The Scythe of Elune (Deep Dive & Lore Theory)

The Scythe of Elune (Deep Dive & Lore Theory) | World of Warcraft

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Happy Friday, everybody! Welcome to one of my most lengthy and intricate pieces to date: an analysis of the secrets behind the Scythe of Elune in Classic WoW! Enjoy, and have a great Super Bowl weekend! :)
0:00 - Intro
0:43 - Part I: War of the Satyr
3:17 - Part II: The Knowledge of Ur
6:13 - Part III: Star's Fall
12:03 - Part IV: Finding Answers
13:56 - Part V: Concealment
16:18 - Part VI: The Dark Riders
Video Footage:
- Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft (2004-)
- Some images retrieved from Google Images and WoWpedia
Background Music:
- "Ashenvale," "The Swamp of Sorrows," "Darkshore," and "Duskwood" from the WoW OST
Outro Music:
- "Watch Me (Live)" by Greta Van Fleet
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@TheUntypicalGerman 12 күн бұрын

Nightelf was my first ever character and I was immediately enchanted by the music and the world .. I love watching your videos for the nostalgia, very well put together and great story telling! Thank you

@Jediwarlock 8 күн бұрын

I'm glad you're enjoying my vids! Night elves are awesome ;)

@Sleepy.Time. 5 ай бұрын

classic Duskwood will always be my favorite MMO zone

@Kylora2112 5 ай бұрын

It just sucked that the Scythe of Elune quest was a dead end, because DAMN this was the questline that got my little Night Elf Hunter hooked on WoW in 2004.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

After years of playing Classic I think it is definitely the BEST in terms of questing and zone design, and definitely in my top 3 subjective favorites too :)

@DIEGhostfish 5 ай бұрын

Knowledge of Ur is also contradicted by the Satyr War because the Pack druids banished in the cata lore were *asleep* in the dream. Unconscious.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

This is a good point!

@Ren3gaid 5 ай бұрын

It's so cool how we take all the mobs in Azeroth as granted or see them just a part of a quest to get some armor although there is such a deep lore behind most of those enemies. I would have never thought that the worgen in Duskwood had such an interesting lore

@Kylora2112 5 ай бұрын

It was so unfortunate that this quest was a complete dead end in 2004 =\

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Yeah!! Without starting the questline all the way over in Ashenvale most players would never realize worgen have a really deep backstory and not just "werewolves but in WoW" :D

@TheNicopy 5 ай бұрын

It would be insane if you actually predict the Scythe on SoD's Karazhan raid. Amazing job.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

I can't believe it but they just added Dark Riders as part of a Warlock rune quest :o ...it could actually be happening!!!

@cujoedaman 6 күн бұрын

This is one of those lore aspects that confirms my own head-canon that Elune operates outside what we know about gods and goddess'. While a lot of her actions are passive, they happen more frequently, for very specific reasons, and sometimes when asked/prayed, whereas other gods only intervene when they deem it necessary or if you're worthy of such help. Even if that outcome is taken as a negative result (burning of Teldrasil), it serves a higher purpose (night elf souls to help in the Shadowlands). She's also one of the few gods that we have never met in person, aside from a brief possession of Tyranda in Shadowlands.

@Jediwarlock 23 сағат бұрын

Good points! That is something I hadn't considered :)

@JestersoftheOccult 2 ай бұрын

The worgen quest line in Duskwood was always so cool to me. I used to dream of being able to make my character a worgen. So cool to see all the lore around it.

@Jediwarlock 2 ай бұрын

Yes, it's one of the coolest parts of the zone! :D

@Silly_Illidan 2 сағат бұрын

Alas! In trying to sow chaos among his brethren in his hate towards malfurion, fandral ended up starting a chain of events that would forever unlock worgen as a playable race

@purpleisthesneakiest 5 күн бұрын

playing night elf or draenei and following the scythe of elune quest from ashenvale to duskwood is a really, really awesome adventure!

