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I think these are pre-titan elementals, or the 'pure' form of elementals, and because the Elemental Plane is smashed into Azeroth, they can walk (or float) around without their bracers. Just speculation though. It would be nice if there was lore about them anywhere.--SWM2448 04:08, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Aye.. any lore on anything new would be nice... just seems new models for everything is created every expansion with no reason, other than to appear new. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 04:21, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Could simply be to provide more variation among the elementals. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 04:29, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

I think that Quest:Disrupting the Rituals supports my opinion, but what is fought in the quest are fire revenants. Unless the bracer-less revenants are unbound too.--SWM2448 03:45, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Besides their prevalence next to Twilight forces, and their name, Quest:Mercy for the Bound seems to explain what bound elementals are (or at least their situation). Also, A'noob split the page.--SWM2448 01:36, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

So, are we going with the assumption that they are just new looks? The usage is inconsistent.--SWM2448 21:38, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree that they're just a new updated look... though possibly more powerful. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 23:33, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Even when during Quest:Unbinding you break the elementium off and they become unbound?--SWM2448 01:18, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Bound and Unbound are the same creature, one is just being controlled in some way. But as a whole, they are simply a new version of elementals, cause as players we would get bored of seeing the fire, water, earth, air elementals we've seen since first release. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 01:25, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

I say that the new look has some lore, which I linked.--SWM2448 02:14, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Coobra: More fun in gameplay by new models and lorewise one of the many forms a elemental can take (like [[1]], [[2]] or [[3]]). Unbound elemental = elemental --LemonBaby (talk) 19:07, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

You would think that those quests meant something.--SWM2448 19:14, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

I highly assume that the quests refers to their bracers also found on their older models: All elementals speak Kalimag and, whether summoned to Azeroth or there of their own free will, wear a set of magic bracers. These bracers form automatically when the elemental leaves the Elemental Plane. They tie the elemental to Azeroth and allow it to exist outside of the Elemental Plane. Hence they are special regarding their bracers: The firestorms up ahead are unbound elementals in the purest form - something I didn't think could exist outside their own plane. Only very skilled summoners could unleash something like this. --LemonBaby (talk) 20:36, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Unbound elementals, and revenants for that matter, do not have bracers.--SWM2448 20:46, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Precisely. Unbound simply refers to the fact that they're not bound, like with the bracers or the skeletal cage thingy. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 20:48, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Correct. With the elemental planes opening into Azeroth, it allows more powerful elementals to enter without needing or having shackles to tie them to Azeroth. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 20:54, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

I agree. Hence all elementals in the elemental plane are unbound elementals, but some can reach our plane unbound since the cataclysm --LemonBaby (talk) 21:01, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

So there is a lore difference between them and the older look.--SWM2448 21:39, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

If the lore difference is being more powerful, then I'd say yes... they could be considered more pure, but then... seeing the normal elementals in their own plane wearing those bracers (which bind them to Azeroth) would have been silly from a lore perspective... even though we do see some of them. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 21:47, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Are there realy some old models of the elementals with bracers on their planes? That would be very silly...--LemonBaby (talk) 22:13, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

There's normal earth elementals in Deepholme, some normal air elementals in the 5mans Skywall, normal (though corrupted) water elementals in the water plane... and I'm not sure about Firelands yet. Sssssssssssssssssssssssss For Pony! (^Sssss/_Slithered) 00:25, 14 June 2011 (UTC)