Hello everyone !
I fell in love with the Draenei race ever since I’ve learned about World of Warcraft but as mentioned in my title, I’m fairly new to the game. Despite that, I’ve been willing to roleplay in this universe to be able to incarnate one of these beautiful space goat ! To do so, I’ve read a lot of things and listened to a couple videos. I’ve also played through some key part of the game to get my own point of view on what happens. I first picked an interest for WoW with the Legion expansion and I was thrilled to see so many things about the Draenei. I also played through the Warlord of Draenor since I was told it is focused on my race too…
Honestly, with all the lore I have gone through, I should just roll with a character and see where this is taking me but I guess something is bothering me. I don’t know if I will be able to get my answer but it will be nice to have other people point of view on this matter !
I don’t know how to hide my text to prevent spoiler so :
/!\ SPOILER ALERT
The Priest class is one of the few classes I enjoy playing in WoW and during the Legion expansion, they are gathered in the Netherlight temple where Light and Shadow live in a sort of balance. The Highpriest (us) is the embodiment of that balance, able to switch between light and shadow magic depending on the situation (depicted in different quests - recruitment of the last follower - and in our ability to switch from legendary weapon). This balance between light and shadow is again shown and necessary on Argus to defeat the Legion once and for all since Illidan refused to serve Xe’ra. We also learn that the Light can be as much oppressive as the Void with the campaign lead on alternate Draenor leading to the untainted Orcs to seek refuge in the Horde.
With this need of balance between Light and Shadow, I am wondering why the Shadow is seen as corruptive while the Light isn’t. Void Elves are a thing in the Alliance but I’m pretty sure many people are scared of them while they will see the Lightforged Draenei as saviors. With Stormwind having a Cathedral that is clearly Light oriented, I assume that the religion of the Light is something well spread on Azeroth. Since the people are used to the Light, I guess it kinda answers my question but isn’t there some force or group that should warn people about the risk of the Light ? Shouldn’t it be seen as corruptive like the Shadow ? I know that the Shadow drives people crazy quicker and it is much easier to swallow it as a bad energy than it is when we speak of the Light… But aren’t those two magic too similar (in a way) to start worrying about the balance of those energies ?
Because of this line of thought of mine, I’ve been wondering on how my character would react to this sad realisation. My race being taught by the Naaru the way of the Light, my character being gifted by this power, learning about Xe’ra’s destruction, seeing Velen accepting some concentrated Shadow magic to power the Netherlight crucible… And what about all those Broken ? Either on Draenor where my character first encounter them or back on Argus when we returned. They are part of my character’s race and family but they also can’t reach the Light at all. Following the path of the Light would mean abandonning them ?
/!\ SPOILER ENDS HERE
I don’t know if my long post is clear enough… I hope someone will be able to bring me some clarity on the relation between Light and Shadow.
Thank your for taking the time to read me.