#Azj'Tordin

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Top 10 best elves

For @khadgars-raven, our local elf lover. Okay, 10 elves which are, according to me, the best. This is going to be a lot subjective thing, though, as I prioritize maybe different things than you do. Oh, I have ran out of Top N queue, so... If you’d like to see some in a fortnight, you could suggest some.

10. Azj’Tordin - A good elf name has to be stupid to pronounce, so clearly his parents loved him. Shen’dralar are still my favorite elven faction, although you can no longer grind reputation with them. Azj’ is clearly a traumatised elf with only a little lore known, but he’s a good looking, not evil, a Shen’dralar, and loves himself his book, so clearly here he goes.

9. Altruis the Sufferrer - Hands down, a good and solid Demon Hunter even back at the Burning Crusade. He had a Netherwing friend/mount, so, like, he can’t be a bad person either. I would trust him with life. Not my life, mind you, but someone’s life for sure. It also feels good to know that Blizzard doesn’t always abandon their characters.

8. Blood-Queen Lana’thel - The Icecrown Lacrimosa. I used to play on a private WotLK server where she was famous for descending into a completely different boss battle with the Blood Prince Court if you managed to kick up and glitch a ball of blood or what was it thorough the ceiling into her room. But also, vampire Queen.

7. Asric - Alright, face it, this list is going to contain a lot of Blood Elves, because you know, it is the Blood Elves that Blizzard usually cares about and makes them interesting characters. Angry drinkinig ex-investigator who got fooled by Griftah or maybe just paid what he thought being enough at time. He ended up with Jadaar. Maybe Jadaar and he are together, maybe not, but they are a damn good duo anyway. I like Asric, although he is nothing badass, you don’t need to be a badass or epic in order to be a good and interesting character (doesn’t equal with good person)

6. Illidan Stormrage - Fiiiine, yeah, here you go. Illidan is a dumbass, but he is our dumbass, and also Taedal likes him. He is a problematic character, yeah, not everybody likes him, but he is notable and actually shows some character unlike his brother. Still, Blizzard could do much better and learn that wings and glaives don’t make you a good and interesting character, only a good poster to have above your bed. There are far more interesting (and therefore in my opinion better) characters than Illidan.

5. Voren’thal the Seer - In this trying times, we all need a dude who can see into the future. And also admit that yeah, he was really wrong, we are really sorry, A’dal, Kaelthas is a big dick, would you have us? I also like to think that as we got no update on his whereabouts he is a) still alive, b) getting along with Ishanah.

4. Lor’themar Theron - Speaking of elves, I am going to throw in the wine dad we all love, also probably the only Blood Elf who is probably a guy. A Ranger with an eyepatch and a sword. I would gladly give him a sniper rifle. If I had to choose a Warcraft character to kill me, I’d choose him, he wouldn’t make any fuzz about it. ...I admit that his HeadQuarters Verse might not entirely correspond the Warcraft canon, but then, Warcraft canon doesn’t correspond with Warcraft canon, especially when it comes to personalities, so you know.

3. Koltira Deathweaver - I admit, I like Thassarian a little better. Mainly because Koltira’s boyfriend got an actual beard and the Cult tattoos. But Koltira is also very good. Overall, in our Family Koltira is loved deeply. My mother’s DK and main is Alliance, and while doing the quests in Icecrown, she was frantically searching the Skybreaker for Koltira, because damn, Thassarian is there, his boyfriend must be too. She later found him with her Orc on the Horde ship, and she was so happy. Koltira is a very good elf.

2. Maiev Shadowsong - Look, I had a crush on her since the Burning Crusade. Not since Warcraft III, because I never got that far when I was four years old. But guys, guys... Maiev. I mean, they killed of Javert in the Les Misérables, let me have at least this one Lawful Neutral, alright? And her helmet hes special place to put her eyebrows in, which is cool.

1. Occuleth - Yeah, alright. A genius telemancer whose first reaction to a strange intruder in a workshop full of secrets that is under attack is to put them in a mana deadlock bubble. I love Occuleth, and if anything happens to him, I am going to get on the path of vengeance

Honorable Mention: Cameo Sentinel - You know her, I have used her here a few times. She is one of the Darnassian Sentinels, you know, those sentiles in Darnassus, all named Darnassian Sentinel. For such a job, this one has been thorough some shit. Also, how do you know that the Cameo Sentinel is always the same sentinel? Maybe she isn’t... I wanted to put Arathor in here to be fair, but then I realized he is a half elf and therefore doesn’t count and couldn’t make it even into honorable mentions.