Blood Elves

The Blood Elves are a faction that features in Warcraft.

History

The Blood Elves (or Sin'dorei, "children of the blood" in Thalassian) were a faction of Elves whose origins were tied to the devastating time of the Third War. At the time, Arthas Menethil had fallen under the sway of the Lich King where he commanded parts of the undead Scourge in subjugating Azeroth. During his campaigns, he targeted the home of the High Elves in their homeland of Quel'Thalas where they had resided for thousands of years and maintained the magic from the Sunwell. It was the power of this mystical relic the Scourge sought and thus they laid siege to the land in order to claim the magic. This saw Quel'Thalas ravaged as a result with much of the High Elven population being eradicated in the conflict. Among the survivors was a noble named Kael'thas Sunstrider who had returned to his homeland in order to rally the survivors where he decided to name themselves the Blood Elves in memory of their fallen brethren as the swore vengeance against their attackers. Desperate for aid following the Third War, the blood elves joined the Alliance resistance. Kael'thas commanded his regent, Lor'themar Theron, to safeguard the elven homeland, and Halduron Brightwing was named the new Ranger-general of Silvermoon and general blood elf military leader. Kael himself took 15% of the blood elven race (including some of his most powerful and gifted magisters) to join with the Alliance fighting in the equally destroyed Lordaeron. However, this tenuous alliance would not last, and the blood elves came under the bigoted scrutiny of one Grand Marshal Garithos. Garithos, a human who had felt wronged the high elves' conduct in the past, consistently gave the blood elves either meager tasks beneath their capabilities, or worse, suicidal missions devoid of reinforcements, in order to rid himself of the sin'dorei. Kael'thas and his forces were offered aid from an unlikely source: the naga under Lady Vashj, who shared a common ancestry with the elves and a common enemy in the Scourge. Out of options, Kael warily accepted her aid, though Garithos scapegoated this decision to put the entire blood elven contingent to death in the Dungeons of Dalaran. Viewing this as outright betrayal, Kael'thas was not so reluctant to accept Vashj's aid again when she offered to assist his escape. Prince Kael'thas led his followers to freedom, to the extra-dimensional wastes of Outland, the remnants of Draenor, and pledged allegiance to Illidan Stormrage, who promised to grant them a new source of magic by teaching them to siphon magic from powerful alternative sources, including demons. Together with their allies the naga, Illidan led the blood elves to conquer Outland, gaining in the process the friendship of the nearly extinct Broken. The blood elves then followed Illidan to the Icecrown Glacier in an attempt to destroy the Lich King; however, they were defeated by Arthas, who wounded Illidan, forcing the blood elves and naga to retreat, allowing Arthas to ascend the glacier and merge with the Lich King. During the battles in Northrend, several of the deceased blood elves (including the powerful bearer of Quel'Delar, Lana'thel) were raised into undeath by Arthas, to serve him as his "San'layn". Defeated, Kael's forces returned to Outland, and the prince began walking down a path that would have dire repercussions for all of the blood elves.

Overview

On average, blood elven women are 5'9" tall while blood elven men usually stand around 6'3" in height, with males typically having slender, muscular, and athletic bodies. They also possess long pointy ears, acute senses and keen sight in the darkness.

They could potentially reach up to several thousand years of life.

Ruling them was the Convocation of Silvermoon that was a council which consisted of their leaders.

An organization that formed in their society was the Reliquary whose goal was the gathering of powerful magical artifacts and studying the past.

One military group among them were the Farstriders that were an order of elite blood elf rangers led by the Ranger-General of Silvermoon.

Members

• Kael'thas Sunstrider :
• Lor'themar Theron :
• Halduron Brightwing :
• Lady Liadrin :
• Aethas Sunreaver :
• Pathaleon the Calculator :
• Tae'thelan Bloodwatcher : male Blood Elf who served as High Examiner and leader of the Reliquary organization.
• Valeera Sanguinar :

Notes

• The Blood Elves were created by Blizzard Entertainment and featured in the setting of the Warcraft universe.
• In World of Warcraft, they became a playable race who were members of the Horde in the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion.

Appearances

• Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne:

External Links

• WoW Gamepedia Entry

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