Their slumber was temporary, not eternal.
And after being summoned, those worgen still harbored raging hearts, violent and warlike.
Leral Firefang nodded. "Clever half-elf. That's right. I am Leral Firefang, the first of the Druids of the Scythe."
Shawn remained silent.
In this timeline, Leral Firefang was indeed the first worgen. But all the worgen had fallen into an eternal, peaceful slumber. Only by being summoned out of the Emerald Dream could they awaken. Why, then, had Leral Firefang awakened when he had not been summoned out?
Seemingly guessing Shawn's question, Leral Firefang pointed at the Scythe of Elune in Shawn's hand and explained, "Young druid, I can sense Goldrinn's wild power within you. You are one of the Druids of the Scythe as well, aren't you? To think you can actually control that wild power. You are far stronger than we were back then. As for why I could awaken, it is because I was the first master of the Scythe of Elune."
Understanding dawned on Shawn.
When the Scythe of Elune first appeared in the world, it had been in Leral's hands.
It was by using the Scythe of Elune's energy that Leral and the others had first transformed into Druids of the Scythe.
But Leral Firefang had not been the master of the Scythe of Elune. In truth, the Scythe of Elune had been Leral Firefang's master. It had dominated Leral, rather than Leral controlling it.
Still, there were understandable reasons for that.
With a measure of respect, Shawn said, "Master Leral, Elune bestowed her blessing to help defeat the satyr army, and that was how the Scythe of Elune came into being. You became Druids of the Scythe to win the war. Your rage toward the satyrs and your yearning for victory clouded your minds, driving