I have confirmed that the correct spelling of her name is "Sylvanas Windrunner". I thought it had 2 N's in it. Just so everyone knows.
- --FeldmanSkitzoid 20:39, 9 Mar 2005 (EST)
Question: is there any relation between Sylvanas and alleria windrunner?
- Sylvanas Windrunner, Alleria Windrunner and Vereesa Windrunner are believed to all be sisters of one-another. It is confirmed in the Well of Eternity, The (Book) that Sylvanas is indeed Vereesa's sister, though I have not read any reference myself that included Alleria, though the articles creator does though. Jemimus 11:45, 13 Jul 2005 (EDT)
Funny Fact:
Sylvanas signed the statue of Alleria in the entrance of Stormwind.
(Not Funny, but still interesting) After the second war, Alleria though all her family was dead. That's why she was so thirsty of vengeance against the Horde.
--Shatiana 14:22, 20 Oct 2005 (EDT)
Both War of the Ancients (the Well of Eternity) and Day of the Dragon confirm that Alleria, Sylvanas and Vereesa are sisters. --Ragestorm 20:15, 3 Dec 2005 (EST)
What if Alleria returns from Outland? She'll find her people joinned horde and his sister is trying to develop a plauge that wipe out life on Azeroth? --mko 11:45, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
Since when is Sylvanas intent of wiping out life on Azeroth? Anyway, my guess is that Alleria would remain in support of the Alliance and try to find her uncorrupted sister, Vereesa, who, being married to Rhonin, one of the Kirin Tor, would probably still be a High Elf and not one of the Sin'dorei.--Ragestorm 15:51, 18 May 2006 (EDT)
Well, there is the Royal Apothecary Society who are developing the New Plague. And considering that the Apotecharium is located right around the Royal Quarter of Undercity, it would seem odd that Sylvanas would not know what they are doing. There is one thing that puzzles me about the claim that Alleria thought that her family was dead. Sylvanas was the Ranger-General of Silvermoon, so news about her health should have spread quickly. Or did she attain this rank after Alleria's departure to Draenor? --Shalkis 03:37, 29 May 2006 (EDT)
Corporeal form
When Sylvanas got "able to maintain her physical form", was it her old body (which Arthas killed in Quel'Thalas) or another one? - Sikon 01:35, 29 May 2006 (EDT)
That's what se don't know. --Ragestorm 10:53, 29 May 2006 (EDT)
I'm surprised that nobody's brought up the most obvious theory regarding this issue just yet -- they simply didn't have a separate new model for Sylvanas in the original game, for whatever reason, so they gave her the Banshee. By the time of the expansion they created the Dark Ranger and gave her that.
I don't think there was ever meant to be a difference, it's more akin to a retcon. But that's my theory.
--Wasted 06:06, 2 July 2006 (EDT)
- Ah, yes, but we were searching for a lore reason, as you did on the Night Elf page ;-P it's all academic, anyway--Ragestorm 07:39, 2 July 2006 (EDT)
- I think it was most likely just a retcon, and to be honest, if it *is* a retcon, then you don't *need* an "in lore" explanation. That's the whole point of retroactive continuity. It would simply mean "Sylvanas was never the banshee that we saw in WarCraft III". I mean, you don't see them going to pains to explain why people worshipped "God" in WarCraft I, but now worship the "Holy Light" do you? ;) (Ulicus 19:19, 25 July 2006 (EDT))
Sylvanas as a Night Elf
As we all know, the Plague hit Silvermoon pretty hard. Also the Plague ravages the body as well. Arthas is only in his twenties and he looks like an old or dying man. Grey skin, wrinkles, gray hair.Maybe it is different for Elven races. The Draenei have experienced devolution during the genocide on Draenor, and the Elves might have done the same during the invasion of Quel'thalas. High elves are a racical off-shoot of the Night elves, so when the Plague killed Sylvanas and she gained her corporeal form back, the body was probably devolved into a Night elven form and thus her appearance in WoW.-Hammerdin
Sylvanas and the Blood Elves
There is this one issue that I have been wondering about ever since they mentioned that the Blood Elves are going to join the Horde. It is this: If Sylvanas Windrunner was the 'leader' of the High Elves in WC3, and she is still 'alive' only in her Undead form, then when the Blood Elves (who are in truth the High Elves, only corrupted a bit - much like Sylvanas herself) then why would she not want to command both races, as in reality, they are both the same people, only that one is corrupted through death and the other corrupted through living. The people who are now the Blood Elves will surely still recognize Sylvanas as only 5 years have passed. So why has this issue never been brought up before?--Stavious
- Because Sylvanas wasn't the leader of all the High Elves, she was just the captain of the elite rangers unit. The true leader was King Anasterian Sunstrider, hence the regular leader is his heir and son, Kael'thas.--K ) (talk) 12:02, 19 October 2006 (EDT)
- But won't the Blood Elves who are now in Azeroth be glad to be once again under the leaderish of their proud general Sylvanas. In WC3 it seemed like she cared so much about them, surely she won't forget it because she has a grey skin now. She is an Undead in appearance, but not in mind (as the Lich King doesn't truely control her). Why won't they unit with her and give her command once more? Kael'thas is in Outland and can't really take care of his Blood Elves left in Azeroth. Did Blizzard consider this sligthly forgotten connection?
Sign your posts, please. The connection was noted by Blizzard, that's one (actually, the only iron-clad) of the lore reasons that the Sindorei joined the Horde. Also, a large number for Forsaken were once humans, not elves. Finally, it's just too much territory for Sylvanas to control on her own- even if they crowned her Queen or something, she'd still have to let Loth'remar (or Lor'themar, or whatever his name is) rule Silvermoon. --Ragestorm 13:15, 19 October 2006 (EDT)
The Sylvanas-Sindorei relation does explain why the two races start out friendly towards each others. Knowing that the Sindorei hate the undead so much, starting friendly with the Forsaken (and vice versa) is a great sign that they still feel something for their former Ranger-general. Lor'themar Theron, current leader of the blood elves (and perhaps the "real" leader, considering that Kael might eventually bite the dust) was also Sylvanas's second in combat in the Rangers. --DarthMuffin 20:06, 21 October 2006 (EDT)