you do know that the highbourn are the high elves dont you
Before the well of Eternity collapsed, there was an 'elite' group of nightelves who followed Queen Azshara closely.
They were called the HighBorne, or Quel'dorei. They studied the existance and use of Magic, coming from the well of Eternity. When Sargeras the Fallen Titan contacted Azshara, they were overwhelmed by his powerful magic presence, and started to worship him instead of Elune. Eventually they tried to summon Sargeras into Azeroth through the Well of Eternity.
After the War of the Ancients, and the sundering of the world which created the continents and the Maelstrom, the use of magic was forbidden. However, the highborne, cursed with the same magic addiction which still exists today in the Blood Elves, refused to obey this new, druid-enforced law. When they performed a greater crime against the Nightelves, they were banished from the nightelven lands.
They sailed across the raging ocean, and eventually founded Quel'thalas. They would still be known as the Quel'dorei, or Highborne... High elves.
Now look what you made me type. :?