History Characters / WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas

* NonIndicativeName: Besides the case examples mentioned below and Blood Elf players that are Death Knights, the race as a whole carries no particular inherent affinities with blood.

* {{Elfeminate}}: To be expected from elves, but it's particularly noticable in this case because the other elves in the setting, the Night Elves, actually ''avert'' this trope, while male Blood Elves tend to look like {{Bishonen}}. In-universe, it has practically become a RunningGag to have other races (especially in the Horde) mistaking them for female. It should be noted, however, that this only applies in comparison to the other races whose males tend to be very built and muscular, as Blood Elven men are still well-built and masculine (broad-shouldered and chested with a swimmer's musculature) by realistic standards.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: Blood elves are a diverse race, encompassing quite a few elven archetypes. They used to be archetypal High Elves, and still follow some of the tropes in that area (ancient civilization, ShiningCity, proficient with magic...), but following the event of ''Warcraft 3'' have become more pragmatic, bitter toward humans and tend to favor the color red rather than the blue they used to wear while working with the Alliance. They now suffer an addiction to magic, though after the ending of ''Burning Crusade'', the Sunwell being purified is gradually fixing this. Their culture is sun-themed, and they usually are despicted as blonde, though black, red and white hair are also common.

* RedemptionQuest: As stated in their post-Cataclysm opening cinematic, they're on a quest to redeem the soul of their ancient race.

* BoobsOfSteel: Her official artwork portrays her as pretty well-endowed, despite covering her chest in plate armor and a tabard. Though, Warcraft artwork in general frequently emphasizes its female characters' bust sizes.

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!!!'''Voiced by''': Misty Lee (English), Tatyana Shitov (Russian)

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GideonEmery

!!!'''Voiced by''': Misty Lee

!!!'''Voiced by''': Jim Pirri

* ColourCodedCharacters: Red is probably the most common colour you'll see on a blood elf. This is [[JustifiedTrope justified]]: crimson is the high elven colour of mourning, which has become far more prevalent in blood elven society after the Scourge invasion.
* DarkestHour: The Scourge invasion is seen as this. See DespairEventHorizon below.

* {{Elfeminate}}: To be expected from elves, but it's particularly noticable in this case because the other elves in the setting, the Night Elves, actually ''avert'' this trope, while male Blood Elves tend to look like {{Bishonen}}. In-universe, it has practically become a RunningGag to have other races (especially in the Horde) mistaking them for female. It should be noted, however, that this only applies in comparison to the other races whose males tend to be very built and muscular, as Blood Elven men are well-built and masculine (broad-shouldered and chested with a swimmer's musculature) by realistic standards.

* OurElvesAreBetter: Blood elves are a diverse race, encompassing quite a few elven archetypes. They used to be archetypal High Elves, and still follow some of the tropes in that area (ancient civilization, ShiningCity, proficient with magic...), but following the event of ''Warcraft 3'' have become more pragmatic, bitter toward humans and tend to favor the color red rather than the blue they used to wear while working with the Alliance. They now suffer an addiction to magic, though after the ending of ''Burning Crusade'', the Sunwell being purified is gradually fixing this. Their culture is sun-themed, and they usually are despicted as blonde, though black, red and white hair are also common.

* Gainaxing: The female blood elves from World of Warcraft have very detailed animations around their chest area. In their idle state, their breasts are noticeably increasing in size while inhaling.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\
'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheArtifactWeapons The Artifact Weapons]]\\

* ArchEnemy: The Amani and the Scourge.
* BecomingTheMask: It was originally implied that the Blood Elves were aligned with the Horde out of convenience rather than any sort of bond with their peoples. In Mists of Pandaria, seeds are planted to imply that Lor'themar at least considered defecting to the Alliance during Garrosh Hellscream's reign. But the difficult decision was made easy when Jaina imprisoned or killed all of the Sin'dorei Sunreavers in Dalaran, and the race has almost started GoingNative as a result. They, especially Lor'themar, now exemplify the Horde's 'blood and thunder' tendencies and find themselves one of the most trusted members of the Horde's family -- and Lor'themar himself seems to revel in it.

* EmeraldPower: Without the Sunwell, Blood Elves learned to drain mana from various sorces to curb their magical addiction. One of the prominent sources they got was [[TheCorruption fel magic]] by draining captured demons. Even in small doses, fel magic can cause physical mutations. For the Blood Elves, this turned their once shining blue eyes into a supernatural green, reflecting their new source of power.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren}]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

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* ShipperOnDeck: Is this for Lor'themar and Thalyssra.

* UnreliableNarrator: During her negotiations with Thalyssra about having the nightborne join the Horde, Liadrin claims that Tyrande and the night elves have done nothing for centuries except sleeping and hiding in trees, while her people have been fighting to save the world, to further convince Thalyssra to join their cause. This isn't completely true, since the night elves have defended Azeroth in many wars, such as the War of the Ancients, the War of the Satyr and the War of the Shifting Sands. Meanwhile, the high elves mostly focused on defending their newly established kingdom, preferring to stay out of the other people's affairs, unless it threatened them in some way. It wasn't until they became blood elves and joined the Horde, that they started to take more active role in defense of Azeroth.

* Interspecies romance: Develops one with First Arcanist Thalyssra of the Nightborne following the events of the Fourth War.

OfficialCouple: Becomes this with Thalyssra in the short story A Moment in Verse released following the events of 8.3.

* ShipTease: Has some of this with Thalyssra of Suraamr in ''Battle for Azeroth''.

* {{Foil}}: They have three of these in the Alliance:

* ItsAllMyFault: After the disastrous Blood War, he takes [[spoiler: Saurfang's]] death, ''very'' hard, blaming himself for both his friends death, and Windrunner's rise to power, remarking that his trust in the person she ''used'' to be, blinded him to the monster she had become, and he laments the fact he only choose to act when Baine's life was in danger.