In the pre-patch of BfA:
the Horde have gathered her entire force and with its full might the Horde made a strike on Night Elves lands. Night Elves lands were unguarded since the army have left to Silithus. The head count was 1to8 on the Horde side. Horde also was under protection by Sylvanas who was almost like demigod. And yet even in such conditions local Night Elves guardians gave a hell to the Horde.
Night Elves did lost that war, Teldrassil was burned down, all their lands were conquered. And later we found out that most of the Night Elves souls were sent to the Maw, while some of them became Forsakens.
It was terrible hit to Night Elves. Such a drama that no matter what came later I was blind to see it. Even knowing that a lot of Night Elves (more than Stormwind city can handle) were evacuated I was keep saying that entire Night Elves race is dead...
And yet what have happened later?
At first Night Elves have gathered their army. Tyrande became Night Warrior and together with Gilneas they managed to defeat the Horde and to kick them out from their lands.
Tyrande's Ascension - Darkshore Final Cutscene | Battle for Azeroth 8.1
Tyrande's Ascension - Darkshore Final Cutscene | Battle for Azeroth 8.1
I know its small. But yet, it was a defeat not only of the Horde but also of the Horde players. They spend effort for that Darkshores Warfront and they lost that battle. Night Elves won, they won!!! And they did this without human potential! They were portrayed independent!
I will also remind that in the end of the entire BfA war Night Elves army together with Shandris Feathermoon were standing at the gates of the Orgrimmar.
So, in a couple of words what have happened? Horde gathered up and while Night Elves were away they have killed civilians. Night Elves gathered up and managed to defeat the Horde, and to kick the Horde till the gates of the Orgrimmar...
Yes, the siege ended up without blood. We didn't get revenge. But lets be honest, in Orgrimmar we can see that loyalists are in chains. They really are portrayed as criminals there. So, I will call this as a victory. We won that war!
In the pre-patch of Shadowlands:
In the last pre-patch Night Elves were defeated and it left negative feelings. But in the Shadowlands pre-patch we got this:
Nathanos Blightcaller's Fate Cinematic - Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Nathanos Blightcaller's Fate Cinematic - Shadowlands Pre-Patch
Its an epic moment when for the first time some Horde hero(even ex) is being killed by the Alliance hero (Night Elf!!!). Yes, he was just send to the Maw, he wasn't killed forever. But now we know that he wasn't send to his beloved Sylvanas, no, he was taken by Jailor to suffer somewhere else.
So, that bastard who made Night Elves to suffer so much got killed in the epic cutscene as a main moment of the pre-patch. I will call this as a win again.
In the Shadowlands it self:
At the very beginning we found out that most strongest leaders were kidnapped. While only Tyrande managed to defeat her enemies. Later she have jumped into the Maw and literary did a genocide there. We were searching for her following the road of dead bodies of the Maw soldiers...
In the end of that quest line Night Elves souls came in Torghast Tower to see Tyrande. They managed to feel her. Yes it was a player Maw walker who took those souls to the Ardenweild, but yet again tnx to the Tyrande we managed to save those souls.
So now Night Elves souls will chill in the Ardenweald, which is literally a natural paradise for Night Elves. If you will ask them they say that Ardenweald is most beautiful thing they ever seen. While all the other souls of other races that died in BfA mostly will continue to suffer in the Maw.
In the same Ardenweald we managed also to bring back to life our beloved friend Ysera, the friend of the Night Elves race. That moment was also so epic that made me even to spill some tears:
Yes, of course there were also bad moments. Tyrande did not managed to defeat Sylvanas, and now it seams that Sylvanas will even going to get redemption. But it also turned out that it was not actually Sylvanas the evil mastermind that is behind everything. It was Jailor, and he will be defeated.
Yes, I know that its not enough and we want more revenge. But lets be honest, we don't really need that revenge. What we really need is to see that our race is happy and strong.
And we did receive this:
*Spoiler* By Our Hand - Chains of Domination Cinematic
*Spoiler* By Our Hand - Chains of Domination Cinematic
So, we finally know now that we Night Elves really are Elunes chosen beloved children. The only playable race that was chosen by the gods of Nature. Now we know that Night Elves religion is not a lie. Now we also know that Night Elves together with Tyrande managed to save the Ardenweald. So they portrayed as a heroes. And now we also know that Night Elves souls will be reborn, while all the other races will stay dead...
So, lets sum up what we have:
The Horde did defeat us while we were away from home. Then we defeated them back. Loyalists are in chains. Nathanos killed by Tyrande in the epic movie. Then we managed to save Ardenweald, and as a god's chosen race all of our people will be reborn...
Lets be honest, Night Elves were portrayed as very strong race, one of the most important races for the Nature realm. And the only thing that we lost in the end of those 2 addons is our home.
But knowing that Teldrassil and Darnassus was raised in just 4 years of the Azeroth, we will probably get a new nice home. In fact Ion already did gave a promise to us that we will get one after Shadowlands.
