Is that why they're not as hot as NE chicks? :)
There is a lot of info on the Blood Elves, as a quick overview: they were originally 'High Elves' before the sundering, and were part of the same society as the Night Elves. Unfortunately, their dependence on the Well of Eternity water - the power that fuels all magic on Azeroth, kept them apart from the rest of their society and eventually led to their outcast. They traveled to find an area where some of those waters of the Well of Eternity ended up after the sundering and build their new home there (Eversong Woods). They renamed themselves the Blood Elves after the Third War when they were attacked in Quel'Thalas by the scourge under control of Arthas, the Lich King. Their society was decimated, over 90% of them were killed and so when one of their leaders, Kael'thas Sunstrider come back from his travels to find them mostly killed off, he renamed them the Blood Elves in honor of their fallen kin. To this day, they still have that desire, the need or addiction for magic and need to spend an hour each morning in meditation in order to control their addiction. They are aligned with the Horde only because the Alliance never came to help them when they were attacked by the Scourge and so hold a grudge against them.
There's more info on WoWWiki ( http://www.wowwiki.com/Blood_elf) and in the War of the Ancients trilogy written by Richard A. Knaak if you're interested - it's actually a decently written set of novels and gives a little more depth to the characters you see in game, It's especially cool to see some of the events in Mt. Hyjal in-game after reading about those characters and how they fought against the first and second invasions by the demons of the Burning Legion under control of Sargeras. On a side not, I was lucky enough to get to go to BlizzCon last year and got to see mr. Knaack and get his latest novel signed :)
- Aaron
--- In World_of_Warcraft_List@yahoogroups.com, Maribeth Schneider <marribeth@...> wrote:
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> A coworker of mine wants to write a persona story on her blood elf paladin
> but wants to know more about blood elves. Anyone know any good info on the
> blood elf lore.
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> * Maribeth*
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