I think one missed opportunity regarding Alberu’s dark elf side is the elementals. I know he’s only one-quarter dark elf and that the canon gives no indication that he can interact with elementals, but it would be so much more interesting if he could. He doesn’t necessarily need to make a pact with an elemental, but it would be so cool if he could at least hear them. With the elementals helping him, Alberu could have an entire network of spies that the vast majority of people wouldn’t be able to detect. That would definitely make his life a lot easier, starting from childhood.
But what would really make the elementals’ presence even better would be when he met Cale.
Imagine if one of the elementals accompanying Alberu had already met a dragon, and the moment the prince entered the banquet hall where the young masters of the noble houses were gathered, that elemental started chattering nonstop about how it was sensing the presence of a dragon. Alberu would surely freak out silently while trying to act normal—because, wait, there was a dragon in the banquet hall?? And our dear shining sun’s confusion would only worsen upon receiving confirmation that the dragon’s aura was coming from that piece of trash Cale Henituse of all people. It would be even better to fuel the misunderstanding if Cale were to glance at Alberu’s hair during their first interaction, and the prince were to notice it and take it as confirmation that Cale really is a dragon—a very strange dragon, by the way—with the misunderstanding lingering all the way until the battle at Death Gorge, where Alberu was finally introduced to Raon.