@Jediwarlock 23 сағат бұрын

Yeah!! :)

@PaulSteenOriginal 5 ай бұрын

I love these hidden lore videos! Actually super informative on extreme details I never noticed in my 19 years of playing the game

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Yes!! I'm glad you enjoyed this one! :D

@eljuanpapas 5 ай бұрын

the story of these ancient artifacts and how they pass from hand to hand is so cool , ty :)

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! :)

@DIEGhostfish 5 ай бұрын

I HATED the cataclysm retcons around the Scythe and Worgen, alien Worgen were way cooler. SPECIFICALLY thr pack form replacing the "another world being invaded by the Legion at the same time as the War of the Ancients"

@xismyhero 5 ай бұрын

Alien worgen are definitely cooler, and unique, but Gilneas is far and away the best starting zone in the game so... you win some you lose some

@DIEGhostfish 5 ай бұрын

@xismyhero You can still have Gilnean worgen, the onld lore just means no druid of the pack satyr war nonsense

@Sodys_eyy 5 ай бұрын

@@DIEGhostfishit makes much more chance that Worgen being aliens. There are too many aliens already

@DIEGhostfish 5 ай бұрын

@Sodys_eyy Th orii al lore was that the Worgen were from another world that was being invaded by the Legion at the same time as the War of the Ancients, the priestess saw them battling in a vision and opened a portal to bring them over as "the enemy of my enemey" but it turned out they were savage monsters and infectious, so she sealed them away. This served many purposes: It showed that even during the GREATEST Legion invasion of Azeroth, they still had the numbers to simultaneously invade countless other worlds. 2. It showed that the rest of the universe was weird and dangerous even when it's against thr legion.

@DIEGhostfish 5 ай бұрын

@@Sodys_eyy Army of the Light would have veen wat more interesting if it wasn't just draenei and ONE Dreadlord.

@lennic 5 ай бұрын

holy shit dark riders are in SoD now

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

I'm so ready! :o ...I can't believe it!!

@IggyF 5 ай бұрын

Thank you again for the exciting video! Prior to the retail, again Turtle WoW did some extension of this questline by making a Karazhan dungeon and even a quest for it. Have not done it yet

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Nice! Sounds interesting!

@eleridragon 5 ай бұрын

I'm not sure if Season of Discovery will add anything that the Balance Druid Artifact questline in Legion didn't. Fun questline, btw, plus you end up with the Scythe. My druid was very happy about that.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

That is cool! :D

@YrnehLrak 4 ай бұрын

Velinde Starsong is my favorite NPC.. atleast NPC which we never meet..! Her story is so tragic. Actually got a DK named Velindethe who is entirely based on her, even gathered armor to make her look exactly like the NPC 😄 ofc, the headcanon is that arthas raised her from that pile of dirt, after discovering her story 😅

@Jediwarlock 3 ай бұрын

Glad to hear from someone who likes her story a lot too! :) That's great you have a character based on her. :D

@Babaganoosh69 3 ай бұрын

I only just played through this questline in SoD, never saw it all the way through in Classic before. Nice coincidence for me that you make a video on it!

@Jediwarlock 3 ай бұрын

Haha, that's awesome! :) SoD was when I really started paying attention to it and investigating ;)

@prokrastinator3759 4 ай бұрын

Great video, I enjoy your topics and narrative a lot. Keep going!

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

More vids on the way! Thanks for watching :)

@jedibrotherrs 5 ай бұрын

Wow, didnt know a lot of this and was gripped the whole vid, loving the content and hoping to see you in game :)

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed this! :D Looking out for you as well!

@M4Production 4 ай бұрын

No-matter how I search this video, it will not come up on search results until I go to your channel. Anyways, I was very curious about this lore the moment I realized that elf lost the Scythe to Worgen in duskwood. Theres a spot in ashenvale that she prayed to elune for the scythe. I was thinking of going there and praying myself.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Wonder what you'll find? :D

@cuzy215 2 ай бұрын

This was a great video! Keep it up man, you are good!

@Jediwarlock 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you found it... for some reason this one was NOT picked up by the algorithm as much so I'm glad it's getting a little boost lately :)

@howardhavardramberg7160 5 ай бұрын

This one of my all time faves !

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Yay! That makes me happy to hear. :)

@chronozormu457 4 ай бұрын

I've discovered your channel yesterday and was watching your lore videos and I must say that thank you for presenting such interesting, slightly obscure and mysterious lore from WoW! I always missed these hidden, gloomy details from WoW lore. So sad the Blizzard scrapped many hidden stuff up and the mystery vibe of the game worn off.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! I'm glad you like my videos :)

@Quick-Silver206 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video! I love these!!

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

@gertjedeballenman5174 5 ай бұрын

Very nice video my friend. Good job!

