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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Personally lead efforts to drive the Amani trolls from Quel'Thalas while the main Alliance army is away during the Second War. Later on, steps in to defend the Sunwell from the Scourge. Too bad he died doing so.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game until partway through Mists of Pandaria where she helps co-ordinate the Alliance forces on the Isle of Thunder. She's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions; it's also implied he influenced her views regarding tradition. When Veressa plans to join Sylvanas she only stops because she "doesn't want to abandon her sons" ([[FridgeLogic even though she could've brought them with her, since they're Sylvanas' nephews]]); the children who Rhonin fathered. Even after his death she's still based around him.
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Its three-thousand-year-old king, Anasterian Sunstrider, honor-bound by a pact with the bloodline of Arathor for King Thoradin's help in the Troll Wars, sent aid to the Alliance of Lordaeron in the Second War due to Sir Anduin Lothar's status as the last of the Arathi. After the orcs, riding enslaved [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights red dragons]], burned the borderlands of Quel'Thalas, the elves put their full support behind the Alliance.
About fourteen years later, the Scourge destroyed Quel'Thalas and the survivors renamed themselves blood elves (Sin'dorei or "children of the blood"). A short while later, the blood elves under Kael'thas joined Illidan Stormrage who offered them salvation. Close to five years after joining Illidan, they would join the [[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde Horde]] for support against the Scourge and fight their own prince for allying with the Burning Legion.
This said, a small number of high elves remain. Their central organization is the Silver Covenant, a branch of Dalaran in opposition to their sin'dorei counterparts. Most remaining high elves cling to the Alliance, having rejoined it (to a cold reception, courtesy of their secession after the Second War) following their banishment by the government of Quel'Thalas in the Third War's aftermath.
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This said, a small number of high elves remain. Their central organization is the Silver Covenant, a branch of Dalaran in opposition to their sin'dorei counterparts. Most remaining high elves cling to the Alliance, having rejoined it (to a cold reception, courtesy of their secession after the Second War) following their banishment by the government of Quel'Thalas in the Third War's aftermath.
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Its three-thousand-year-old king, Anasterian Sunstrider, honor-bound by a pact with the bloodline of Arathor for King Thoradin's help in the Troll Wars, sent aid to the Alliance of Lordaeron in the Second War due to Sir Anduin Lothar's status as the last of the Arathi. After the orcs, riding enslaved [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights red dragons]], burned the borderlands of Quel'Thalas, the elves put their full support behind the Alliance.
Alliance. The high elves were the most reluctant and fair-weather members of the Alliance, and seceded from it soon after the war was done.
About fourteen years later, the Scourge destroyed Quel'Thalas and the survivors [[WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas renamed themselves bloodelves elves]] (Sin'dorei or "children of the blood"). A short while later, the blood elves under Kael'thas joined Illidan Stormrage who offered them salvation. Close to five years after joining Illidan, they would join the [[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde Horde]] for support against the Scourge and fight their own prince for allying with the Burning Legion.
This said, a small number of high elves remain. Their central organization is the Silver Covenant, a branch of Dalaran in opposition to their sin'dorei counterparts.Most Per WordOfGod, most of the remaining high elves cling to stuck with the Alliance, having rejoined it (to a cold reception, courtesy of Alliance after their secession kingdom officially left it after the Second War) following their banishment by War, and did not return after the government of Quel'Thalas in the Third War's aftermath.
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* ForestRanger: Most of them are rangers. Lore-wise, this is because they've tried to wean themselves off magic since the Sunwell was destroyed. This is downplayed in World of Warcraft, however.
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* NotSoDifferent: See the UndyingLoyalty entry.
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A high elven ranger captain of Quel'thalas, eldest of the Windrunner sisters, and an early volunteer to help the Alliance against the Horde in the Second War, even before the high elves formally chose to join the war. During the war the elven homeland was almost burned to the ground by the orcs and her younger brother killed, leading her to become obsessed with revenge and fixated on exterminating the orcs. She relished the chance to join the Alliance Expedition to Draenor and fight the orcs further, and once there, with the aid of Turalyon and Khadgar, eventually gave up on her genocidal quest. While she doesn't appear in ''The Burning Crusade'', her son with Turalyon, Arator the Redeemer, does.
