However, there is nothing in the way of official lore, story, canon, etc. See this as a beginners guide to lore and if you want more details. I dont need retextures of existing ancients, because i like to see the war between night elves vs. It might not be canon, but i think it is a great guide nontheless and it can help add flavour to your kaldorei character. There are five 3d model humanoid eyes, as well as five glowing eye options for your perusal. The night elf mohawk is similar to a warrior, and is known for its hairstyle and ability to pity fools. The dunmer were born from the ashes of the battle of red mountain. Outside of the warlords timeline, there are no known uncursed arakkoa. In the case of elves, however, the timeline suddenly goes from being just. The night elves barely managed to banish the legion from the world, but their beautiful homeland was shattered and drowned by the sea. It begins with the night elf starting experience in shadowglen, then proceeds to dolanaar. Warcrafts awesome lore is jampacked with old gods and vengeful demons. Read about the night elf race in world of warcraft. The nightborne are not modern night elves all right, so since the bfa announcement there has been a minor uproar over the horde getting the nightborne, instead of them staying neutral or.
Seems like you can do something like that but lore wise we dont know much about princes, there is only one ruler, queen azshara. Middle age for blood elves is listed at around 175 years old, and old age sets in at about 260 or so. This article tells all about the timeline and alternate timelines for the warcraft lore. When a night elf s mount perishes, it is custom for the rider to keep one of the sabers great fangs as a token of remembrance. Where would their life match up with the history of warcrafts timeline. The first night elves or kaldorei appear and found their civilization upon the banks. Buddy has solved the main problem, and the suspenseful parts are over. The night elves reckless use of magic drew the burning legion into the world and led to a catastrophic war between the two titanic races. Relative to other warcraft books, the writing is like shakespeare, imo. Blood elves and high elves no longer have the life spans of their night elf kin but theyre still far longer than a humans life. Night elf world of warcraft lore of warcraft part trolls, elves, and demons. How the night elves joined the alliance warcraft lore. Speculation on the burning of teldrassil in battle for azeroth.
Distant past no one knows how the universe beganit might be with a big bang. Speculation on the burning of teldrassil in battle for. Dark elves for 3d daz genesis includes a fully customized dark elf character for genesis, with six texture options ranging from the dark blue and black drow, to the lighter skinned night elves and blood elves of lore light blue, green, pink and purple. The night elves dont have a lot of traditional warriors in the sense of the class in wow because that isnt their cultural style of combat. Teldrassil ia a level 110 alliance zone, the starting zone for night elves. They were also among the first to study magic, which eventually lead to the coming of the burning. Night elf wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. Client seamlessly supports both apple mac os x and microsoft windows operating systems. Middle age for a blood elf or high elf is around 175. The night elves banish the highborne from kalimdor, then close their borders. During this war, night elves first used the worgen form. In medieval germanicspeaking cultures, elves seem generally to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them.
Night elf lore can be vague at times and theyre a race far from human, meaning that everything about them, from social interaction to biology can be different. Timeline unofficial wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of. War of the satyr the satyrs organize to attack the night elves. Got the request to make a video explaining the evolution of the elves. Disturbing the remains of those who have fallen is gravely looked down upon, but sometimes viewed as necessary based on circumstances. So, kaldorei have no taboo against drinking, but would normally disdain the irresponsibility and lack of selfcontrol of anyone who gets fallingdown drunk.
Claiming to have seen magic was something your grandfather did, and he was always lying. The nightborne are a race of night elves who were separated from the world over 10,000 years ago. Sep 09, 2012 most complain that making elune a mere naaru is basically homogenizing night elf culture and history, something that plenty of players are apparently really passionate about. Everything you need to know about warcraft before you see the. Night elves have both bars and native alcoholic drinks moonberry juice is described as potent enough to make a dwarf lightheaded but night elf culture has little tolerance for open drunkenness. Mana spent in this way slowly regenerates, but only at nighttime. In his quest to reign over all of outland, illidan the betrayer had established a mighty stronghold for his forces within the black temple, a former draenei citadel.
