Alleria is back in the spotlight, though, so Arator might get an updated model as well. Alodi, on the other hand… I fully expect the current crop of writers to say “Who?”
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He got a short story focus before TWW where he’s living in Silvermoon, he’s definitely showing up in Midnight, and so probably getting a new model to boot.
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I should probably point out that this may well be the more logical answer, I am just deploying the weapons grade Jaded Snark for this.
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As of Shadowlands, the updated guard dialogue in Stormwind still shows that people hate dark magic as the norm. Although there’s no laws currently prohibiting its use in Stormwind, the Guard “kindly” asks you to rethink your life choices.
pre-Shadowlands, the Guard used to crap their pants when you asked for directions to the warlock trainers, because they assassinated a House of Nobles member for trying to draft legislation to ban them.
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Gods, we were strong then…
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Elan Felbaggano will really turn his life around after encountering Obi-Guard Kenobi.
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Give me something for the pain and let me die!
Sadly, I cannot help as healthstones taste like pain.
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Why does this read so much like fan fiction?
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Because it’s a summarization written by a fan (presumably) American, the book is likely not written in the same manner. One could hope, at least.
I guess you’d have to read a book to find out.
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To save all of you, I ordered the book!
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Sure, I got that. But it feels so… bland and safe? Everyone’s getting a good time and struggles are a thing of the past. Lor’themar can just sail into sight of Borales, heck even just sail into the port itself, with a warship and flying colours and no one cares? No warnings shots? A few drinks is all it takes to win everyone over.
How can Thalyssra just casually revisit Nazjatar when it’s returned to the sea? Did she build a submarine?
I don’t know, seems the writers just wanted to write cool stuff.
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I’m yet to read anything cool that came from this book.
Not to be that guy in particular, but it is important to note that the Blood Elf “fel identity” was extremely short-lived from beginning to end both OOC and IC, it really only lasted 2/2,673 years of Quel’Thalas’ existence as a State and the Elves as a people. It would be weirder for them to continue trying to grasp at straws to keep it going if we’re being honest, given that its a 2-year necessity trying to out-do 2,673 years of established magical dominance via the Arcane and Light (which have now became even more cemented in Thalassian identity with the Sunwell as a font of both Arcane and Light).
People could probably argue in circles for eternity over whether any of this is actually an objectively “good” story, but it is the hand we’ve been dealt. Frankly, its always a lot weirder to me to see people clinging to a 20-year old identity that hasn’t existed since mid-TBC nowadays than it is to see Light/Arcane Belves simply because Arcane/Light Belves have existed almost 5x as long now as TBC Belves and its probably what 85% of people know Belves as now.
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I tap the Warcraft Encyclopedia once again;
“Even so, the prince’s relatively quick acceptance of dire measures (e.g., draining magic from demons) is by no means characteristic of blood elves in general. The blood elves of Outland have by now discovered Kael’thas’ agreement with Illidan, and they have for the most part become convinced of its necessity. Most blood elves still live on Azeroth, though. Few of these elves know of Kael’thas’ pact with Illidan, and many would be horrified if they discovered it. Draining magic from small mana-bearing vermin is a far cry from draining magic from demons.”
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And per Blood of the Highborne, when Rommath discovered the truth behind the fel crystals, he ordered their immediate removal. He was kept in the dark about it (because of how he’d react) and he didn’t like that one bit.
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Agreed, from the summarization just alone does seem to land on the safe side of these new fluff-details of the world of Azeroth.
Lor’themar sailing into Boralus in a Horde ship, flying the Horde flag without at least one rotten fruit or protest does seem a bit tone-deaf on the writer’s behalf.
But I think the summarization is likely a lot of small context clues that explain the scene a little better, such as your mention of Thalryssra visiting Nazjatar and how she does it. For all we know she could just be scrying from her boat above the general area.
The summarization also paints Lor’themar as ‘stupid enough’ to visit Brennadam, is it painted as a mistake / general ignorance on Lor’themars behalf or does he visit because he is a Leader of the Horde and he wants to pay his respects or show remorse and then came to regret his choice seeing the horror still afflicting the people in Stormsong?
I personally hope its the latter as opposed to the former cause that’d just be a bastardization of Lor’themars character. He’s not that stupid.
But we simply don’t have the context so while the summarization is neat, hold it at arm’s length till you read the page yourself, either by buying it or the pages leaking fully.
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Figuratively speaking.
“It’s totally clean, renewable energy, nothing evil about it at all Magister Rommath”
In hindsight, as per mentioned above, the blood elven stint of devouring magic was so short but also such a massive core marketing identity for the race in TBC that any retrospect in novels and short stories makes it pretty funny how gullible most of them seemed to be.
This is addressed in the very first quests you ever do on a blood elf in their starting zone. The crystals have been there for thousands of years — they were corrupted with fel only recently and in secret. They knew something was wrong, and you’re tasked with pinpointing the source.