Blood Elven Views on Demonology

[Nephuria]

So wiki says those that went to outland became fel blood elves, consuming demons to feed there thirst, it says warlocks are an accepted part of society and that the demons they use are seen as tools not allies; does that mean having a demon within silvermoon is acceptable?

[c0rzilla]

That article is perhaps outdated, considering the re-igniting of the Sunwell via the heart of a Naaru. The blood elves are on their way to purity. As such, I don't think warlocks would be as accepted as they were. The blood knights are quite popular, and I don't think Lady Liadrin--"reborn" as she was--would want to see demons walking around the city. Also, the warlocks seem to congragte in the dark of Murder Row. Not exactly sauntering about the market with their fel-guards on a silken leash.

So, in short: tolerated, but only in the dark corners of Silvermoon.

A neat note:

An interesting observation in Murder Row is of the warlock Keyanomir, whose succubus minion will only come out after dark.

[SachikoMaeda]

While warlocks are acceptable within Sin'dorei society by majority, no one will have their demon out openly. Who can trust a demon?

Demons are generally kept out of public view since they can be considered unpleasant to look at and can disrupt maintaining order. You know what the constructs say about maintaining order.

[Nephuria]

So they are more or less accepted as being allowed to live/be in the city, but they are not exalted or encouraged to use their magic?

[Rowgen]

That would be right.

[Beltharean]

No... I don't agree with this at all. There are several demons walking about Silvermoon if I recall correctly, but that may have just been during the span of the Sin'sholai events. Regardless! One of the most popular tailors in Silvermoon's shop is run by, none other than, a Succubus. If it were illegal to have a demon out in Silvermoon, at least one that you could control, then obviously his shop would be banned, boarded, and burned. The three B's, as it were.

[SachikoMaeda]

You normally never see them in the street. They're either kept hidden in Murder Row or in basements running sweatshops

[c0rzilla]

Perhaps, Beltharean.

But, one also has to remember Blizzard hasn't updated either the Exodar or Silvermoon for WotLK. It doesn't quite reflect the change in attitude that came about with the Naaru's sacrifice. And, yeah. Whatever happened during Sin'sholai is retconned into oblivion.

[CappnRob]

And, yeah. Whatever happened during Sin'sholai is retconned into oblivion.

AND THANK THE TITANS FOR THAT.

... It'd be awesome if Blizzard used their phasing technology to allow a phased version of Azuremyst/Eversong to reflect WotLK :c

[Reigen]

With the sunwell restored, Warlocks and Demons are likely starting to slip out of a favorable light due to Kael'thas trying to use their beloved well to summon a demon to destroy everything. A lot of elves just -may- be a bit sore about that. You'll also notice warlock trainers are kept underground in Silvermoon. The Fel-crystles that are around? I honestly ignore them because they really wouldn't be around anymore now that they're not needed.

Regardless! One of the most popular tailors in Silvermoon's shop is run by, none other than, a Succubus.

It's not run by the Succubus, but the leaper gnomes have a succubus slave driver. These guys are also underground and out of view.

There's a leper gnome sweatshop hidden underneath the tailoring store in Silvermoon. At least 5 gnomes are in there being put to work by a Succubus that belongs to the shop owner and a hefty pile of gold is just sitting on his desk in the middle of the chamber.

[Nephuria]

Does the name Warlock mean anything in particular, like because of their destruction capabilities were they named warlock because of the spells they used in war? There are other warlocks like humans or other races what do they draw power from, the shadow?

[Reigen]

They were named Warlock because Blizzard thought it sounded cool. There's really no IC reason as to why they were named such.

There are other warlocks like humans or other races what do they draw power from, the shadow?

I'm not sure what you're asking here!

[c0rzilla]

Warlock means they use demonic magic and/or summon demons. Blood Mages use specific and controlled bits of it to enhance fire magics, but they're not quite warlocks.

Warlocks are former arcanists, or in the case of the orcs, former shamans, who, in pursuit of ever-greater sources of power, have cast off their studies of the arcane or nature magics to delve deeper into the darker, fel-based magic of shadow.

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Warlocks are masters of the dark arts, devoted to furthering their understanding and use of shadow and Fire based magics, along with the summoning of demons from within the Twisting Nether. They first appeared on Azeroth during the First War, when Gul'dan, the first of their kind among the invading orc clans of Draenor, led the Horde across the dimensional gulf through the Dark Portal while in servitude to the Burning Legion.

It has nothing to do with "war". The word "warlock" originates from...

O.E. wærloga "traitor, liar, enemy," from wær "faith, a compact" (cf. O.H.G. wara "truth," O.N. varar "solemn promise, vow;" see very; cf. also Varangian) + agent noun related to leogan "to lie" (see lie

(v.1)). Original primary sense seems to have been "oath-breaker;" given special application to the devil (c.1000), but also used of giants and cannibals. Meaning "one in league with the devil" is recorded from c.1300. Ending in -ck and meaning "male equivalent of witch" (156 are from Scottish.

Considering the deceitful pacts warlocks make with demons, and the oaths warlocks perhaps left behind to persue power, it fits perfectly.

[Harmonic]

And, yeah. Whatever happened during Sin'sholai is retconned into oblivion.

AND THANK THE TITANS FOR THAT.

... It'd be awesome if Blizzard used their phasing technology to allow a phased version of Azuremyst/Eversong to reflect WotLK :c

Sin'Sholai was fun as heck, and I think Mikain did a darn good job with it. The problem was, however, is that it didn't follow "Cannon" that Blizz is trying to update every three months. It felt more like an actual DM run game, rather than us just trying to follow blizz lore.

Sure, it forced us to have a retcon and a partial restart, but anyone who says it was a "bad" event probably wasn't there to enjoy -all- the things Mikain had implemented. Did it fit how it was supposed to? Nope. Was it fun? Hell yeah it was.




As for Belves and Demonology, I couldn't find anything to support either side of the argument. Absolutely nothing. In this scenario, I'd think common sense would be used, as people keep saying. They've recently gotten over -yet another- disaster, this time it was directly related to demons and fel, so one would think that most people would be mistrustful of warlocks.

Edit: However, as another thing to chew on, they were devastated by the Scourge, and now have a relationship with the Forsaken.

[c0rzilla]

Edit: However, as another thing to chew on, they were devastated by the Scourge, and now have a relationship with the Forsaken.

Plate bikinis work wonders in diplomacy.

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