The night elves page elune night elf priestess daily world of warcraft art board blizzard wow hearthstone geek. They are also known as high elves by the denizens of tamriel. It is commonly seen riding a frost sabre through the forest. If this was a slain night elf, the character would have been wearing heavier armor, with different colors purplesilver. See more ideas about night elf, elf and world of warcraft. Resolution walterquits his job and writes a book called elf about his son buddy. The nightborne are a new subrace of elves, cousins to night elves and blood elves and native to the continent of suramar. There have also been several know your lore columns dealing with both the. Middle age for blood elves is listed at around 175. Ive previously kept it in a private cvs repository. Budddy and jovie end up getting married, and they visit the north pole to visit papa elf. Get caught up on the history of warcraft with our handy primer. Druid obviously night elf, valsharah is where malfurion first learned druidism from cenarius, and all the artifacts tie into this. Its another shard of history in a long, long legacy of cultural shifts and splits for the night elves.
In this alternate timeline, the blood elves really would have no reason to join the horde. From here, they have learnt to dwell in concord with the. Some trolls drank out of a magic well, turned into immortal night elves, and founded the next great empire. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. Night elf death knights are less of a stretch of the lore than worgen will be. Night elves or kaldorei, for children of the stars in darnassian2, are a powerful and. If youd like your guild mentioned on the list below, please fill in the following template and post it on the thread. The elf is lightly armored, wearing a hood, cape, plain pants, boots, and shoulders visible in the image. The burgeoning night elf society expands into the dense forests of ashenvale. A person who hasnt roleplayed a night elf before or a fresh player might be intimidated by all the lore they have to sift through to get a good idea about what the night elves are. A good example is being a paladin as a night elf or a dragon. For timeline purposes, most ingame night elf death knights specifically night elves would have been raised from. The night elves are a reclusive race of ancient beings who, at one point in time, were immortal. The story is told from the points of view of maiev, akama, a night elf illidari student demon hunter named vandel, and illidan himself.
Wowwiki is a wiki dedicated to cataloging blizzard entertainments warcraft universe, including world of warcraft, covering the entire warcraft series of games, rpg reference books, strategy guides, novels and other sources. Then he might lie about the lies, saying, did you hear, my child. This is the resolution or ending because it is the reasonable ending to the story. World of warcraft is able to be customized with addons and interface with some game commands support. The following is speculation based on information provided by blizzard, combined with our own assumptions based on our knowledge of night elf lore. Night elf wowpedia your wiki guide to the world of warcraft. Night elves do not use up trees as they harvest them allowing wisps to stay in place wherever you send them. They may not necessarily match up with specific timeline posted above. Shandris feathermoon all the familiar names from night elf lore were alive. The night elves abandoned the use of arcane magic, fearing its use would draw the.
Why isnt thalyssra and the nightborne not in the alliance with the night elves i mean a more perfect story for the night elf arcane rejoining the main branch and being redeemed from callous recklessness coudl not have been written long have night elf fans waited for the night elves amidst 14 years of constant ruins to get 1 pristine city. Night elves are not friendly and love everybody, they are the opposite. Modern night elves the kaldorei, or children of the stars are the descendants of those who took the pact with the dragon aspects, becoming nigh immortal in exchange for holding an eternal vigil over nordrassil the world tree, and the well of eternity beneath its roots. Learn how and when to remove this template message. Once again youve made a wrong interpretation of lore, the night elves did not accepted magic in their lives at all, they simply allowed the shendralar to rejoin the darnassian society, with a lot of dissent on top that. For blood elves, adulthood is reached anywhere from 60110 years of age, while night elves supposedly reach adulthood somewhere between 110300 years of age. Jul 27, 2014 warcraft has a pretty damn big story behind it and in this video im going to tell you the global story from start to finish.
Nov 23, 2004 world of warcraft is the only computer game featured in the computer history museums make software. Night elves or kaldorei, for children of the stars in darnassian, are a powerful and mystical race whose origins extend back to ancient times. For night elves, i think to keep them within lore for solid roleplay some of the key things are as follows. Lorewise, what races should not be playable death knights. There are 9 skin tones available in chargen for night elves.
