Blood Elves

Investigation: Blood Elf

by Erling Feuergeist"The youngest reports I had held in my hands about Blood Elves were over 200 years old. I was aware of their existence and knew where to look for them, and yet it turned out to be rather difficult. When I finally found traces to follow in the west, I would soon find out that the old documents needed updates on many things.""I remember reading about Blood Elves being a small community of Cursed Elves that tried to break out of their karmic prison that the millennia-old curse had put them in, but after their attempts had not been as fruitful as hoped, they had lost all hope and had waited for their last days. However, what I came across instead, was a large society of Blood Elves, proud and with an impressive and also frightening magic potential.""As some of the Cursed Elves refused to respect their destinies and fought to find a way to alter their future, a group, a good dozen of centuries ago, had started to experiment with Blood Magic. The result was not a breakthrough in the direction aimed for, yet still a vast genetic change with the first Blood Elves coming into this world.""Dark red eyes, long black hair, sometimes brown or red-brown, are the most common traits of the Blood Elves. The magical enhancements to their genetics have their species taller than their origins by roughly an arm-length, which is an astounding change to be observed. Still, the most drastic difference to the Cursed Elves in my eyes is the skin tone, which is almost human-like. By no means do I expect the curse to be defeated, but rather do I believe that the Blood Magic brought it onto a different path of evolution.""Still living amongst some Cursed Elves, the Blood Elves were the most forthcoming and welcoming to a stranger like me, even though that is a far stretch of a description. I still felt unwelcome, not worthy of any trust. Luckily, I didn’t need any to be able to observe the bravery that lives within a Blood Elf, fueled by their desire for tomorrow or their pride in their magical skills.""And even with their sharp sarcasm commenting nearly my every move and doubting my every word, I felt honored to witness how graceful and energetic they were as they performed rituals based on what I identified as a combination of Heat and Motion Magic.""The only thing they seem to avoid is works with demonic blood. No one would agree to explain, but based on my observations I would guess that they fear to get more tainted when the goal of the first Blood Elves was to move away from corruption and unholy matters. Other Dark Arts, however, are still performed, which leads me to the alternate suspicion that demonic blood could simply be a weakness they developed over the centuries."