-The Old God Y’shaarj, a void aligned entity, is ripped from Azeroth by Aman’thul, creating the Well of Eternity.
-Y’shaarj’s “death” caused his spirit to change alignment to that of The Light, giving the first conscious light-entity in the Great Dark Beyond: Elune, caused by Aman’thul (Order) interacting with Y’shaarj (Void).
-Elune went on to create the Naaru, giving Light sentience in the Great Dark Beyond in the form of this new race.
-Y’shaarj’s transition into Elune is hinted at in the nature of the Naaru, who famously undergo the same transition in the reverse order upon their “death”, when they go void.
-Y’shaarj’s physical remains that were removed from Azeroth became The White Lady (The Moon). This is why the Moon represents Elune, ever referencing the duality of this cosmic being through the Moon’s light and dark sides…
I don’t see any reason to think that N’zoth is “dead” in the usual sense, or that “death” applies to the Old Gods in the usual sense in general.
It always seems to be about imprisoning, containing, removing influence, it just doesn’t seem as simple as just killing them. Y’shaarj is largely unaccounted for compared to the rest of them. Aman’thul ripping him from Azeroth’s crust was a very unique event. I think that whatever the fate is of The Old Gods, Y’shaarj has been set up as an outlier.
It is weird, but when I look at pictures of the Sha of Anger, for example, and look at the design… I can’t help but see it. I see a being of twilight and duality, a black twisting mass covering crystal shards the color of starlight.
My perception is probably warped from thinking about this so much, but I see this origin everywhere I look.
This is fair, but who knows, maybe the physical body stays all void-like while the spirit of dead old-gods change.
I think though, the biggest problem with the theory is don’t darkened Naaru basically have to be devoid of light to be so? And the ones that return to the light have to basically have the light put back into them? I think that’s basically what we did in the Priest order hall at the very beginning. If the void is absence of light, would light be the absence of void in terms of WoW cosmological forces? If not, I feel like something would’ve had to infuse Y’shaarj with the ligjt for him to become Elume and I don’t think it would’ve been Aman’thul. The pantheon of light perhaps.
Just for the record i didnt mean to just outright dismiss your theory. My initial thought when i started reading it was “Ooh, neat idea.” And it is neat. I just don’t think it is true.
In WoW’s cosmology, I think that the Light may be something like “ordered void”. When Xal-atath mentions that the Naaru will eventually find their way back to the void, I think she is talking about Entropy.
In any case, I am not picturing this as an infusion, or something done intentionally by Aman’thul, or anyone else. I am picturing this transition of alignment as something more akin to a natural life-cycle of cosmic entities, so that the creation of Elune through an Old God’s “death” was effectively a cosmic accident.
I just think it would be an incredibly cool and profound cosmic origin. I see lots of ways that it could fit so nicely.
As for whether or not they actually take that direction, I wouldn’t say I’m very confident about that. Grand lore conspiracies tend to be disappointing compared to what actually gets pushed out in modern media.
I know there are some things that I can’t be getting right and that there are probably some problems, but I think it’s an 80% or so workable idea, and would be awesome.