I would just confirm that they dominate the Elune scene, the Well of Eternity scene and the Emerald Dream/World tree scene. We just haven’t seen much of the former two. Only the latter two, but the books and wc3 story have the Well of Eternity at the centre, and Elune has always been there.
We are now seeing a lot more of Elune in the night elves, which is good, I’d love to see Elune worshippers amongst the Worgen, Void elves (after seeing the Night warrior power), and maybe the Highmountain Tauren druid sect as we know the Mulgore Tauren are an An’she thing. Also it should be all the Nightborne too.
Horde Playerbase Also A Part of the Kaldorei
The Night elves are too big and important to be restricted to one faction, it nerfs the scope of the race, but also halves the potential playerbase reach for a group that originally appealed to both factions before their inclusion into one faction. So I think this is very important to involve the horde in the night elves here too, sot hat night elf stories continue to touch the entire night elf community on both factions. Which is also why they need to hurry up and expand the Arcan’dor lore and introduce Nightborne druids, especially balance druids, and expand that spec’s lore with Nightborne coming into it through the Valewalkers which is the major storyline for them. It was never good that Night elf stories be perceived as “alliance” lore when in WC3 they were not fixed to those factions but their own. but since wow has two player factions having them in both can help bring more stories.
More Cool Part of Night Elves to Show
They also haven’t shown us how incredible the Well of Eternity can be or the good things the night elves did or can do with it. I’d like to see that at some point to. it’s in the books but not the game. Suramar is an example but it’s shown a dangerous and corrupting power with a night elven society in a state similar to when the legion first invaded.
What we want is to see what they were like before Azshara got so reckless and addiction and arrogance seeped it, when it was truly at it’s best. We also haven’t seen them use that power to help themselves either which the y need for sure, so it would be nice to see a chapter for the Shen’dralar’s new Highborne caste to develop some wonders and the Moonguard kick some ***.
It is fitting this should be shown through the night elves too, so players know this side of the night elves has not been replaced by the arrival of the nightborne, likewise it is important the Nightborne take time to show a bit more of the Priesthood of Elune signifying how the priesthood operates in a kaldorei civilization and the balance druids to, which the Nightborne learn, to emphasise their kaldorei identity and roots, so they’re not just perceived as night elven looking blood elves, as actually nightborne , their own kaldorei race with their Elune version and druid version, which is their emphasis.
The difference between the two is emphasis. For the night elves, you will see Well of Eternity arcane wonder, not corruption, and how the Highborne have been restored to the true nobility they originally were in a kaldorei city. For the Nightborne you see temple priest version of the Order of Elune i.e. more casters(where the night elves show fighters and hunters), and on the druid side a balance druid emphasis and lore (where the night elves we’ve seen a lot more resto and guardian/feral. Off course the Nightborne still have arcane magic and civilization, and the night elves still have caster priests and balance druids… it’s just that the portrayal of these things or a side of these things is split that way between them.
TLDR Visualisation Targets
it’s done this way to nail down the Nightborne identity, so horde players do feel part of the night elf world through the nightborne and will feel all those night elf books relate to them, for the Illidari stories, we already see the blood elves directly involved, so they can already feel apart of this.
It is also done to to show the majestic side of the kaldorei in the playable night elves themselves, so that while the main focus is hard faced sentinels and druids, you do have this wondrous side still alive , the majestic side from which we saw places like Suramar emerge. It will also help players connect the night elves themselves strongly with high elves, blood elves and nightborne as seeing it with night elven models shows you this is where this aspect of the elves comes from. Its important this is seen in game and not read in texts. you have to have more for night elves than old ruins and devastated forests. They have to have some really nice things. It doesn’t need to be an empire or sprawling civilization, but they need something.
Fixing the Disconnect
Currently there is too much of a disconnect between night elves and other elves that was never intended, with the feeling that they just have nothing in common with the others, rather than have gone past the others being the originals who kept their integrity amidst all the changes forced to make. so it is very important you clearly see the arcane elf in the night elf, and the caster temple priest in them, even if the majority showings are sentinels, demon hunters and druids.
