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Well, after last weeks extensive look into dwarven politics we"re closing in on finishing off the Alliance. So far we"ve seen the night elves, the gnomes, and the dwarves - today we"ll take a brief look at the Alliance race that hasn"t had much to say since Burning Crusade: the Draenei.
Luckily Matthew Rossi has already written up an excellent post on the history of the draenei and their otherworldly origins. This post explains the corruption of the eredar at the hands of Sargeras, and the lone faction of eredar that escaped to become what we know as the draenei today. It"s only been a couple of years at best from a timeline standpoint since the blue-skinned aliens made a smashing debut on Azeroth, yet they"ve been largely absent from the war efforts in Northrend -- what"s left for the draenei, and what does their future with the Alliance hold?
The draenei race is quite possibly the most peaceful race the Alliance has on their side. While the other races of the Alliance are prone to conflicts and struggles over petty disagreements, the draenei only seem to strike out in defense. Their arrival on Azeroth wasn"t pretty -- they ended up tearing up the landscape over on Azuremyst and Bloodmyst isles. While they were of course concerned about their fellow survivors, they were just as concerned with what they"d done to the land and the creatures on it -- as a society concerned with not only the Light of the naaru, but the elements of shamanism, the last thing they wanted to do was wreak havoc on a new world, especially since they"d just left a dying world behind.
Continue reading Know Your Lore: Current Alliance politics -- the Draenei
Know Your Lore: Current Alliance politics -- the Draenei originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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