A Guide to Blood Elf Roleplay


 * This page is a work in progress. Development is mostly in the talk-tab, basic structure has been lifted from the Guide to Night Elf RP but may change as convenient.

Currently listed: topics to cover.

Introduction:

 * Blood Elves in the Horde: though prettier on the outside, fundamentally Blood Elves share the same predicament as all the Horde races (except the Tauren). They have a glorious past, now lost to them; now they teeter on the brink and join the Horde not out of love, but for sheer survival. Like most of the Horde, they would be regarded as traitors or monsters by outsiders. Blood Elves see themselves quite differently: as the last survivors of an massacre, determined to reclaim their birthright and heritage from the ashes. They bear their new identity as Children of the Blood to honour those who fell defending their homelands, and as a reminder of the sacrifice all still living owe their existence to.

Chapter One: Mindset

 * High Elf mentality: benevolent enlightenment


 * Blood Elf mentality: bitter survival


 * Post-Reclamation Blood Elf mentality: return to Light


 * All blood elves have lived through all three phases - mentality may vary


 * Thoughts on traditionalism vs. individualist rebellion

Chapter Two: Physiology

 * how Blood Elves age, physical and legal maturity


 * arcane addiction, fel corruption

Chapter Three: Culture and Society

 * Authoritarian society, formal and serene, honourable traditions - but under the peaceful veneer also fiercely passionate creatures with a dark underbelly of arrogance, hidden vices, arcane addiction and recent fel corruption


 * Magisters, Farstriders, Blood Knights, the royal family (now the Regent) - lore institutions of note

Chapter Four: Attitudes to other races

 * Horde: ancient enemity with Trolls, uneasy history with the Forsaken, new allegiances with the Orcs, fundamental philosophical difference with the Tauren


 * Alliance: former human allies, exiles from the Kaldorei, Draenai serve both the Ally-enemy and the Naaru saviours of the Sin'dorei race

Chapter Five: Love and Romance between Blood Elves

 * Attitudes to romance, sexuality, marriage, same-sex and interracial liasons

Chapter Six: History
(summarise timeline from WoWwiki or old Suncrown guide)

Chapter Seven: Avoiding common mistakes

 * list and explain quick-fixes (To be covered: High Elves, half-elves, 'age in human years', raised in , ...)

Chapter Eight: Closing Remarks

 * everything else

Appendix: Blood Elf RP on SWC

 * Link to belf guilds/communities/other