Blood Elves are among the most important races in the history of World of Warcraft. We present you the 5 most significant ones.
Since their introduction with “The Burning Crusade,” Blood Elves, the Sin’dorei, have been the most popular race in World of Warcraft. More than 15% of all characters at maximum level are Blood Elves (via dataforazeroth). However, this makes them an important race not only from the community’s perspective – in the history of Azeroth, Blood Elves have produced some of the most powerful individuals.
Today we introduce you to 5 of the most powerful and significant Blood Elves from World of Warcraft. We have considered not only the sheer “power” of these Elves but also their significance to the storyline.
Salandria – the great unknown
Many players may not be familiar with Salandria, yet she has been part of the game since The Burning Crusade. Back then, she was a girl from the orphanage in Shattrath, in the shattered world. During the “Children’s Week” event, the heroes of the Horde were able to take Salandria on a journey and show her a bit of the world.
What’s particularly noteworthy here is her visit to the Caverns of Time. Because when you take Salandria there, something strange happens: she is attacked. The Bronze Dragons rush towards the girl in anger, wanting to bring her down.
At the last moment, Zaladormu intervenes, who leads the dragons in the Caverns of Time, and proclaims: “Stop. The girl shall not be punished for things she does in her future or things she will fail at.”
For over a decade, this was merely a somewhat curious encounter that could be quickly forgotten – but now Salandria is all grown up. She is a young woman and has joined the Blood Knights, where she serves under Lady Liadrin. She briefly appears during a quest line at the end of Shadowlands, but then disappears from the scene for now.
If even Bronze Dragons consider Salandria extremely dangerous, it can be assumed that she will contribute to an incident with far-reaching consequences in the near future.
There is also a wish coin of Salandria that can be fished out of the Well in Dalaran. When Salandria threw the coin into the well, she said: “One day I will be more powerful than all these mages!” – a hint that she has great ambitions or at least an undeniable thirst for power. Typical for Blood Elves.
Since the next expansion “Midnight” takes place in the realms of the Blood Elves, it is likely that her story will reach a climax here, and we will finally learn what fate the dragons foresaw in Salandria back then.
