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Night Elf

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The ancient kaldorei kept watch over Kalimdor for ten thousand years; now mortal, they have planted a new World Tree and joined the Alliance.
The night elves, or kaldorei, are the oldest of the playable peoples. Descended from trolls changed by the Well of Eternity, they built an empire of magic, survived the War of the Ancients and spent ten thousand years as a reclusive people of druids and Sentinels in the shadow of Mount Hyjal. Arcane magic remains forbidden among them.
The Third War cost them their immortality, when Nordrassil was wounded to destroy Archimonde. With Malfurion lost in the Emerald Dream, Archdruid Fandral Staghelm grew a new World Tree, Teldrassil, off the coast of Darkshore, and the capital Darnassus rose in its branches. Under Tyrande Whisperwind the night elves joined the Alliance. New night elves begin among Teldrassil’s glades.
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Related lore

Chapter 3
The Rise of the Kaldorei
Trolls ruled ancient Kalimdor until a tribe drawn to the Well of Eternity became the night elves, whose queen Azshara built an empire of breathtaking magic.
Chapter 4
The War of the Ancients
Azshara opened the way for the Burning Legion, and the world nearly ended before the Well of Eternity tore itself apart.
Chapter 17
The Battle for Mount Hyjal
Warned by a prophet, orcs and humans sailed to Kalimdor, where they joined the night elves to stop Archimonde at the World Tree.
Glossary
Kaldorei
The night elves, “children of the stars”, one of the oldest civilizations of Kalimdor.
Glossary
Elune
The moon goddess of the night elves, whose priestesses lead their people.
Glossary
Nordrassil
The World Tree of Mount Hyjal, grown by the Aspects to seal the second Well of Eternity.

Appears in the story

5
The Long Watch of Hyjal
20
Stormwind in Shadow

Sources

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