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A high elven ranger captain of Quel'thalas, eldest of the Windrunner sisters, and an early volunteer to help the Alliance against the Horde in the Second War, even before the high elves formally chose to join the war. During the war the elven homeland was almost burned to the ground by the orcs and her younger brother killed, leading her to become obsessed with revenge and fixated on exterminating the orcs. She relished the chance to join the Alliance Expedition to Draenor and fight the orcs further, and once there, with the aid of Turalyon and Khadgar, eventually gave up on her genocidal quest. While she doesn't appear in ''The Burning Crusade'', her son with Turalyon, Arator the Redeemer, does. Alleria herself is slated to return in the ''Legion'' expansion.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game until partway through Mists of Pandaria where she helps co-ordinate the Alliance forces on the Isle of Thunder. She's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions; it's also implied he influenced her views regarding tradition. [[spoiler:When When Veressa plans to join Sylvanas she only stops because she "doesn't want to abandon her sons" ([[FridgeLogic even though she could've brought them with her, since they're Sylvanas' nephews]]); the children who Rhonin fathered.]] fathered. Even after his death she's still based around him.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game until partway through Mists of Pandaria where she helps co-ordinate the Alliance forces on the Isle of Thunder. sShe's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions, and it's implied he influenced her views regarding tradition. [[spoiler:When Veressa plans to join Sylvanas are stopped because Vereesa doesn't want to abandon her children ([[FridgeLogic even though she could've brought them with her to meet Aunt Sylvanas]]); the children who Rhonin fathered.]] Even after his death she's still based around him.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game until partway through Mists of Pandaria where she helps co-ordinate the Alliance forces on the Isle of Thunder. sShe's She's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions, and actions; it's also implied he influenced her views regarding tradition. [[spoiler:When Veressa plans to join Sylvanas are stopped she only stops because Vereesa doesn't she "doesn't want to abandon her children sons" ([[FridgeLogic even though she could've brought them with her to meet Aunt Sylvanas]]); her, since they're Sylvanas' nephews]]); the children who Rhonin fathered.]] Even after his death she's still based around him.
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* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game. Even her views towards tradition are said to be influenced by Rhonin. In game until partway through Mists of Pandaria, she's Pandaria where she helps co-ordinate the Alliance forces on the Isle of Thunder. sShe's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions. actions, and it's implied he influenced her views regarding tradition. [[spoiler:When Veressa plans to join Sylvanas are stopped because Vereesa doesn't want to abandon her children ([[FridgeLogic even though she could've brought them with her to meet Aunt Sylvanas]]); the children who Rhonin fathered.]] Even after his death she's still based around him.
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* TheSoCalledCoward: In ''Blood of the Highborne'', Dar'Khan Drathir notes that Anasterian was likely cowering from Arthas somewhere in the Sunwell Plateau. Pages later, Anasterian unexpectedly appears on the front lines to take out hordes of undead, and attempts to kill [[WorldsStrongestMan Arthas]] himself.
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* MoralMyopia: Has a severe case of this that proves almost worse than Genn Greymane's. He does what he can to snake his way out of the blood oath he owed the Arathi, and only when the orcs attack Quel'Thalas does he fully devote his resources to the war. Once the war is over and Lothar is dead, he immediately pulls Quel'Thalas from the Alliance and blames them for what happened to Quel'Thalas during the war.
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* BestServedCold: How she and Sylvanas planned to deal with Garrosh during his trial.
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* {{Irony}}: Vereesa gets a heavy dose of it in ''War Crimes'', on more than one level. [[spoiler:Despite her issues with the blood elves, she very nearly leaves the Alliance to join ''[[TokenEvilTeammate The Forsaken]]'', who are far worse than the blood elves ever were. Though in fairness, this is in big part due to her sister's presence; she even looks forward to visiting Silvermoon again after switching sides.]]
