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A night elf, sometimes capitalized as Night Elf, is a humanoid being in Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft media franchise. Known as the Kaldorei in their native language, the night elves were introduc
Promotional artwork depicting a female (left) and male (right) night elf respectively.
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a high fantasy real-time strategy computer video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment released in July 2002. It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs
Night elf
…of the stars') in their native language, the night elves were introduced as one of the four playable factions in the 2002 real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and later became a playable race aligned to the Alliance faction in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft. Night elves…
Warcraft III box art depicting an orc
An example of how the game handles plot exposition through cutscenes: Arthas decides to cull the city Stratholme before the Undead can claim the population, to the disgust of his mentor and friend. "The Culling" is a mission favorably noted by critics as the pivotal turning point for the character, as well as for the moral dilemma it posited.
Rob Pardo, lead designer
Chris Metzen, writer and creative director