See more ideas about night elf, elves and warcraft art. The story of the evolution of the elves lore youtube. The undead violate this by coming back from a state of dead. The wood elves, known as the asrai in some tales, or as the fay folk of athel loren, are a reclusive, secretive and highly isolationist race of elves that have long ago voluntarily split off from the rest of their kin, preferring instead to live out their lives in natures embrace beneath the. Medivh continues to study demonic lore and azerothian history and becomes. After several night elves had been infected by the worgen curse, the druids of the scythe were banished to the emerald dream. Although i guess its not a stretch to suggest that theyre humans because the curse spread through. Im just curious, for people who are more versed with the warcraft lore than i am, if that would be the case. Learn about their history, abilities, available classes and more. If i go off of caffynateds date for malekith he is 6961 years old in imperial year 2502. Alean the noble line of alea traders in arabi daughters of arkenea mages of auvrea blood of the baequi blessed by banni holders of.
Even if your night elf is more embracing of other races, it is timidly. Theres still the final question of what happened to the buildup of titan lore and old god hints from patch 7. After stormwinds king, varian wrynn, mysteriously disappeared, highlord bolvar fordragon served as regent but his service was marred by the manipulations and mind control of the black dragon. A person who hasnt roleplayed a night elf before or a fresh player might be intimidated by all the lore they have to sift through to get a good idea about what the night elves are about. While i havent completely finished blood elf history, a lot of the events that happened to these felloving arcanesucking addicts happened after the introduction of the burning crusade expansion.
Corrupted ancient of lore, corrupted ancient of wind, corrupted ancient of wonders, altar of corruption and the corrupted goldmine. Night elves the night elves, or kaldorei, have been around for thousands. The reader should keep in mind that nothing in the written lore specifically states that all druids were male and that all night elven females were not. While the night elves eventually managed to drive back the burning legion with help of many other beings, this cataclysmic event did lead to the great sundering. Ever wondered how the night elves met the horde and alliance and eventually end up joining the alliance. How to roleplay a night elf wowpedia your wiki guide. How to roleplay a night elf world of warcraft wiki. Timeline and alternate timelines for the warcraft lore.
World of warcraft timeline idk what it is, bit its cool lets share our favorite warcraft fanart. While the night elves felt a heavy toll at the end of the war, any sort of central leadership in the satyrs was decimated. Dark elves for genesis 3d models and 3d software by daz 3d. Legion promises some interesting lore moments for night elves the reveal of the nightborne and the remains of suramar are apt to be the source of another cultural shock. All dates are considered to be spans of time from one to the next since many events are only given vague ordering and estimated dates. Heres how the timeline works for night elf players.
Illidan did aid the night elves for a time, but eventually fled to pursue his own interests. While many of world of warcrafts races have fairly pronounced similarities to one realworld culture, night elves are more of a cultural melting pot. Here are some of the possible army options with night elves. So it means he was either banished before her rule which is possible but will make you travel the land for a long time until you meet illidan more than 10,000 years or you could choose to have been a magister or some form of administrative role in the night elf. Lore wise, the aid of the forsaken in reclaiming their lands was the reason they joined the horde, and said forsaken would now be part of the alliance who are also the blood elves former. Through the power of the nightwell, they evolved into versions of night elves. The night elves of darnassus, or kaldorei, are one of the oldest and most prevalent races in warcraft lore, and also one of the most complex from an analytical standpoint. According to legend, mr t hacked world of warcraft and added a mohawk class. The history of the night elves is probably one of the most complicated pieces of warcraft history created, spanning thousands of years with a huge cast of characters. The infamous confrontation around 1e 700 led to the death of an ancient and respected war leader known as lord indoril nerevar, the destruction of the sixth house, the disappearance of the entire dwemer race then present on nirn, and the ascension into godhood of four of nerevars councilors and closest friends, culminating in.
Maybe hed talk about the harvestmen, with arms and legs like shining needles, scurrying in the dark of night to fill their carts with boys. On the other hand you should not try to be so unique that it get too out of touch with lore. In the empire, high is often understood to mean proud or snobbish, and as the altmer generally personify these characteristics, the lesser races generally resent them. Something fun about night elves is that they are moreorless selfsoviereign, independent. Night elves would have a hatred for the undead, and a dislike and discomfort with death knights, due to their belief in the natural order of life and death. The warcraft movie is nearly here, and if you dont know your guldans from your garonas, everything in the trailers probably looks monstrously confusing. The altmer, or selftitled cultured people, are a tall, goldenskinned race, hailing from summerset isle. While humans reach adulthood at age 15, for a blood elf or high elf, this happens anywhere between 60110 years of age, depending on what resource guide youre looking at. This article provides an unofficial timeline of recorded important events in the. Night elf lore can be vague at times and theyre a race far from human, meaning. Their military forces over the past 10,000 years are made up largely of the sentinels, huntresses, and priestesses of the moon. Couple of quick questions as someone planning on rolling a night elf warrior in classic for aesthetic reasons id like to try and tie the character concept as closely as possible in to the lore for rp reasons. Elves have been a popular subject in fiction for centuries, ranging from william shakespeares play a midsummer night s dream to the classic fantasy novels of j. The biggest changes would probably come in the burning crusade.
