i posted this thread on a WoW forum as well, but thought it'd be fun in this place too Elune has been described several times as one of the few true deities of azeroth. But that brings up some interesting points 1. If she is not a titan, she wasn't involved in the creation of the world. How exactly is she linked to azeroth? 2. If she is linked to the white lady, what are the other moons associated with. And, what happened to the deity of the third moon? 3. She is hailed by both the Tauren and the Night Elves, but the Tauren mention a brother, the other eye of the earthgoddess, An'she. Why do the Night Elves only hail Elune, even though some things suggest they know of other gods 4. Both she and Ysera are heavily connected to the druids. What is their connection? 5. If the tauren, night elves and Earthen all know and hail Elune, what do the trolls and various giants know of her? 6. If she is the source of druidic magic, the demons are the source of fel magic, the elementals/loa the source of shamanic magic and the light the source of holy magic, where does arcane magic come from? 7. None of the other magic power sources are unique to Azeroth, why is Druidic magic limited to Azeroth? 8. The Night Elves were created near the well of eternity, but if it is arcane power that shaped them, how could Ysera have influenced their form? (It is suggested that high amounts of arcane power block out divine power) some crackpot theorems: 1. Ysera and Elune are the same, they have very similar powers and personality, denied by some sources though 2. Elune is a titan, would explain the Night Elf constallations in Ulduar, even though the titans didn't create the NE and the Troll civalization is older then the NE one 3. Elune has a longstanding rivalry with her brother, and created the night elves to defeat the tauren, his only worshippers 4. Hakkar was the third moon 5. Elune is an old god. A real deity of Azeroth would describe the Old Gods well, and it would explain why druidic power is only found on Azeroth 6. Elune and the wisps form the planetary defense system. When the wisps killed Archimonde, all the light weapons were used, so only planetary redesignation remained as on option for the watcher. 7. Elune is an OP Loa, the particular tribe that evolved into the NE turned carried her totem. 8. Elune can round-house kick so hard.... erm wait 9. Elune and An'she are the mother and father of either the titans or the Naa'ru. This would explain why the titans are called demigods. [drink] The third moon was Tempest keep, that can apparently timetravel.[/hey i thought this was alcohol free] 10. Night Elves are trolls who took self-mutilation a little too far, and Elune is the god of mangled DNA 11. Elune got really drunk one night and slept with the god of the ley lines, the NE are there offspring. The war of the ancients is a representation of a battle in court over alimony
Questions: 1. She's an Eternal; a demigod similar to Cenarius. 3. Just because you know of a god doesn't mean you worship it. NE's worship Elune because she is a moon goddess. Tauren's worship her because she's the daughter of their primary god. 5. The trolls believe that they created the NE's, or that the NE's descended from them. It's possible that they knew of Elune as a Loa? 6. I think life force. The BE beginning quests seem to imply that. 7. Because Elune isn't a titan. Crackpot: 2. Elune is not a titan; Proof is your seventh question, there's no evidence of Druidic magic elsewhere. 3. Possible, but she's a godess of peace. It would be unlike her to create a race o be in direct conflict. 5. Old Gods are described in every source to be evil. She's not. 7. Like I said, possible. The only problem stem from the fact that most (not all) Loa are animalistic. There's a few that aren't (Zanza), but far and few in between. Answered what I could
"Elune is one of the few true deities in the world, and the most powerful Eternal on Azeroth." "Eternals are Azeroth's immortal beings. These demigod-like beings are immortals with nearly divine powers."
they all fall in comparision to the emperor! But serisouly, i stopped trying to understand WoW's lore as much as i try to understand 40k's lore.
The whole god/demigod thing in WoW confuses me. A demigod is not considered a deity, yet in the same breathe they label many Eternals as such. Then there's the fact that we've seen no true gods, merely Old Gods, Demigods, and Titans, all of which are explicitly not gods.
Elune and An'she are the only explicit gods. A demigod is pretty much anyone with a cult for more then a few hundred years. A god is someone who had power before they got a cult
