It really depends on how they write the new lore. Perhaps a group of night elves has been spending too much time around the others in the Alliance and have picked up bad habits. Those mages might even be put down by the other night elves...eh. There's no telling, really.
I used to spend a lot of time in high school playing WC1...the lore certainly has grown and changed since then, LOL. It all depends on how they write it. Right now, it has potential to fit in. We'll see if they realize it.