This one’s pretty interesting. The first rank of the essence ‘The Ever Rising Tide’ https://www.wowhead.com/item=168928/tablet-of-the-balancing-tide, obtained from vendor in Nazjatar, has the following as its description:
So, it seems that Elune has some kind of influence to denizens of the sea. This is also the first time I’ve seen the term “whispers” used in reference to Elune (and also Neptulon), which is rather interesting indeed. What can we take from this? God knows. This is some Dark Souls tier stuff at the moment; hopefully it diverges from the Souls medium of storytelling for Elune so we can eventually (in, like 2085) get some answers!
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Well, Elune being the moon goddess, and the moon having such relation to the tides, it makes sense.
Good find. Particularly interesting, as Elune’s direct relations seem to extend to titanic entities, mortal ones, as well as elemental lords. The moon goddess remains hard to pin down.
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Literally how did I not realise this. silly me
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There have been hints at it. Namely this quest from Cata Darkshore, where you use an artifact of Elune to soothe the spirits of water elementals driven to aggression by the Twilight’s Hammer.
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There is an Old Wives tale that the Moon not only effects the tides, but also the menstrual cycles of females.
A subtle dig towards the Female led Night Elves since their inception, perhaps?
That does explain the Night Warrior ritual making them more ferocious.
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Video of the quest at Darkshore, since the Tidal Spirits have quotes they say when you free them from the Twilight’s Hammer:
Tranquil Tidal Spirit says: Return to the ocean... return to the tides.
Tranquil Tidal Spirit says: The tides do as Elune commands.
Tranquil Tidal Spirit says: We thank you mortal. The ocean's will is to be free.
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I think it’s just a reference to how the moon has it’s place of controlling the waves. The same is most likely true in Warcraft, even if there’s more silly magic nonsense involved.
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I really need to go back and quest through cata. I didn’t make a new character for that.
Elune’s affect on the warter hasn’t been discussed much but there is this passage from Wolfheart…
So I guess this has always been a part of Elune’s power. So does that make Tyrande a tidesage? 
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Human Potential: “Yes. Though, not as good of one as Brother Pike.”
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Plot twist: The Tidemother was Elune all along.
Azshara tried to take Elune’s place again, even among the Kul’Tirans, out of jealousy.
Did anyone else with a Demon Hunter notice Lady S’theno say something like Azshara-Adore? Do more Naga say that to replace Elune-Adore?
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Oh that human potential.
It would make sense.
Sounds like Azshara.
I DID CATCH THAT! It was Zin Azshari adore. It caught me off guard when I heard it, to hear a naga speaking old Darnassian, or would it be Kaldorien?
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Darnassian seems to be the name of the language. The simplest logic to follow would be that Darnassus was named after the language, rather than the language being named after the city.
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It’s Darnassian. It’s a thoroughly discussed, and well laughed at, plot hole that the language is called Darnassian, when Darnassus only existed a decade or so ago. Most headcanon that “darnass” is some as-of-yet undisclosed root word the language and city both take their name from.
Though, to be fair, Thalassian, Shalassian, and Nazja aren’t much different than Darnassian, or each other. Roughly like British, American, Canadian, and Australian English, I’d imagine.
At first I had a general exclamation of dismay. But, I suppose she is already shared with the Tauren and Zandalari. At least the Kul Tirans are Alliance.
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My selfish want would be for us to never quite know what/who Elune is. I like at least a little mystery to float around and provide some intrigue “for reasons.”
The empiricist in me, however, desperately wants to know more, NOW! :]
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I agree with this.
She will be whatever is most convenient to the plot that Blizzard will be writing at the time that they decide revealing what she is would support.
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Agreed. My last comment was also equally selfish as the first.
Point made, I didn’t think of it that way.
That makes sense too.
Im sure there is a lot of similarities between them. At least the Thalassian and Shalassian names seem more natural than Darnassian.
Me too. The good new is her influence in the Tauren and Zandalari cultures is minute at best.
Same.
I’m trying to fight against this though. Her enigmatic state leaves a lot to interpret for our selves.
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This may be true for the greater culture. Even for the majority of Zandalari Druids, who seem to favor Gonk or other Loa.
But despite all this, the Zandalari have a specific subset that is denigrated by the greater part of their society who worship Elune - or at least their understanding of her - the Lunalai.
EDIT: apart from that… point? … I think it was a point…
But at least this explains why Druids have access to Typhoon and used to have Hurricane. I always wondered how those spells related to Druids. They seemed more Shaman-esque, to me.
But now it makes sense.
I know, that why I said in that culture her influence is minute. Considering the size of the Zandalari the Lun’ali are an extremely small sect of trolls.
nature lord
gotta kill something after the light lords
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