The ancient and reclusive night elves have played a pivotal role in shaping azeroths fate throughout its history. Ill be doing a detailed list of posts regarding the lore and story behind the burning crusade at some point, but for now i think its. Would night elf warlocks be more lore appropriate than night elf mages. Night elf burial is done naturally, returning the deceased to nature. The moon wells of the night elves, in addition to providing food, have mana reserves that can be used to restore the hit points and mana of nearby night elf units. The major races of the alliance are the humans of stormwind, the night elves of teldrassil.
This name generator will give you 10 random nightborne names. It resembles basic leather sets like which have an elven flair. A brief history of azeroth and the warcraft universe ign. This name generator will give you 10 names fit for the night elves of the world of warcraft universe. Dwarf, or blood elf death knight due to the timeline. Through the power of the nightwell, they evolved into versions of night elves tied more to arcane energies. Night elf is a collection of utilities and proof of concept code i have written over the years. Another thing to note is that in the current timeline, night elves being very friendly with members of the other races will be rare, if not unheard of. The wood elves, known as the asrai in some tales, or as the fay folk of athel loren, are a reclusive, secretive and highly isolationist race of elves that have long ago voluntarily split off from the rest of their kin, preferring instead to live out their lives in natures embrace beneath the enchanted forested canopy of athel loren. These thenimmortal beings were among the first to study magic and let it loose throughout the world nearly ten thousand years before the first war.
Night elves are one of the most popular races available to players, for a variety of reasons. The night elves were actually referenced several times in warcraft lore long before their. And yet due to times changing, night elves decided to let magic back in their lives and we got night elf mages. Speculation night elf death knights would not have been allowed in darnassus. At the very beginning the titans explored all of the great dark beyond and brought order to millions of worlds scattered all over the great cosmos. I used karl franzs crowning as a point to calculate and dates from the high elf and dark elf army books to come up with these numbers. Night elf lore and character development rogue see more. Mixed troops while many night elf players focus entirely on either archers or huntresses, you can benefit from using mixed troops. I kinda wonder if the arugal worgen should actually be night elf worgen rather than human worgen, as the worgen locked in the emerald dream what arugal wouldve been summoning were all druids of the pack from the war of the ancientssatyr wars. Dec 18, 20 a balloon representing the elf on the shelf flies low at the 87th annual macys thanksgiving day parade on november 28, 20 in new york city. Llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide. Timeline unofficial wowpedia your wiki guide to the. A timeline compiled from all the different timelines floating around out there. Sep 04, 20 the night elves of darnassus, or kaldorei, are one of the oldest and most prevalent races in warcraft lore, and also one of the most complex from an analytical standpoint.
Would night elf warlocks be more lore appropriate than night. Inconsistencies in warcraft lore world of warcraft. Youll find that at later stages of the game using mixed troops becomes more important. Teldrassil storyline wowpedia your wiki guide to the. Im not saying im for or against either of those two classrace combinations. This should not be considered as an official timeline but should be as accurate as. A guide to roleplaying a night elf character european. Blackmagics pro livestreaming switcher can broadcast without software april 3, 2020. Night elf markings and meanings nightbladesentinels. Yet his influence began to wane after the defeat of his most trusted lieutenants, including the traitorous former leader of the blood elves. The fantasy setting of the warcraft series includes many fictional races and factions. Meanwhile, dwarves, gnomes and the ancient night elves pledged their loyalties to a reinvigorated alliance, guided by the human kingdom of stormwind. The warcraft timeline warcraft lore discussion the warcraft timeline scrolls of lore forums scrolls of lore forums warcraft discussion warcraft lore discussion. Their history, culture, and aesthetics have a broad appeal to the players, as either an ancient race of deep knowledge about the world and nature or ruthless beings with an unquenchable thirst for power.
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