The following is an excerpt from my project this NaNoWriMo, the Tale of Deneb Vir, my warcraft fan fiction about my primary WoW character Denebvir the Blood Elf Priest. This part of the story is when Deneb learned the fundamentals of Blood Elf "belief" and values. Obviously, they have not been clearly, 100% established in-game, so I took creative liberty. I wanted to post it because, in a way, these were original principals of my own beliefs. Later on, when Deneb spends time in Mulgore among the Tauren, his beliefs will take their finally crafted form, which are identical to my own manifest. I will post the "part two" of this once I have written the novel up through that point, but for now, here is very possibly the primary backbone of my "beliefs."

“Every day is a struggle.” Were the words of Kael’thas, “In our struggle we have learned many things. The first and foremost is that we cannot allow ourselves to become slaves to anything. Because of our circumstances, we are already slaves to a great many things. The first and foremost would be the Alliance. We cannot stand on our own right now, so we are dependent upon them. Thus, we are slaves, in one matter of speaking or another. The question is, how do we become self sufficient? How do we reach a point where we are no longer dependent upon anything?”

“It’s not really comprehendible at this point,” Cygni told his brother, “I had hard time thinking about it when our new ideology was first explained to me, and even today it’s still beyond our comprehension, but that is why we need to evolve, someday. You see, aside from the Alliance, the next most obvious thing we’re a slave to would be magical energy. We were so used to having the Sunwell we never imagined it could ever be taken away. So, when it did vanish, our world fell apart, and we finally realized just how dependent, how enslaved, we were to this very finite force.”

“Everything in this universe is finite.” The sorceress Solarian told Deneb, “The universe itself could be finite. Therefore, it’s fairly obvious that the only way to truly survive beyond the confines of the universe, beyond the forces that exist within it and constantly wear us down, is for ourselves to become infinite rather than finite. To achieve this, we must find a way to conquer all the forces of the universe; magical, scientific, natural, unnatural or otherwise. More importantly, we must do so without the aid of technology or anything outside our own devices and minds.”

“We are mortals.” Pathaleon taught Deneb, “Fragile, powerless, mortals that are helpless to the devastating forces of nature, magic, time, the sciences and fate itself. Right now, we’ve learned to manipulate small amounts of magic such as arcane, fel, inner-magic, light, druidic and shamanistic, to name a few, but our ability to control these forces is microscopic compared to what could truly be unleashed if we could harness the entirety of the force at once. As mortals, however, this is not physically possible. With the aid of both magical artifacts and technology, we can grow closer to such a point where we will control forces, and not them us, but then we would still be dependent upon the technology, wouldn’t we?”

“Allow me to elaborate.” The botanist Freywinn spoke, “An earthquake is a force of nature. If an earthquake were to strike your home, you would lose everything and possibly die. This proves our vulnerability to the forces of nature. There are thousands of forces that control us like this. Gravity constantly pulls us down to the ground. The forces of nature determine when we can plant crops and thus, eat. Biological forces determine when we must eat and drink. Fate, of course, determines everything. In order to become infinite, in the words of Solarian, we must evolve to a point where these forces do not control us and dictate our lives. Therefore, we must control them, and we must not do so through other devices, lest we become dependent and controlled by those devices.”

“We must conquer the forces of the universe.” The high sorcerer Rommath said, “before they conquer us. With nothing more than our consciousnesses, we must be able to control the forces of nature; weather, seismic activity, volcanic activity, the rotation and flow of the molten rock and core of the planet. We must be able to control all magic, not just a fraction of it, with the blink of an eye; arcane, fel, inner, light, and the countless undiscovered forms of magic out there. We must be able to control the forces that bind the universe such as gravity and the other intricate complexities we do not yet understand. We must learn to control time and space, manipulating it to however we may need it with a mere thought. We will control fate itself, and dictate how existence works. We must conquer them all. It is the only way to make sure we do not suffer. It is the only way to ensure our people can lead truly happy lives. Of course, at such a higher level of existence, we would no longer be mortal, I would assume.”

“It is beyond our current comprehension.” Kael’thas spoke, “With mortal minds, we can’t even begin to imagine such power. One day, that power will be necessary to ensure our safety. Life cannot be enjoyed to its fullest extent when one is enslaved and helpless to so many forces. We cannot prove there is some after or greater purpose for life upon our deaths. Therefore, life itself, logically, is about two things. We all must strive to further protect our people, ensure our safety and independence from these forces. In other words, we each must work towards the goal of becoming infinite, increasing our knowledge, intellect and our mental strength beyond that which we are nor or even can understand now with each generation. One day, far in the future when it’s more within our comprehension, we will become immortal and our people will truly be safe to live their lives. Thus, of course, is the second meaning to life. Can you guess what it is? Outside of learning more and advancing our race as much as possible, what is the meaning of life? Not our spirits, not in an after life, not in any sort of higher existence that exists in belief alone, but actual, biological, physical life. Do you know the meaning of life?”

All of these words were spoken to Deneb as days and days past. The Blood Elves’ teachings made so much sense to Deneb, far more than the humans of Dalaran ever preached. No one had ever been as ambitious to say they must strive for immortality, perhaps even omniscience. After hearing it explained thusly, though, Deneb agreed.

“Life.” Deneb started, “is about enjoyment. That is its purpose. We can be promised nothing of a paradise or punishment in after life. We can be promised nothing about a life after death or greater purpose for existence. Therefore, we must enjoy this life for all it is worth. In order to do that, though, there must not be any force threatening our life. We can still believe what we may about after life or greater purpose, so long as we do not carry belief over these simple facts. The only way to prevent our destruction, and to prevent the impending fear and designing our lives around it accordingly, is to learn to control all forces that threaten us, including fate itself. This means, however, we must ascend to a higher level of existence to become nothing short of infinite, omniscient, immortal, gods, or however you wish to qualify it. We all must strive to better our race as much as possible so that someday this will be a reality, while at the same time keep in mind that the purpose for life is to enjoy it, and nothing more.”

All of these words were cataloged by Deneb in a manifesto of beliefs. As the days went on, and this philosophy quickly became the core of Deneb’s beliefs, he worked his way up among the Blood Elves. His study of inner-light magic continued once again with the help of the great Elvin sorcerers and sorceresses. Deneb Vir became an official priest for the Blood Elves and worked hand-in-hand with them in his efforts to reclaim the lost lands of the North.

“Very excellent, Deneb.” Kael said, “You would have made a prize student at Dalaran.”