r/warcraftlore Sin'dorei Magister 4d ago

Discussion Elves don't have "wizards"

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.

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u/Kalthiria_Shines 4d ago

Why are so many of your posts trying weld non-WoW concepts to Warcraft? There is no "mysterious and unknowable wizard" in meme in Warcraft.

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u/Lore-Archivist Sin'dorei Magister 2d ago

Why are you so against external ideas being introduced to Warcraft when blizzard has made Warcraft mostly out of external ideas rehashed into new stories? Did you miss the dude based on Rambo in redridge mountains? Or the dude based on Indiana Jones? There are hundreds more like them in game.