Sea Elf

The Sea Elves or Aeardorei (Children of the Seas in Darnassian) are an offshoot race of the Night Elves that live in the depths of the Great Sea, mostly around the Broken Isles.

Dating back the fall of the Highborne Empire, the Sea Elves were created as a result of the Great Sundering. As a result of the implosion of the Well of Eternity, many Kaldorei were swallowed by the waves that destroyed the continent of Kalimdor and believed lost.

While many of the Highborne to disappear in this fashion were transformed into Naga as a result of Queen Azshara's pact with N'zoth, a number of lowborn Kaldorei were swept into a large area of still water off the western coast of Val'sharah, where they were soon surprised to discover they somehow lived and could now breathe the ocean's water's, a miracle which most attribute to Elune's intervention.

These surviving Night Elves regrouped around the sunken roots of Shaladrassil, where the magical energies from that World Tree had begun to warp the coral reefs on the ocean flora, forming what would become known as Aerdrassil, the Crown of the Oceans.

The modern Sea Elves hold allegiance to the larger Night Elven race, though they have their own governing council known as the Council of the Depths.