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What were Alleria's relationships like with her family growing up?

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Alleria’s relationship with her mother was good when she was a child, but it got progressively worse as she grew up and decided she didn’t want to be Ranger-General. Lireesa taught her how to shoot when she was still little. When Alleria was little Lireesa was like, her hero and role model, and I see them as being very close and having a good relationship throughout her childhood, but as a teen it takes a turn for the worse and they never really go back to being as close again. Lireesa was strict, and she cared a lot for tradition and Alleria’s tendency to impulsiveness, her being more wild in nature and less of a tactical planner were probably things Lireesa thought she needed to outgrow in order to become a good General; I don’t think the possibility Alleria didn’t want to be Ranger-General and would in fact refuse to ever crossed Lireesa’s mind, and that Alleria felt too pressured into it to say it until the moment Lireesa decided she wanted to retire and Alleria refused to become Ranger-General. Their relationship gets considerably worse after that, and what would have been occasional disagreements and arguments when Alleria was a teen definitely evolved into much frequent and much worse fights after that. Overall, I think while they did love each other, her mother inadvertently burdened her with lots of expectations that strained their relationship, and that Lireesa’s strictness definitely resulted in some distancing.

She got along really well with her dad though. He was much more easygoing and understanding than her mom, and more fun too, Alleria would say. He’s the one she’d go to if she needed help, and the one who’d have patience to deal with the worst of Alleria’s personality too, because she can be really difficult (which is another reason I see her and Lireesa clashing), but he wouldn’t antagonize her, and his overall approach was probably a lot more about talking things out. Things were always easy with them, and she loved him a lot.

I don’t see the Windrunner sisters being far apart in age, so I think Alleria was an only child for a very short time tbh, or at least what elves would consider a very short time, because considering they live for thousands of years, siblings that are decades apart are probably common, and the way I see it, the Windrunners were only a few years. So there was no great sense of loss on her part when she wasn’t the only child anymore — rather, I think Alleria took to it very easily, and that she was actually very happy about having a sister when Sylvanas was born, and just as happy when Vereesa followed.

With Sylvanas, I see them having a very typical sibling relationship in that they would fight A LOT and for the stupidest reasons, because they’d be poking at each other constantly, but they were in fact close and loved and trusted each other a lot. Alleria might call her an idiot, but if anyone else opens their mouth to say a bad word about Sylvanas, she’d fight them. She’d also fight Sylvanas for being a pest though. There was a competitive element to their relationship, although I see that as being more one-sided from Sylvanas’ side — because Sylvanas has all the ambition Alleria lacks, and she’d probably be very intent on proving she’s not only as good as her big sister, she’s better (sylv voice: hi mom alleria sucks can I be ranger general instead). While Sylvanas and Vereesa are said to be closer, I think Alleria would have been close to Sylvanas too tbh, only in a vastly different way. Sylvanas is the one of her siblings Alleria would be more comfortable trusting with anything, because when it comes to Vereesa and Lirath she’d be much more protective of them.

I see Vereesa as being the family’s baby for a long time, and Lirath only being born when they were all adults. I don’t think Alleria and Vereesa would fight, but I think Vereesa would side with Sylvanas whenever Alleria and her fought akfnaksnf Vereesa being the youngest, Alleria would have been very protective of her in general, very protective big sister, even if they aren’t too distant in age (if there is a 5 year gap from Alleria to Sylvanas and Sylv to Vereesa, that’s very easy to picture bc like, when Vereesa was born Alleria would have been ten, so she’s old enough to have a stance like that rather than to see Vereesa the way she would have seen Sylvanas bc Sylv would have been born when she was five — but that’s just an example because I’m not at all set in how many years apart I think they are). So growing up it is a good relationship, even though not as close as either of them would be to Sylvanas.

As children, the three of them were probably pretty much inseparable, in spite of the two eldest fighting, and they got along well enough. There was probably some distancing growing up due to age differences and them being in very different moments of life, but I don’t see them being really distant even then, just not as close, and they probably grew closer again after reaching adulthood. 

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