We cannot escape the War of the Shifting Sands. Rajaxx may have been defeated and C'thun cast down, yet we continually return to Silithus.
Fendral Staghelm first proved himself in that war. Whether or not you agree with his policies in Darnassus or his leadership of the Cenarion Circle, he did not come to his position by happenstance. He is an intelligent, capable, very powerful leader. And Teldrassil was his idea. Again, whether or not you agree with the decision to plant Teldrassil, it provided a badly needed rallying point for the Night Elf Nation. Our Empire, from Auberdine to Azshara, Hyjal to Feralas, had just been destroyed by raw elemental upheaval. We had, literally, sacrificed everything, our homes, our families, our immortal lives, to save the world. Yet we had no place in it. And Staghelm gave us that place.
Of course, we wanted Teldrassil to be all he promised it would be. Our new Home. Our new Nordrassil. Our new Immortality. Even while we knew it could not be, not without the Dragonflights' blessings, we still dared hope it might be. Or at least hoped that in working towards that goal, perhaps we could accomplish something good. And we have! Despite its flaws, Teldrassil is beautiful. Darnassus is a magnificent capital. Even if it has not been all Staghelm promised, it has become our home. That is no small thing.
I have to admit I find myself in the rapidly growing camp of those who do not always agree with Staghelm. But I understand, at least intuitively, the complex reasons he argued for Teldrassil. I empathize with his own personal hope to recover what he personally lost in the War of the Shifting Sands, what we lost to wars in general. I think at some level all Night Elves do. That's why we return to Silithus so often. Even if all that remains of the Silithid threat is a few weakened hives, some scattered cultist camps, we still continue to fight them. You see, the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj are not confined to a small corner of a distant desert.
Fendral Staghelm first proved himself in that war. Whether or not you agree with his policies in Darnassus or his leadership of the Cenarion Circle, he did not come to his position by happenstance. He is an intelligent, capable, very powerful leader. And Teldrassil was his idea. Again, whether or not you agree with the decision to plant Teldrassil, it provided a badly needed rallying point for the Night Elf Nation. Our Empire, from Auberdine to Azshara, Hyjal to Feralas, had just been destroyed by raw elemental upheaval. We had, literally, sacrificed everything, our homes, our families, our immortal lives, to save the world. Yet we had no place in it. And Staghelm gave us that place.
Of course, we wanted Teldrassil to be all he promised it would be. Our new Home. Our new Nordrassil. Our new Immortality. Even while we knew it could not be, not without the Dragonflights' blessings, we still dared hope it might be. Or at least hoped that in working towards that goal, perhaps we could accomplish something good. And we have! Despite its flaws, Teldrassil is beautiful. Darnassus is a magnificent capital. Even if it has not been all Staghelm promised, it has become our home. That is no small thing.
I have to admit I find myself in the rapidly growing camp of those who do not always agree with Staghelm. But I understand, at least intuitively, the complex reasons he argued for Teldrassil. I empathize with his own personal hope to recover what he personally lost in the War of the Shifting Sands, what we lost to wars in general. I think at some level all Night Elves do. That's why we return to Silithus so often. Even if all that remains of the Silithid threat is a few weakened hives, some scattered cultist camps, we still continue to fight them. You see, the Ruins of Ahn'Qiraj are not confined to a small corner of a distant desert.
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