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[[spoiler:Enraged that Varian negotiated a peace treaty with her husband's killers, Vereesa plots to poison Garrosh Hellscream when it becomes clear that he will face life imprisonment rather than execution, as well as defect from the Alliance in favor of the Forsaken, both to reconnect with her sister Sylvanas, and to be able to set foot in Quel'thalas once again. However, at the last moment, she has a change of heart and decides to remain with the Alliance, even confessing the poisoning to Anduin in order to give him a chance to save Garrosh.]]
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A character subpage for the [=WarCraft=] universe, including ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. For the main character page, [[Characters/{{Warcraft}} see here]]. For the Alliance character page, [[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance see here]].
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A character subpage for the [=WarCraft=] universe, including ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''. For the main character page, [[Characters/{{Warcraft}} see here]].
The high elves (Quel'dorei in their native Thalassian) of Quel'Thalas first appeared in the Eastern Kingdoms 7,000 years before the First War and mostly kept to themselves.
Its three-thousand-year-old king, Anasterian Sunstrider, honor-bound by a pact with the bloodline of Arathor for King Thoradin's help in the Troll Wars, sent aid to the Alliance of Lordaeron in the Second War due to Sir Anduin Lothar's status as the last of the Arathi. After the orcs, riding enslaved [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights red dragons]], burned the borderlands of Quel'Thalas, the elves put their full support behind the Alliance.
About fourteen years later, the Scourge destroyed Quel'Thalas and the survivors renamed themselves blood elves (Sin'dorei or "children of the blood"). A short while later, the blood elves under Kael'thas joined Illidan Stormrage who offered them salvation. Close to five years after joining Illidan, they would join the [[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde Horde]] for support against the Scourge and fight their own prince for allying with the Burning Legion.
This said, a small number of high elves remain. Their central organization is the Silver Covenant, a branch of Dalaran in opposition to their sin'dorei counterparts. Most remaining high elves cling to the Alliance, having rejoined it (to a cold reception, courtesy of their secession after the Second War) following their banishment by the government of Quel'Thalas in the Third War's aftermath.
* {{Bishonen}}: As is standard for male elves.
* TheExile: All of the currently Alliance-aligned high elves are this, having been cast out by Lor'themar to prevent a civil war. They're '''very''' bitter about this.
* OurElvesAreBetter: High Elves, of course.
!!King Anasterian Sunstrider
->''"Outrageous! They dare to invade our home? They dare! We shall teach them to trespass here! Gather our warriors. Summon our rangers. We will attack the trolls and drive them from our forest so sternly they shall never dare encroach again."''
->'''Class:''' Battle Mage
The long-lived king of Quel'Thalas, who ruled it even before the Troll Wars. He perished during the Third War, in a personal duel against Arthas Menethil.
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* AesopAmnesia: He never really learned the value of keeping up cordial relations with the younger races, despite being saved and assisted by them multiple times.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BadassGrandpa: Even by the standards of high elves, Anasterian was '''old''' yet still capable of kicking ass.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolSword: Felo'melorn.
* DualWielding: Felo'melorn in one hand and a staff in the other.
* FantasticRacism: Anasterian really had it in for the younger races, particularly humanity. His penchant for isolation did not bode well in the long run.
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Jerkass}}: At least to the rest of the Alliance.
* KilledOffForReal
* MagicKnight
* MagicStaff
* MoralMyopia: Has a severe case of this that proves almost worse than Genn Greymane's. He does what he can to snake his way out of the blood oath he owed the Arathi, and only when the orcs attack Quel'Thalas does he fully devote his resources to the war. Once the war is over and Lothar is dead, he immediately pulls Quel'Thalas from the Alliance and blames them for what happened to Quel'Thalas during the war.
* NamedWeapons: Felo'melorn, translated as Flamestrike.
* OldMaster
* OldSoldier
* PlayingWithFire
* RoyalBlood
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* UngratefulBastard: The Alliance risks its neck saving his nation (Indeed it was the fact that they were fighting in Quel'thalas that let the horde ''lay siege to Lordaeron'') and once the war is over, he promptly declares it ''the Alliance's fault'' for not saving them sooner and letting so much of the land burn. This is after ignoring a Blood Oath he owed to the Arathi for ''saving his people from the trolls''.