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! :)

@katmannsson Ай бұрын

tfw I literally never actually THOUGHT about Felwood but yeah, I mean Hyjal is right there that makes perfect sense that its demon addled because its the remnants of the Legions attempted invasion at the battle of hyjal

@Jediwarlock 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for the comment! :D

@kyleellis1825 3 ай бұрын

I used to think the Worgen came from Outland and that was why the orcs had wolves. Was kind of dissapointed they didn't end up being aliens.

@Jediwarlock 3 ай бұрын

That would've been a cool idea! It was definitely a partial theory before they went with the Emerald Nightmare approach. :)

@Digital-Scriptorium 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff! I always loved Duskwood.

@Jediwarlock 3 ай бұрын

One of the best zones! :D

@Silly_Illidan 2 сағат бұрын

13:14 poor velinda didn't have her class hall unlocked yet

@TheNarghes 5 ай бұрын

Great video! More of these!!

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

More in the future for sure! These ones take a long time to make so I try to pace myself with some smaller ones in between, but there will be more soon :)

@TheNarghes 4 ай бұрын

@@Jediwarlock No stress my man, we're here, appreciating all of your content! Keep it up

@NWA-TjalfeTooStonedToAim 11 күн бұрын

Pretty strong magic that can give humans an ancient Nightelf druid form 😁

@Jediwarlock 8 күн бұрын

Indeed! :o

@barakovdlich6203 5 ай бұрын

I just did this quest line in SoD and was wondering what it was all about.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Now you know! :D

@teej143 5 ай бұрын

im a balance druid so this is easily my weapon of choice. thanks for this great vid about it's lore

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad it was informative. :)

@yodoni96 18 күн бұрын

I kinda remember the scythe is in Karazan in Legion. I guess that makes the resolution of the lore you are pointing cannon and confirmed

@Jediwarlock 14 күн бұрын

Yeah! They brought it back in Legion and it had something to do with the Dark Riders... I'd be curious to see if SoD will move toward supporting that story or will do something totally different with it. :)

@Silly_Illidan 2 сағат бұрын

What if.... The scythe of elune ended up being an unruly weapon chiefly bcoz of hurt ego? The scythe was fashioned from Goldrinn's fang yet named as the scythe of elune. Maybe this pissed off Goldrinn and thus affected the weapon to cause a frenzy in the worgen instead of the intended effects.

@kamantariq2513 5 ай бұрын

So thats why hunters in wrath could tame wargan as pets.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Yeah! I heard about that and thought it was a cool bug, haha

@kamantariq2513 4 ай бұрын

@@Jediwarlock its funny how bliz still allows thoose mads enough to tame one in wrath to keep it. I wish i had one

@Followtheham 2 күн бұрын

Blizzard ADD THIS TO SOD!!! Worgen raid/dungeon hype hype hype

@Jediwarlock 22 сағат бұрын

That would be fun... maybe something related to the Scythe/worgen curse in the Karazhan Crypts! :o

@mwill8829 5 ай бұрын

If a dwarf gets bit by a worgen does it turn into a small worgen?

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

"It's time for you to look inward and begin asking yourself the real questions..." - Uncle Iroh XD

@mikethemilkman5246 11 күн бұрын

Dammit lord blackwald, drop my scythe already!

@Jediwarlock 8 күн бұрын

@Boomken76 5 ай бұрын

👍👍

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

@Alexander-fo7bx 3 күн бұрын

What happens if a satyr is bit by a worgen?

@Jediwarlock 22 сағат бұрын

Hmmm XD

@DIEGhostfish 5 ай бұрын

War of thr Satyr is the opposite of Classic WoW lore, it is a massive retcon that erased the original classic quest and book lore.

@NostraDavid2 5 ай бұрын

Man, I was SO pissed when I found out they removed this and the Stalvan quest line. A tragedy.

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

Interesting points! :D I tried to incorporate a bit of both in this vid but it's kind of hard to sort through it all with all the intertwining sources sometimes.

@TheMathius90 11 күн бұрын

Looks to me you only covered part of lore. How did Scythe of Elune travel from Duskwood to Gilneas during Cataclysm. Thats the real question

@Jediwarlock 8 күн бұрын

That is a good question!

@vulpen 5 ай бұрын

Do you really dislike the expansions after the Wrath of the Lich King so much that you refused to include footage of Gilneas location from the Сataclysm in the video about the worgen?

@Jediwarlock 4 ай бұрын

I like trying to stick with the Classic vibes where I can... I could have used some of the cinematic footage of the Wall I guess, but I don't have Retail characters to film with so I can't get custom footage from more modern expansions.