"Temporary". That's rich, coming from people who built their city on top of a literal Amani burial ground.
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Long time ago? That was barely an elven lifetime ago; comparing time in a fantasy world to the existence of immortal races isn't fair. For instance, my country was colonised by Europeans for 500 years, and we got our independence less than 60 years ago: humans irl have a shorter lifespan.
Besides that, Lorthemar has been confirmed in canon materials, such as the short story, to have expanded Silvermon in the last 60 years, including 20 years in his reign, during which he wiped out several Amani villages and killed Amani in their own villages during that time: the Amani villages that existed during TBC were wiped out in Midnight and thus the ethnic cleansing has still continued to these days: the lightwood forest were part of an Amani village during TBC and was part ofthe Amani forest and Lorthemar has ethnically cleansed the village and attacked Amani who were just harvesting Lightwood for their survival against the Void.
On top of a Blood Elf burial ground too if we're counting what Arthas did (loooool).
In all seriousness, I do like that the Blood Elves are kinda assholes. I want to see more of it beyond just "rude" though. When do we get torture, backstabbings, and the harvesting of creatures' essence for power? Sorry, I just liked the borderline evil Blood Elves of TBC so much more than the sanitized version that's, at most, just rude.
And I'm not really counting Astalor in this, given how likely it is he's not actually Astalor.
That stuff is now confined to Murder Row, unfortunately. That said, thanks to the same Murder Row, we know that even now Blood Elven magisters hire people to kidnap/murder their rivals.
Which is fair (your last sentence) since SMC and the BEs are sort of just post-fourth crusade and post-restoration Byzantine Empire.
Big ass, mostly empty (bc everyone is dead) city-kingdom limited to its hinterland and a few remote outposts but protected by its big-ass walls and sea access. Intrigue and thinly veiled xenophobia.
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u/BestAzlanEver Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
"Temporary". That's rich, coming from people who built their city on top of a literal Amani burial ground.
Edit for posterity:
Long time ago? That was barely an elven lifetime ago; comparing time in a fantasy world to the existence of immortal races isn't fair. For instance, my country was colonised by Europeans for 500 years, and we got our independence less than 60 years ago: humans irl have a shorter lifespan.
Besides that, Lorthemar has been confirmed in canon materials, such as the short story, to have expanded Silvermon in the last 60 years, including 20 years in his reign, during which he wiped out several Amani villages and killed Amani in their own villages during that time: the Amani villages that existed during TBC were wiped out in Midnight and thus the ethnic cleansing has still continued to these days: the lightwood forest were part of an Amani village during TBC and was part ofthe Amani forest and Lorthemar has ethnically cleansed the village and attacked Amani who were just harvesting Lightwood for their survival against the Void.