!!Alleria Windrunner
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->'''Class:''' Hunter
A high elven ranger captain of Quel'thalas, eldest of the Windrunner sisters, and an early volunteer to help the Alliance against the Horde in the Second War, even before the high elves formally chose to join the war. During the war the elven homeland was almost burned to the ground by the orcs and her younger brother killed, leading her to become obsessed with revenge and fixated on exterminating the orcs. She relished the chance to join the Alliance Expedition to Draenor and fight the orcs further, and once there, with the aid of Turalyon and Khadgar, eventually gave up on her genocidal quest. While she doesn't appear in ''The Burning Crusade'', her son with Turalyon, Arator the Redeemer, does.
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* ActionGirl
* ActionMom
* AntiHero: She's initially dedicated to annihilating the orcs in the name of revenge, but even after she begins to let go of that desire, she still advocates destroying black dragon eggs to prevent them from growing up into greater threats.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassCape: In ''Warcraft II'' at least.
** BadassNormal
* TheCaptain
* CynicismCatalyst: The death of her brother, Lirath, and the devastation of her homeland made her bitter and vengeful, and unfortunately, resulted in her being isolated from her lover, Turalyon.
* DeathSeeker: This is eventually pointed out to her and she gets better.
* DefrostingIceQueen
* FacialMarkings: Half her face is painted.
* ForestRanger: An elven ranger unit.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Turalyon.
* InTheHood
* LadyOfWar: The only female unit in Warcraft II, and its expansion.
* NeverFoundTheBody: As with Turalyon.
* PutOnABus: As with Turalyon, she's been AWOL since ''Beyond the Dark Portal''.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: The original game didn't mention Alleria having any romantic attachments.
* {{Revenge}}: Her driving motivation after her brother's death.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: She hates orcs. REALLY hates orcs.
* ThighHighBoots: Her statue depicts her with these.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Between ''Tides of Darkness'' and ''Beyond the Dark Portal'', as a result of her lust for revenge, but it's reversed before the end of the latter.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Has this dynamic with Turalyon early on in the novel of ''Beyond the Dark Portal''.
!!Vereesa Windrunner
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->'''Class:''' Hunter
Vereesa is a high elf ranger and the youngest of the Windrunner sisters. Like her sisters, she fought alongside the Alliance against the Horde during the Second War. In current times, she is the leader of the high elf remnants in the Alliance and Ranger General of the Silver Covenant.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Justified for being an elf.
* ActionGirl
* ActionMom: YUP, she is!
* BadassNormal
* BareYourMidriff
* BerserkButton: Has a number of them below...
** Don't mistake her as blood elf. She's still high elf, period.
** Despite what happened to her sister Sylvanas, don't refer the Forsaken Queen as Banshee like Zendarin did.
** Don't call her an exile of Quel'Thalas when she still consider her former kingdom as her home. Especially if your name is Lor'Themar Theron.
* BoomerangBigot: See Fantastic Racism.
* DefrostingIceQueen
* EnemyMine: Join forces with Halduron and Vol'jin to fight against Zul'Aman.
* FantasticRacism: Rather severely against the blood elves, who were previously kinsmen of hers, and are technically still the same race. Possibly because ItsPersonal below, or because her blood elf cousin named Zendarin once tried to kidnap her two sons.
* ForestRanger
* FourStarBadass
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Like Jaina, how she views the Purge of Dalaran]]
* InterspeciesRomance: With Rhonin.
* InTheHood
* ItsPersonal: It's like there's a personal feud between her and Lor'Themar, since she calls him coward while Lor'Themar refers her as an exile.
* LadyOfWar
* [[BigSisterInstinct Little Sister Instinct]]: She gets angry when Zendarin mockingly refers Sylvanas as Banshee.
* MamaBear: Her ambitious evil blood elf cousin named Zendarin once tried to kidnap her two sons. He paid for it, hard.
* ProperlyParanoid: To an extent, as Thalen Songweaver, a blood elf member of the Kirin Tor, turns out to be a Horde traitor, but it's unclear whether Aethas Sunreaver knew that when he vouched for him.
* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game. Even her views towards tradition are said to be influenced by Rhonin. In Mists of Pandaria, she's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions. Even after his death she's still based around him.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Rhonin.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
The high elves (Quel'dorei in their native Thalassian) of Quel'Thalas first appeared in the Eastern Kingdoms 7,000 years before the First War and mostly kept to themselves.
Its three-thousand-year-old king, Anasterian Sunstrider, honor-bound by a pact with the bloodline of Arathor for King Thoradin's help in the Troll Wars, sent aid to the Alliance of Lordaeron in the Second War due to Sir Anduin Lothar's status as the last of the Arathi. After the orcs, riding enslaved [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights red dragons]], burned the borderlands of Quel'Thalas, the elves put their full support behind the Alliance.
About fourteen years later, the Scourge destroyed Quel'Thalas and the survivors renamed themselves blood elves (Sin'dorei or "children of the blood"). A short while later, the blood elves under Kael'thas joined Illidan Stormrage who offered them salvation. Close to five years after joining Illidan, they would join the [[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde Horde]] for support against the Scourge and fight their own prince for allying with the Burning Legion.
This said, a small number of high elves remain. Their central organization is the Silver Covenant, a branch of Dalaran in opposition to their sin'dorei counterparts. Most remaining high elves cling to the Alliance, having rejoined it (to a cold reception, courtesy of their secession after the Second War) following their banishment by the government of Quel'Thalas in the Third War's aftermath.
* {{Bishonen}}: As is standard for male elves.
* TheExile: All of the currently Alliance-aligned high elves are this, having been cast out by Lor'themar to prevent a civil war. They're '''very''' bitter about this.
* OurElvesAreBetter: High Elves, of course.
!!King Anasterian Sunstrider
->''"Outrageous! They dare to invade our home? They dare! We shall teach them to trespass here! Gather our warriors. Summon our rangers. We will attack the trolls and drive them from our forest so sternly they shall never dare encroach again."''
->'''Class:''' Battle Mage
The long-lived king of Quel'Thalas, who ruled it even before the Troll Wars. He perished during the Third War, in a personal duel against Arthas Menethil.
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* AesopAmnesia: He never really learned the value of keeping up cordial relations with the younger races, despite being saved and assisted by them multiple times.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BadassGrandpa: Even by the standards of high elves, Anasterian was '''old''' yet still capable of kicking ass.
* CoolOldGuy
* CoolSword: Felo'melorn.
* DualWielding: Felo'melorn in one hand and a staff in the other.
* FantasticRacism: Anasterian really had it in for the younger races, particularly humanity. His penchant for isolation did not bode well in the long run.
* GoodIsNotNice
* {{Jerkass}}: At least to the rest of the Alliance.
* KilledOffForReal
* MagicKnight
* MagicStaff
* MoralMyopia: Has a severe case of this that proves almost worse than Genn Greymane's. He does what he can to snake his way out of the blood oath he owed the Arathi, and only when the orcs attack Quel'Thalas does he fully devote his resources to the war. Once the war is over and Lothar is dead, he immediately pulls Quel'Thalas from the Alliance and blames them for what happened to Quel'Thalas during the war.
* NamedWeapons: Felo'melorn, translated as Flamestrike.
* OldMaster
* OldSoldier
* PlayingWithFire
* RoyalBlood
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* UngratefulBastard: The Alliance risks its neck saving his nation (Indeed it was the fact that they were fighting in Quel'thalas that let the horde ''lay siege to Lordaeron'') and once the war is over, he promptly declares it ''the Alliance's fault'' for not saving them sooner and letting so much of the land burn. This is after ignoring a Blood Oath he owed to the Arathi for ''saving his people from the trolls''.
!!Alleria Windrunner
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->'''Class:''' Hunter
A high elven ranger captain of Quel'thalas, eldest of the Windrunner sisters, and an early volunteer to help the Alliance against the Horde in the Second War, even before the high elves formally chose to join the war. During the war the elven homeland was almost burned to the ground by the orcs and her younger brother killed, leading her to become obsessed with revenge and fixated on exterminating the orcs. She relished the chance to join the Alliance Expedition to Draenor and fight the orcs further, and once there, with the aid of Turalyon and Khadgar, eventually gave up on her genocidal quest. While she doesn't appear in ''The Burning Crusade'', her son with Turalyon, Arator the Redeemer, does.
