Okay so Blood Elves live in a very warm environment. Eversong looks like it’s in a permanent state of SPRING, so most of the elves in that area are accustomed to warm weather and such. Which means in slightly colder environments the elves end up suffering because good Light they did not bring enough layers with them.
That being said, please imagine someone like Lor’themar, stuck traveling to a place for a meeting with less than fair weather, and he’s sitting there during the entire meeting looking like this
counterpoint: look at the position of quel’thalas on the world map. that shit is way up north, so sin’dorei perception of what “warm” is must vastly differ from ours (“ours” being me as a fellow southern californian desert-dweller). elves must be accustomed to a nice, tepid spring temperature of 60°F/16°C or so, a la this image:
conversely, lor’themar has to attend a meeting in orgrimmar and…
I can’t believe I didn’t think about it this way, you are absolutely right omfg