When you are very obsessed with something, that feeling is called "addiction".
This comes from inner desires and deep-seated needs, just like smoking. You know it is unhealthy, but you can't stop.
In the magical world, this kind of addiction can sometimes not only damage health, but even endanger life, and even the soul cannot survive.
For example Mana addiction.
Mana addiction, to be precise, is the desire for magic, Arcane Power. All spellcasters have the Mana Addiction condition to a greater or lesser degree, but the powerful Mage will use a firm as iron will to restrain this Mana addiction. Generally speaking, Human Mage does a very good job in this aspect.
Elf Mage are a bit worse.
It's not that Elf Mage's will is inferior to humans, this is actually a matter of physical constitution. Elf Mage are basically Mana addiction. This constitution will greatly improve their magic control and magic strength, but along with it is their desire for magic.
This physique originated from Highborne thousands of years ago. When these Night Elf rulers were still Dark Trolls, they were close to Well of Eternity, and their bodies were gradually transformed by the Arcane Power surging in it, until they became the original Elf, and the hidden dangers of Mana addiction existed in their bodies.
During the Queen Azshara period, the Highbornes' Arcane civilization reached its extreme. Things that could be done with magic, they never bothered to do with manpower. This made them more Gavin smart, but it also made their dependence on magic more serious. At that time, due to The existence of Well of Eternity, these pure Arcane Power originating from the deepest part of Planet, can fully satisfy their body's needs for Arcane Power, and naturally it will not cause a catastrophe. However, after the explosion of Well of Eternity, this problem has become more and more deadly.
Shen'dralar Elf is an extreme negative teaching material. They even had to absorb Arcane Power from Demon's body to maintain their thirst for magic, and eventually turned themselves into humans and ghosts. Even Arcan'dor had no way to improve Healing and them, so he could only send the most serious part of Corruption, Elf, to Illidan to accept the transformation of Demon Hunter.
Demon Hunter King is very satisfied with this. Shen'dralar Elf's high adaptability to Fel Energy determines that as long as they can grit their teeth and survive the most difficult period, they can become a powerful Demon Hunter, but this is not a good thing for Elf itself.
High Elf of Quel'Thalas also has the existence of Mana Addiction. In fact, in the original history, the people of Kael'thas were because of After Sunwell was destroyed, he could not restrain his desire for Arcane Power, and a large number of Corruption became Wretched, which forced Kael'thas to take risks.
And in this history, Kael'thas received the help of Dick, and obtained the divine object Arcan'dor without any danger, and finally rescued Phoenix Dynasty from the brink of destruction.
It is worth noting that both Shen'dralar and Quel'Thalas are descendants of Highborne.
In Broken Isles, there are still living the last batch of pure-blooded Highborne in the world, Nightborne and Shal'dorei who live in Suramar. They lived in Suramar, this Azshara, during the reign of Azshara. In Crown, the jewel in City, it stands to reason that as loyal supporters of Queen Azshara, when the queen starts to use Demon's magic power, they should obey together. However, these relatively wise Highborne, in that case, choose to refuse.
Yes, Highborne of Suramar did not participate in the war between Queen Azshara and the uprising Night Elf. They chose to stay alone. In the end, Well of Eternity Before Great Sundering, like the emperor Shaohao, this City also used its own way to Salvation themselves.
They used a Artifact named Eye of Aman'Thul to prop up a huge Purple Magic Barrier outside of City, protecting the entire glorious Suramar. It survived the catastrophe when the world collapsed, but when things got here, something unexpected happened.
After the shield was raised, it never came down again. The big Archmage Elisande who ruled this City thought that this could better protect her and the people of this City. However... she ignored one thing, or in other words, she didn't care at all.
Mana addiction! Demon, who was born with the Elf family, has completely defeated her people, including herself, in these ten thousand years.
"Oh, the sun is up, look at this place, how gorgeous and spectacular it is!"
Archmage Rommath Sitting on a Night Elf boat, the bow of the ship is decorated with purple magic lights, sailing in the spectacular and beautiful waterways in City is like swimming in a water City.
Khadgar did not respond, but from the eyes he kept looking at the surrounding buildings, he also saw a hint of surprise. It is difficult for humans to imagine how spectacular these incredible buildings built by Elf were when they were most prosperous ten thousand years ago. Even the destroyed Silvermoon City can only pale in comparison to the well-preserved Suramar.
Rogério·Starseeker sat at the end of the boat, silently trimming the arrows in his hand with a Dagger. This indifferent one-eyed Elf was not interested in anything around him. He was indulged in his own world, focused and dangerous.
He is responsible for protecting Archmage Rommath. In front of the real magic master Highborne, Sin'dorei Elf, who is proud of magic, is actually nothing. They are now weak.
Suramar inherits the characteristics of all buildings from Highborne. It is tall, majestic, mighty, and extremely elegant. White Tower with cones and columns stands in this dark purple building. In City, there are few pedestrians in the quiet Street, and it is covered with gorgeous lamp beads. Almost every block has carefully arranged gardens and intertwined trees, which looks extremely elegant.
But when everyone looked up, they could see the thick purple magic shield covering the sky. It protected the City and made the magic concentration inside it so high that it was almost unbearable.
Khadgar even felt that if he threw a few sparks casually, he could ignite a fire under this concentration of magic. He didn't know how these weird-looking Highborne had spent the past ten thousand years.