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* ActionGirl
* ActionMom
* AntiHero: She's initially dedicated to annihilating the orcs in the name of revenge, but even after she begins to let go of that desire, she still advocates destroying black dragon eggs to prevent them from growing up into greater threats.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassCape: In ''Warcraft II'' at least.
** BadassNormal
* TheCaptain
* CynicismCatalyst: The death of her brother, Lirath, and the devastation of her homeland made her bitter and vengeful, and unfortunately, resulted in her being isolated from her lover, Turalyon.
* DeathSeeker: This is eventually pointed out to her and she gets better.
* DefrostingIceQueen
* FacialMarkings: Half her face is painted.
* ForestRanger: An elven ranger unit.
* InterspeciesRomance: With Turalyon.
* InTheHood
* LadyOfWar: The only female unit in Warcraft II, and its expansion.
* NeverFoundTheBody: As with Turalyon.
* PutOnABus: As with Turalyon, she's been AWOL since ''Beyond the Dark Portal''.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: The original game didn't mention Alleria having any romantic attachments.
* {{Revenge}}: Her driving motivation after her brother's death.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: She hates orcs. REALLY hates orcs.
* ThighHighBoots: Her statue depicts her with these.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Between ''Tides of Darkness'' and ''Beyond the Dark Portal'', as a result of her lust for revenge, but it's reversed before the end of the latter.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Has this dynamic with Turalyon early on in the novel of ''Beyond the Dark Portal''.
!!Vereesa Windrunner
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->'''Class:''' Hunter
Vereesa is a high elf ranger and the youngest of the Windrunner sisters. Like her sisters, she fought alongside the Alliance against the Horde during the Second War. In current times, she is the leader of the high elf remnants in the Alliance and Ranger General of the Silver Covenant.
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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Justified for being an elf.
* ActionGirl
* ActionMom: YUP, she is!
* BadassNormal
* BareYourMidriff
* BerserkButton: Has a number of them below...
** Don't mistake her as blood elf. She's still high elf, period.
** Despite what happened to her sister Sylvanas, don't refer the Forsaken Queen as Banshee like Zendarin did.
** Don't call her an exile of Quel'Thalas when she still consider her former kingdom as her home. Especially if your name is Lor'Themar Theron.
* BoomerangBigot: See Fantastic Racism.
* DefrostingIceQueen
* EnemyMine: Join forces with Halduron and Vol'jin to fight against Zul'Aman.
* FantasticRacism: Rather severely against the blood elves, who were previously kinsmen of hers, and are technically still the same race. Possibly because ItsPersonal below, or because her blood elf cousin named Zendarin once tried to kidnap her two sons.
* ForestRanger
* FourStarBadass
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:Like Jaina, how she views the Purge of Dalaran]]
* InterspeciesRomance: With Rhonin.
* InTheHood
* ItsPersonal: It's like there's a personal feud between her and Lor'Themar, since she calls him coward while Lor'Themar refers her as an exile.
* LadyOfWar
* [[BigSisterInstinct Little Sister Instinct]]: She gets angry when Zendarin mockingly refers Sylvanas as Banshee.
* MamaBear: Her ambitious evil blood elf cousin named Zendarin once tried to kidnap her two sons. He paid for it, hard.
* ProperlyParanoid: To an extent, as Thalen Songweaver, a blood elf member of the Kirin Tor, turns out to be a Horde traitor, but it's unclear whether Aethas Sunreaver knew that when he vouched for him.
* SatelliteCharacter: She is based around Rhonin. In the novels she's working alongside him, then falls in love with him, marries him and bears his children. Except for a line in the Alliance's Quel'Delar questline, Veressa does nothing in the game. Even her views towards tradition are said to be influenced by Rhonin. In Mists of Pandaria, she's all for Purging the Sunreavers and it's strongly implied that her zeal came from the desire to avenge Rhonin's death due to the Horde's actions. Even after his death she's still based around him.
* {{Tsundere}}: To Rhonin.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
