Skyborne Lore and The Most Likely Inspiration/Reason Behind the Race

It turns out I was right on the nose about Skyborne Elves being some sort of Thalassian Variant. We will most likely get more information on their lore during Blizzcon's Second day. But so far we have a brief overview of thier story, and it immediately made me think of what they were likely inspired on/based at least loosely off of. 0:00 Intro 0:20 The Current Lore Direction 1:20 Precedent For Lore Parallels 1:40 Inspiration Behind Skyborne 3:10 In Blizz's Defence 3:54 Some Interesting Tidbits 4:43 Potential Ties to Midnight Still