Elune into being.
(“But Shadowlands shows…” What’s Shadowlands?)
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That actually would pretty cool honestly I’ve always liked the thought Elune was effectively just a Loa that the night elves continued to worship after their transformation by the well of eternity. I’m not sure if it’s even mentioned in the whitewolf RPG novels but I hope this is the route they eventually take I still remember a lot of night elf players being distraught when the writers were hinting at her being a Naaru.
Anyways, for my own I have two ideas bouncing around. The Drakkari are not officially extinct, in fact they probably have many of different splinter tribes dotted around the continent of Northrend vying for power after the fall of the Empire rather than just being wholly wiped out. The Drakkari state is officially defunct but perhaps some of the royal family still reside in Zuldazar in secret, biding their time.
Talanji is unpopular with the wider Zandalari public but tolerated by the ‘Zanchuli’ because of her late father and the position of weakness the Empire finds itself in, with a general emphasis on her lack of concern for Zandalari independence and the distinct indifference she shows troll kind in favour of appeasing Horde. I like to think that most Zandalari still essentially retain the ethnocentric, cultural mindset they once had with most generally just considering this a blip in Zandalari history while their Empire regains it’s strength.
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In this sense, they rightfully see the Horde as foreign invaders and a rival empire, exploiting the Zandalari moment of weakness to create a puppet state and use the Zandalari fleet and frankly preposterous gold reserve for the war effort. The Zandalari for their part have gained little and lost a revered god-king.
Speaking of gods, the new council is much reduced with a perceived lack of representatives of the great and mighty Loa and Bwonsamdi as the most revered makes some wonder if barbarian sacrificial rituals are coming back to feed this entity of Death. The memory of the death-loa reanimating fallen defenders of the city is fresh. If not a death cult on the model of Sylvanas’ Horde, Talanji is insufficiently reverent of the other Loa and while not, gods forbid, a secular ruler, she gambles with their favour and plays favourites.
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Azerite went inert after the fall of N’zoth and Azeroth being healed (forget about the sword) and the budding market of superpower inducing glowy powder collapsed immediately.
The enhanced gunpowder industry likewise folded, but the collapse struck sooner due to the main suppliers, Ashvane Company and literally every goblin experimenting with it met with disaster.
There’s still a business for azerite but it’s on par with the pandaren TCM™ equivalent mentioned earlier, sold as crystal therapy and bags of dust for “good luck”, popular with yoga moms all over Azeroth.
Actual medical professionals are of course fuming at even more of this quackery popping up.
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The First Ones are to Titans what the Void Lords are to Old Gods.
Sylvanas learned a lesson from this tale; to spend the strength of others toward her own ends. What was an inspiring act of bravery and humility was, in her mind, a lesson in cynical application of force and power.
From the sacrifice of fellow rangers during the scourging of Quel’Thalas, through her hunt for Arthas, the conquest of Lordaeron and her time as warchief, those below her were Arrows In Her Quiver.
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That is semi confirmed since the temple of Elune in Zin-Azshari is called Elun’alor. The Elune speculation has come a long way. From a floating chandelier to a 3d printed robot.
Well, “alor” probably means love as Alor’el is a plant called Lovers Leaf. So the temple could be translated to Elune’s Love, rather than being connected to some obscure troll thing. What does “alor” stand for in Zandali?
My guess would be either “Gold” or “City” since Dazar’alor is Zandalar’s capital.
Or not, may not be something that is a direct translation.
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It is probably a word that means some variant of ‘worship/love/shrine’ that has kept between the two species, because it is used in Zandali to refer to temples or other revered things in their culture
Jintha’alor in the Hinterlands is the Vilebranch capital, Mazra’alor in the now-plaguelands was a temple, Shadra’alor as another temple dedicated to Shadra, etc.
Dazar’alor refers to either the pyramid or the throne - Zuldazar is the city name
My take is that it means ‘for the love of’, love being used in the religious sense here. The proto-night elf trolls built a temple shrine to their loa who granted them arcane magic and mutated them into elves, and they kept the original name because they saw no reason to change it even as their language evolved from Zandali to what is now Darnassian.
[shrine specifically; ‘atal’ is the specific word for temples]
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What a funny name to call a dark troll 
That was the Well of Eternity’s doing, though.
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