Valanaar

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Warcraft artwork relating to Highborne, high elves / quel'dorei, used as historical context for Valanaar
Warcraft artwork associated with Highborne, high elves / quel'dorei. Shown for historical context; it is not a depiction of Valanaar.Image: © Blizzard Entertainment

Quick Overview

Valanaar is a named community on Zephras Isle, home to merchants and tradespeople in the Skyborne beta. The shen’dorei survived for millennia because their floating island remained anchored and sustained by wind spirits. Valanaar’s markets show that the Skyborne are more than a faction divided by magic and faith.

Full History

Valanaar is a named community on Zephras Isle, home to merchants and tradespeople in the Skyborne beta. Its inhabitants participate in the society founded after Highborne refugees reached the elemental plane of air.

The shen’dorei survived for millennia because their floating island remained anchored and sustained by wind spirits. Trade, craft and the preservation of traditions carried that society from a desperate refuge into a functioning homeland.

Valanaar’s markets show that the Skyborne are more than a faction divided by magic and faith. Yet the present crisis threatens the institutions of normal life as surely as it endangers their island’s pylons.

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