Since humans were created by the Titans and the Chronicle was written by the Titans, it’s clearly biased to make non-favourable races look worse for wear.
Human Potential has now been debunked.
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If you’re not a Tauren and you try to 1v1 me in an RP fight then you automatically lose. Sorry that’s just how it works.
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Akamito destroys foes with FACTS and LOGIC.
I wanna quote chronicles so hard, but they made it a point of view book.
Thanks Blizzard, I spend money on that 
I do not.
A, but a human can’t light a candle with magic without decades of practice, while a novice elf can.
So who wins now, huh?
How about the chronicles stating that the Titanforged ogre’s archmages are inferior to draenei mage students?
That’s how I RP anyway, unless I have something going for my characters (magic?) they will straight up lose a 1v1 against a tauren, worgen or other crazy-strong beastrace.
I mean, why would I ridiculously think my gnome (or elf and draenei) would stand a chance against a sentient bear, a bipedal wolf, a huge bullman etc?
Not the candle, as it’ll be utterly murdered by the human.
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Draenei are blessed by the Light, and the Light is greater than the Titans so clearly they know their place on the cosmic chart. Which probably means that all Light-related matters/people are overblown too.
I could even unironically believe that tbh.
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It’s one of the Mists of Pandaria short stories; i’d link it if i was at my laptop
Once upon a time, there used to be a very rare but reoccurring celestial phenomenon that causes the pigments used in night elves’ facial tattoos and markings to appear luminescent in moonlight for a few nights each couple of hundred years.
At some point in time, facial markings were more commonly worn by the lower class night elves before it became trendy amongst the highborne aswell. Highborne ink differed from the ink used by night elves, sometimes featuring a more permanent glow or shimmer by magical means or ingredients.
This celestial occurrence used to be celebrated as a “festival of glow” by the night elf population, until the festivities more or less got hijacked by the highborne with their more flaunting and superior magical appearances.
Despite being a noble, Kur’talos Ravencrest never attented the portentous mascarades and balls held by the upper caste. Although being of high rank, lord Ravencrest was still a night elf and “like most of the night elf populace, regarded the Highborne with suspicion and dislike”. Instead, at these times, he threw parties of his own at his ancestral fortress of Black Rook Hold, more commonly attended by the night elf commoners. The parties often featured expressive dancing in large groups, bright glowing body ink and loud instrumental music that had never been heard within the walls of Suramar. These festivities would in time come to be called rave parties in honor of it’s host, Ravencrest.
The End
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[groans in ten characters]
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I think it would be more that the Ogres aren’t “Titanforged” but rather the degenerate remnants of Titan creations that weren’t exactly sophisticated to begin with.
The core of Ogre nature is brute strength, and so their best mages are simply the best at throwing raw power about. For Draenei on the other hand, at least based on what we see from the Eredar magic school in Mac’Aree, there’s a lot of study and theory, a great emphasis on problem-solving and skill, so even a student would be able to contend with Ogre mages.
At least, that’s my theory. It’s like how Orcs can fight Ogres because they’re smaller and nimbler, Draenei Mages would be able to “outskill” the Ogres.
The signs you weave with your hands when casting arcane spells are actually the incantation of the spell in sign language, allowing deaf mages to understand what’s going on without audio cues.
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That’s not what I personally believe, but it’s a creative idea!
Here’s my own headcanon on the same subject:
The words and gestures that activate a spell (verbal and somatic components in D&D terminology) are chosen by the caster beforehand as part of the mentally demanding process of preparing the spell. They act as a sort of shorthand name, identifying this particular spell among all the different spells the caster can cast at that moment. And they have to be picked with respect to conflicting requirements:
- The verbal and somatic components of different spells need to all be distinct from each other, so you don’t accidentally cast the wrong spell.
- They need to be short enough that they can be performed in the heat of battle.
- They can’t be something common enough that you will end up performing them by accident — you don’t want to cast Fireball every time you say “fireball” in a conversation!
One consequence of this is the practice of picking up obscure languages for verbal components. If a spell is keyed to the caster saying “fireball” in Draconic, then saying “fireball” in Common won’t cause an unnecessary build-up of magical energy.
Unlimited poweeeer!!!
In their disciplined self control, monks are Jedi and warriors are Sith. Let the hate flow through you…
Draenei are/were the greatest mages in the cosmos. Creatures like humans and elves just steal the show by playing the home field with the ley lines.
Headcanon-wise, titan made races like humans have an edge with the arcane and draenei are talbuks uplifted by Argus before he was tortured into nihilistic insanity.
Now I picture some upstart punk mages tossing fireballs via insults and obscene gestures.
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Some headcanon on the Bleeding Hollow:
Bleeding Hollow orcs initially used the primitive weaponry they’re known for because of their isolation from the other clans and lack of access to resources and technology, but there are also reasons for the Bleeding Hollow to continue their use of objectively inferior weapons.
One practical reason for this is to intimidate the enemy; there’s just something frightening about being ambushed by a hulking bone-clad savage with confidence and rage that more than makes up for his or her lack of modern weaponry and armor.
However, there’s also a cultural reason for this continuity. Much like their infamous chieftain Kilrogg himself, the Bleeding Hollow as a clan have a strong sense of destiny. They die only when that fatal, preordained moment has come - not before, not any later. So, why bother with wearing a solid suit of iron and wielding a sharp blade of steel? If they are destined to win, they will emerge victorious. If they are not, so be it: they embrace their moment of death gleefully and with great pride.
Some headcanon on Lightforged Draenei, the Light and the Void:
Lightforged Draenei are virtually immune to the Void and its maddening whispers. Why? The Lightforged are already " insane", for just like how the Void drives someone mad with the truths and lies - the countless possibilities - of the Void, its polar opposite essentially drives someone mad with what we see as faith: a blind belief in that immutable divine force which we call the Holy Light, their one singular truth. As the Lightforged have been both physically and mentally reshaped by the Light, they are an even more extreme example of this, for they have become unable to not believe in the Light and its ideals.
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Interesting piece on the Lightforged, however what about the Lightforged Death Knights?
The Zandalari pursue a lesser science called Elfology, focused on study of the history, culture and magic associated with the different elf breeds for diplomatic, magical as well as military uses.
Really it started as a joke Teejo told some elves, but it is too amusing not to make it a thing and really makes too much sense when you consider troll-elf history.
And they still keep getting their behinds whooped by whatever Elf-flavour of the month… So sad 
But I wouldn’t mind this; would be fun if the Zandalari Arcanitals(or whatever these discount Magi are being called) are actually an sad attempt to copy the Highborne 
Hah, the Arcanital existed before the Highborne, and the High elves actually stole some of the trolls magic from them, and they couldn’t figure out why they couldn’t copy it.
Where did you get that information from? Could you source it? I want to read about it:scream:
Which part?