What is the difference between a blood elf and a high elf?

What is the difference between a blood elf and a high elf?

High elves and blood elves are physiologically the same race, and the difference between high and blood elves is only political. When Quel’Thalas left the Alliance, some high elves chose to remain with their allies over their kingdom, and to this day still support the Alliance.

What color eyes do high elves have?

green
High elven eyes were most commonly green, with sun elves commonly possessing golden eyes and moon elves commonly exhibiting blue hues.

What is the difference between night elf and blood elf?

All “small” elves with peach skin from the Eastern Kingdoms are either high elves or blood elves. All elves with pink, purple or blue skin from Kalimdor are kaldorei, or night elves.

What color are high elves?

Most high elves are fair-skinned rather than dark, though sun elven skin is a hue darker than that of the star elves or moon elves. Most high elves have black hair, with silvery hues common amongst moon elves and star elves while blond or copper hues are more common amongst the sun elves.

Why did high elves become blood elves?

The high elves were once a significant force on the continent, but in recent times their numbers have been dramatically reduced: 90% of their race was slaughtered in the Third War; Following this, another 90% of the survivors changed their name to “blood elves” in remembrance of their fallen brethren and no longer …

Can high elves have dark hair?

Yes, pure-blooded Altmer can have dark hair colors as much as they can light/fair hair colors.

Do blood elves and night elves get along?

High elves have traditionally gotten along quite poorly with night elves due to their complicated and turbulent past. As the night elves hold disdain for the arcane using blood elves, so they hold disdain for their high elf cousins.

When did high elves become blood elves?

Can void elves talk to blood elves?

This is the third language capable of cross-faction communication, after Pandaren and Demonic. This means a blood elf demon hunter can speak to two different races of the opposing faction: void elves via Thalassian and night elf demon hunters via Demonic.