Even though Lorewalking will ship with 3 stories in Patch 11.1.7, we’ve datamined a fourth story about the Sunwell that will most likely serve as a lore catch-up for players in the Midnight expansion!
Datamined Lorewalking Dialogue
The following lines are by Lorewalker Cho:
Thousands of years ago, a group of Highborne night elves were exiled by their druidic kin for practicing forbidden arcane magic.
These “high elves” sailed to the Eastern Kingdoms, where they founded the nation of Quel’Thalas.
At the heart of their civilization stood the Sunwell, a font of arcane power that sustained their people and fueled their sorcery.
Though they warred with the neighboring Amani trolls, the high elves enjoyed many millennia of relative peace and prosperity.
But that came to an end when Arthas and his army of the undead marched upon Quel’Thalas.
Without the Sunwell, the blood elves had to drain magic from other sources. But doing so ravaged their minds and bodies over time.
Kael’thas knew that if they did not find a new source of magic, his people would be doomed.
Going to desperate lengths, Kael’thas imprisoned a naaru–a being of pure Light–and had his magisters siphon its holy power.
When even that did not prove enough, Kael’thas pledged the sacred Sunwell to the demonic Burning Legion in exchange for fel magic.
Heroes of the Horde and the Alliance stormed the Sunwell and prevented the demons from summoning their dark masters.
And then, a miracle took place. The same naaru the blood elves had held captive sacrificed itself to cleanse and restore the Sunwell.
Now a font of holy Light, the Sunwell once again sustained the blood elves, ending their ill-fated quest for a new source of magic.
Never again would they delve into dark sorcery or place the Sunwell in peril. But that vow would soon be put to the test…