The Story Team will Troll the Night Elves

[Julia-icecrown (Julia)]

@Zahirwrite-farstriders

@Mara-kelthuzad

Didn’t Elune send the night elf souls to the maw before the night warrior ritual took place? I’m sure you could explain Elune here as being weakened because of maybe the barrier between life and death is almost broken, maybe that could be a reason for it. I could see the night warrior power being a reason she doesn’t intervene afterwards, because that’s her wrath, but before the night warrior ritual takes place?

The arbiter went offline a few weeks before the WOT, the drought did not start immediately. You must remember, Legion in its entirety lasted exactly one year, BFA as well. When Elune sent the souls away, no drought was likely yet, but the arbiter was already offline and the manifestation of it started to establish itself.

in my own mind, this could explain it, the drought didn´t manifest, but the arbiter was offline and the sl crisis started to ettablish itself. The night elves were the first big push for the maw…so it was likely shortly after the Arbiter went offline and no one knows what was going on.

" By Our Hand Cinematic Analysis - What’s Going On With Elune? - Wowhead News"

Winter Queen: How dare you come here, sister, after our cries for aid went unheard, unanswered?

Elune’s Voice: I heard your cries, felt your pain, and in the wake of tragedy, sent forth the cascade of souls to sustain you.

Winter Queen: Oh, the Great Tree…

The Burning of Teldrassil is after the Drought started.

The Night Warrior was before Elune learned the Night Elves went to the Maw.

@Mara-kelthuzad

Yeah I guess I can see what you’re saying here, that the souls were sent after the Night Warrior thing because that’s when the drought would be happening. That could explain it, but would it really explain the night elves getting raised and working for their victimizers, but it could help.

The Night Elves being in the Maw is why Sylvanas’ Val’kyr can raise Night Elves suddenly. They had access to the Night Elf Souls all of a sudden cause Elune didn’t keep them but sent them forth intending them to go to The Winter Queen, but unaware to Elune they went to the Maw instead.

[Arlifrex-moon-guard (Arlifrex)]

@Kagehiro-zuljin

It boggles the mind that they supposedly concept these expansions years in advance but still have to play it by ear.

At best no one can accurately gauge community feedback. Imagine if blizzard listened to people saying mop was too foreign or kiddie.

At worst blizzard is crumbling from years of hubris and company drama.

[Kaileath-wyrmrest-accord]

One thing that stuck with me from Elune speaking is how tired she sounded. My running theory is that Elune has learnt how to tap into the power of belief and worship akin to how Loa do. With devotion to her spread over much o the mortal plane and often being culture wide, this has given her the power to do some things other Deities cannot do, but it comes with a cost—She is trying to pay attention to who knows how many devotees at the same time, while not being actually omnipresent. On top of that, as the the being responsible for the renewal of life after it slumbers in Ardenweald, she is incredibly overtaxed as she tries to keep life going after what the Legion did to the Mortal Plane.

While trying to do all she is doing she senses her estranged sister is in trouble and tries to help be revoking the wisp blessing amid Teldrassil’s burning. She instead puts everyone into a deep slumber in which no pain would be felt, thinking they would next awake in Ardenweald.

[Zahirwrite-farstriders]

Why can’t Elune just be a farsighted - competent deity? These permanent attempts of explanation that have come up since cinema ala “can Elune do this, can Elune not do that” didn’t exist in the past to the extent…