Probably because he saw Khadgar constantly observing the Highborne walking on Street, Rommath explained in a low voice,
"Have you seen their thin faces and numb limbs? Those are symptoms of being eroded by a large amount of Arcane Power, and their blue-purple skin. These Highborne are simply crazy. They have lived in this high concentration of Arcane Power for ten thousand years. Maybe in another ten thousand years, they will become complete Arcane Power creatures. This is terrible..."
Khadgar glanced at Rommath and asked in a low voice,
"When Sunwell still existed, didn't you also..."
"It's different."
As the ship docked, Sin'dorei old Mage straightened his robe, stood up from the ship, and said to Khadgar,
"Even when Sunwell is fully open, the Arcane Power concentration of Quel'Thalas has not reached one-third of what it is here. Too much of anything is not a good thing, and the same goes for Arcane Power."
As he said that, the old Mage used an adjective, "Their Mana addiction has penetrated deep into their bones... To be honest, I have become less and less optimistic about the prospects of this negotiation."
Khadgar Looked back behind him wordlessly. In the Street corner by the river, a Sese trembling Nightborne civilian was huddled there with his eyes closed, Pain grabbed his arm with both hands and seemed to be very cold. Rommath said that it was the scene of Mana addiction's attack. The man could hardly hold on anymore, but along the way, Khadgar saw such a scene at least more than 10 times.
On the way to see the great Archmage Elisande, Khadgar kept thinking about what happened to this City and how it could have fallen to this level.
Hall of Order, this is a very ironic name in Khadgar's opinion. This City no longer has Order, but it has nothing to do with him, so he chose to remain silent, leaning on his Staff of the Guardian, and followed Archmage Behind Rommath, walked into the majestic hall.
Here, Runeblade Warrior wearing strange armor and holding Runeblade is guarding the corridor. At the end of the corridor is a tall, but equally thin Nightborne Elf, judging from his decoration, he seems to be a leader, arrogant, and there is almost no trace of respect in his eyes. It seems that he is not facing the same Wisdom Living Being.
"Stop! Outsider!"
Runeblade Warrior leader stretched out his hand to stop everyone from advancing. He glanced at them and said in a low voice,
"Elisande is busy dealing with government affairs and doesn't have time to see you, but she saw your request and gave a reply."
He took out a roll of Scroll from his arms, threw it to Khadgar, and said without looking back,
"Tomb of Sargeras is on the sea just south of Suramar. There is nothing on that island except Demon. This is the Map you need. Be careful, outsider. A Weaklings guy like you may not survive even one day on that island!"
Khadgar put away Map, and there was no Pride in Runeblade Warrior. Then he saw Runeblade Warrior with his hands on his hips and looked at Rommath. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he saw a hint of... mockery in Runeblade Warrior's eyes.
"As for you, tsk tsk, the lower level Elf, Elisande adults have no interest in your proposal, Arcan'dor Salvation cannot defeat Suramar, and we don't need Salvation. Nightwell exists, and Suramar is impregnable, so take your " Goodwill "Go back to your backcountry... Oh, by the way, maybe you can take a stroll in Suramar. Shal'dorei is very generous, even to low-class people like you Elf."
"You...!"
Khadgar couldn't help but take a step forward. This Runeblade Warrior's tone was too harsh, but it was blocked by Rogério's outstretched hand. Archmage Rommath took a deep breath, held Fist to suppress his own Anger, then dropped a sentence, turned around and left in stride.
"I hope you don't regret it. Shal'dorei and Mana addiction are destroying your body and your will. This is your last chance."
"Speaking like a dog! Only the weak dare not accept the gift of Arcane Power."
Runeblade Warrior said loudly to Rommath who was leaving, "Hide in your Arcan'dor and tremble Sese. Remember me, my name is Ruur, Suramar Chief Swordsman, hold out your gloves and we can compete to see whose will will be defeated?"
Along the way, Runeblade Warrior, like their leader, looked at the group of people with mocking eyes. Until Hall of Order walked out, Khadgar Anger scolded,
"They are simply unreasonable and savage creatures! Do they just pretend they don't see these chaos?"
Unlike Anger of Khadgar, Rommath's reaction was very dull, even a little too dull, "Ignore them, the real Highborne is like this, Pride is arrogant, especially the ruler among them."
Old Mage sighed,
"But this is fine. We have fulfilled our obligations. Arcan'dor and Salvation will be left to those who can still be saved. They are hopeless!"
Rogério·Starseeker did not participate in the conversation. On the contrary, he flipped his left hand, and a War Bow flowing with orange and blue starlight appeared in his hand, pointing diagonally at the shadows behind the three people. The moment he pulled out the bowstring, an arrow made entirely of light was placed on this gorgeous and excessive War Bow.
"Who's there!"
Starseeker's One-Eye was filled with chills. Two seconds later, a hoarse voice appeared from the shadows,
"I saw the letter you submitted to Elisande. I just wanted to confirm that you really got Arcan'dor? Then can Healing Mana addiction be Miracle Tree?"
Rommath turned his head and looked at female Nightborne, who was walking out of the shadows with White Hood, and raised his beautifully decorated white eyebrows.
"Who are you, the servant of Elisande?"
That Nightborne raised her head, with the same thin and scary face. She didn't smile and said calmly,
"There is not only Elisande in this City, I am me, a person who wants to try a different lifestyle. Are you interested in going to World's End Tavern? I am... somewhat interested in the news about Arcan'dor."