Scythe of Elune
The picture gives people an immersive feeling. Sang La seems to be between a satyr and a werewolf. The satyr is holding a scimitar, his eyes are burning with green flames, while the werewolf is baring his fangs and his fingers are shining with cold light. ✌😳 ☟🐠
Following the scene of the battle between the Worgen and the Satyrs, Zul'ra saw another image: a pack of crazed Worgen howling at the moon, drooling, and countless male and female Night Elves perishing under their sharp teeth and claws.
Then, a Druid with a long green beard and antlers growing from his forehead cast a spell, holding the Scythe of Elune. Before him, an oak tree came to life, its roots twisting and thrashing, dragging all the struggling Worgen beneath it. Finally, the oak tree returned to calm.
After the oak tree that had swallowed the Worgen returned to calm, a scene flashed before Zul'ra's eyes, and another image appeared: inside the Elune Temple, a Druid with a green beard and a gloomy expression placed a scythe and a book there. Until one day, Velinde came here to pray, she took the scythe but did not touch the book.
Zul'ra pieced together the images she saw and pieced together a story based on what she knew, outlining the origins of the Worgen.
The War of the Azurefire was a war unknown to races other than the Night Elves. The Night Elves' adversaries were the Satyrs, who had survived the War of the Ancients. They organized themselves into one entity, proclaimed themselves the Legion of the Azurefire, servants of the Burning Legion, and waged war against the Night Elves.
Because of internal problems within the Night Elves, a group of Night Elves unleashed a magical storm in Astranaar to prove to the Night Elf civilians that magic was harmless and to lift the ban on magic. However, they were ultimately exiled by the high command led by Malfurion and Tyrande Whisperwind. These people were the ancestors of the High Elves of the Eastern Kingdoms.
Having lost a large number of mages as fighting force, the Night Elves suffered heavy losses against the Azurefire Legion. However, the Druid at the time were not willing to admit defeat. They proposed a wolf-form transformation spell to unleash their fury and tear the enemy apart.
Despite Archdruid Malfurion's strong opposition to wolf form, the druid Larel Flamefang, who proposed it, remained steadfast in his conviction, fueled by hatred for his friend Avil who had died in the war.
In the end, Ralaar Flamefang found the priestess Belysra Starwind, Avel's wife. Driven by hatred and sorrow, the two joined forces to combine the Goldrinn's Fang they had found with an ancient Elune staff, ultimately forging the Scythe of Elune.
Ralaar Flamefang used the Scythe of Elune to create a pack of wolves and waged a great battle against the Azure Flame Legion. Although they won, they lost their rationality and became frenzied Worgen, indiscriminately killing friend and foe alike.
Werewolves are extremely destructive. Berisa Starwind looked at her former companions, felt a pang of remorse, and took her scythe to Archdruid Malfurion, asking him for a solution.
Malfurion ultimately used the Scythe of Elune to drag all the Worgen into the Emerald Dream, using the ancient tree Daral'nir to put Worgen into a deep sleep, hoping that Worgen would regain their consciousness in the future.
After the Worgen were sealed into the dream world, the Scythe of Elune disappeared from Malfurion's side. This was because Ralaar and Belysra, who forged it, poured hatred and sorrow into it, and its material itself gave it self-awareness.
The Scythe of Elune vanished from Malfurion's side, ultimately choosing a single person as its wielder: Malfurion's student, Fandral Staghelm. It saw in this Druid certain qualities, such as the hatred of Ralaar for losing a friend and the sorrow of Belysra for losing a lover.
However, to the surprise of Luna's Scythe, Fandral Staghelm did not keep it for long. Instead, he placed it and a notebook in the temple of Teldrassil, which recorded the various actions of Archdruid Malfurion, and contained many accusations and criticisms.
Fandral's original intention was to expose Malfurion's various actions and criticize his dereliction of duty as a leader. Because he was Malfurion's disciple, he anonymously placed the scythe and the notes in the temple so that they would be discovered. However, he did not expect that Velinde, who discovered the Scythe of Elune, did not touch the notes at all.
In reality, Velinde wouldn't have been indifferent to the obviously present manual; it was the influence of the Scythe of Elune that made her overlook it, because the Scythe of Elune was angry at Fandral for abandoning her.
The Scythe of Elune inherited Goldrinn's arrogance and chose Fandral as its wielder. However, Fandral, for some purpose, threw it to someone else as evidence that Malfurion was a failed leader, which greatly angered the Moon Scythe. "Since you don't know its worth, then you've got what you want."
After Scythe of Elune flirted with Fandral Staghelm, it was furious. So when Velinde found it, it influenced Velinde to ignore Fandral's manual and eventually leave Teldrassil. Velinde took it to Felwood to clean up the pollution there, until it encountered some accidents.
The Scythe of Elune is the source of power for the Worgen' transformations, thus connecting all Worgen. However, some Worgen broke free from its control and even tried to seize it to create a large number of Worgen, which greatly angered the Moon Goddess, prompting her to decide to travel to the Eastern Kingdoms.
The Scythe of Elune came to the Eastern Kingdoms with the fundamental purpose of finding a new wielder, because it disliked Velinde. This woman was extremely insecure, constantly talking nonsense, only knowing how to pray for the help of the gods, and not knowing how to be independent and self-reliant.
Although she disliked Velinde, she couldn't act on her own without her, so Scythe of Elune could only tolerate her, letting her ignore the bloodshed caused by the Worgen in Felwood, and take her on an airship to the Eastern Kingdoms.
Zul'ra organized her knowledge and sensed the inner thoughts and actions of the Scythe of Elune. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This scythe, like her sword, had become sentient. It was unhappy with this and disliked that. But then again, did this mean that it could be communicated with, or even tamed?
With an idea forming in his mind, Zul'ra immediately delved into the depths of the Scythe of Elune's power, exploring the scythe's consciousness. The series of images he saw were all emotions released by this scythe, but the scythe's consciousness was still hidden deeper. Only by finding the scythe's spiritual light could he communicate with it and tame it.
Zul'ra delved deeper into the power of the sickle, searching for its consciousness. Suddenly, his mental world brightened, and he entered a hazy world.