Know Your Lore: Elven evolution

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5-04-2010 @ 6:12PM

mikel evins said...

'"Highborne" is simply "quel'dorei" in Common'

Well, not quite.

"Highborne" means "carried high" or "lifted high". If "quel'dorei" means "children of noble birth" and you want a one-word equivalent, the word you're looking for is "highborn".

Blizzard always spells it "lifted high", but from the context of their quest text, I assume they're systematically making the same mistake, and they actually mean "highborn", even though they consistently misspell it.

But who knows? Maybe they really do mean "lifted high". It would actually make some sense, given the general arrogance of the elves who call themselves that.

5-04-2010 @ 8:36PM

Artificial said...

Well, yes, literally speaking, "highborne" would be "carried to a high place" whereas "highborn" would be "born in a high place". However, in *no* context in the game or discussions of birth or social status are either of these terms used literally, in those contexts they are always used figuratively, and usually to mean the exact same thing.

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