Well I haven’t shared what I’d like to happen, I won’t call it a dream as such, but here’s how I’d do it.
Return of the High Elves
- Objective: More Thalassians are now High Elves.
- High elves with dual destiny in either light or void
- Remaining Blood elves - veer more to their arcane roots, with proliferation of fel and necromantic magics.
- Void half have strong ties with Kaldorei (all kinds) and Draenei
- High elf light half have strong ties with Humans and Lightforged
Here’s how it happened:
Blood elves are very di-enfranchised with both the horde and the undead anyway, as the light strengthens in them, coupled with Alleria’s strong overtures results in a lot of blood elves returning to their high elven routes, claiming Sin’dorei was adopted by them to mourn the dead, not to permanently change them,
This is in contrast to some strong alliance human and kaldorei hating high elves who chalk all the misfortune of their people down to these two races.
The destiny of the high elves is revealed to have some born destined tot he light and some to the void - not as servants ofc, but as masters of cosmic powers to wield, it’s just that some are attuned more to light and others to void, it has nothing to do with their arcane core which remains - this hearkens to early night elves who discerned that some elves were children of the Stars (light) and children of the night (void), but this was viewed through the lens of Elune. While this adaptation fell away after the sundering, it is still a tenant of their faith and seen somewhat of a revival since the Night warrior ritual. Though the Thalassians turned from Elune, it didn’t alter their elven core as being attuned to the dual forces of light or void.
As such, many blood elves have naturally been curious of the void but afraid to venture in because of the restrictions, they also welcome the change.
in effect, the blood elves lose a could chunk of their population becoming high elves again, there is a leadership change, and a bunch of core blood elves flee Silvermoon and Quel’thalas to Kalimdor.
You could spice this up by having the void/high elves lead the alliance to capture Silvermoon, but it depends how big a deal they want to make of it.
New Symbiotic Void/high relationship
Void half and High elf half are actually quite close, in fact they work in close bonded pairs, as it is discovered having a high elf attachment is a strong tether that makes void insanity easily overcome allowing far stronger use of the void, while as a high elf, pairing with a void elf, finds the light responding for stronger, as if in opposition or counter tot he void.
These pairings are enhanced magically and paired partners often become lovers, even marrying each other or otherwise stay bonded for life as best friends even closer than a brother.
The Rise of the Kaldorei
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Objectives : Kaldorei unity: Druids, Priests, Highborne, Nightborne, Moonguard, Illidari coming together
- Night elf individual order expertise whether in nature, arcane, divine, fel - has been the top of the range on Azeroth, their problem is they almost never worked together except in dire need this changes.
- Acquisition of broken isle territories and major Kalimdor campaign
- Many Nightborne and Suramar city returning to the kaldorei
Here’s How it Happened
For the Nightborne, the Arcan’dor continues healing and bringing back into balance many nightborne, this is seen by many of them regaining their kaldorei appearances, and they love it. However they begin to notice that looking like kaldorei their off blood elf pals, most notably those who are really loyal to the horde become considerably more hostile just by that alone, this coupled with the fact that local night elves of the isles are welcomed in Suramar but also are helping the Nightborne come to terms with new changes and establish control over the isles, yet face a lot of issues from the blood elves, even though these night elves want to work with any elf willing to help and don’t have the same Darnassian/Thalassian issues. Some blood elves keep going out of their way to discredit, set up and undermine them even though they’re trying to help, Many nightborne notice this and the little irks with Sin’dorei confrontational attitude rise.
This is not a nature predominant to the Sin’dorei, but rather horde loyal elves who tend to be the ones that travel outside Quel’thalas.
The problem is made far worse as many nightborne were very appalled how a bunch of blood elves gleefully attacked innocents in north western Kalimdor and were all too happy to murder innocent elves having no compassion for the kaldorei which they view themselves as a part of somewhat.
While views amongst the nightborne vary, the ones born under the shield identify more with the Nightwell changes, but he larger portion of the society do not, having lived the best periods of their lives in a kaldorei empire.
The changes in Quel’thalas force a shift too in the Nightborne, the Highborne Darnassians, like Alleria was to the blood elves, had also been heavily entreating the Nightborne as comrades… Tyrande may not have cared much during Legion, but, the Highborne took a shine to their former colleagues to win them back.
There was also the matter of Elune, with several Nightborne novice priestesses hearing from and entreating their ancient goddess, Elune commands Tyrande to help re-establish them and build their faith.
The void knowledge of the ancient order of Elune in the Cathedral of Eternal night also draws many a void elf to the side of the Priestesses, and scholarly interests and friendships occur.
This results in a lot of kaldorei influence, and alliance elf influence, resulting in generally many Nightborne becoming kaldorei and simply aligning with the alliance, losing confidence with the horde.
Now a core few, do not, honouring their loyalties, whiles they aren’t exactly unwelcome in the city, they leave to help establish new horde colonies in Kalimdor, returning to find most of Suramar turned blue. Wary of the strong alliance influence on the elven city, The portals to Orgrimmar are disabled and replaced with Stormwind.
Meanwhile the Nightborne still loyal to the horde, most of which are unchanged and are of the generation born under the shield , thus having less attachment to their original state and kin and being somewhat younger are more influenced by Sin’dorei rhetoric, establish new Nightborne colonies on Kalimdor under the banner of the horde.
End Result
- Nightborne and Blood elves are still horde races and playable
- However both Suramar/Broken Isles and Silvermoon/Quel’thalas are under the banner of the alliance as homes for the Night elves and High/void elves respectively
- Over half the population of both the blood elves in Quel’thalas and the Nightborne in Suramar turned alliance
- horde elves build new homes in Kalimdor, with blood elves taking Azshara and Bloodmyst, whiles Nightborne take Feralas and Desolace.
