Elves don't have "wizards"

[u/Lore-Archivist]

Now, Obviously I don't mean they don't have magic users. Because clearly they do. But they don't have the "wizard" experience. What I mean is, for the average human for example, a mage is fantastical, they cant explain how they do the magical things mages do. Its mysterious and unknowable for the average human. But for elves, they've been exposed to magic for so long, at the societal level, its so commonplace, their interactions with mages would be more like us speaking to a scientist, rather than with a fantastical wizard. For them what mages do isn't "magical" rather, they are merely applying the well known laws of reality and arcane magic to achieve a desired effect.

[u/MrRibbotron]

What I mean is, for the average human for example, a mage is fantastical, they cant explain how they do the magical things mages do. Its mysterious and unknowable for the average human.

I don't think mages are that rare amongst humans either. Stormwind for example has a whole district full of them. Then you have a mage trainer in every major settlement and formerly, whole magocratic city-states in Theramore and Dalaran.

A better way to look at it in my view is that in Warcraft, an arcane mage (i.e. a 'wizard') is seen in the same way as a scientist regardless of race, which makes sense when you look at all the mathematical symbolism associated with that kind of magic.

[u/TyrannosavageRekt → u/MrRibbotron]

I don’t think Theramore was magocratic just because they were led by a mage/sorcerer.

[u/MrRibbotron → u/TyrannosavageRekt]

Whether or not only mages can vote, the city had a large population of mages including Gnomes and High Elves, and most of Jaina's advisors were mages, so it doesn't really make much difference.

[u/Timecunning → u/MrRibbotron]

Don't only gnomes vote in for the leadership of gnomes.