Illidan and Maiev came to Ulduar again, only this time they brought troops to garrison it, along with some mages from the Shen'dralar defense forces. Illidan and Maiev themselves also looked very different. Illidan no longer wore his traditional outfit of nothing but trousers, his upper body bare. Instead, he wore formal Night Elf robes, with a trailing purple cape edged in white down his back, a purple paneled vest with gold patterns over his chest, green banded bracers on his arms, golden pauldrons bearing the Moon Goddess's mark on his shoulders, and a blue-and-purple sash bearing warglaive sigils around his waist.
It was the standard attire of a great Highborne noble. No, it should have been called the attire of a Highborne king. Illidan was the king of the Kingdom of the Highborne.
Maiev was not wearing her heavy breastplate or blade-covered cloak either, nor was she holding Shadow Crescent. This time, Maiev wore lustrous white, embroidered mooncloth priestly robes, blue shoulder pads bearing the Moon Goddess's mark, a green silk sash studded with purple gems, black leather Watcher shadow boots set with emeralds, and a pure white silk scarf. Her towering ponytail had also become a half-up hairstyle swept back, with the upper layers of her long hair separated at the crown and combed backward in full, graceful curves, giving her a thoroughly intellectual air. She also wore a Thorium circlet set with moonstones and an Orb of Shadows on her chest.
She looked a little like Tyrande, though traditional Night Elf clothing was probably much the same. In bearing and temperament, however, Maiev had the unmistakable presence of an ancient Kaldorei noblewoman: noble, dignified, yet gentle, graceful, and refined.
A king and queen, in traditional Kaldorei finery dating back more than ten thousand years, which the Shen'dralar