Elune

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Elune

Gender	Female
Race	Goddess
Character class	goddess
Affiliation	Sentinels
Occupation	Goddess of the Moon

Elune is the Goddess of the Moon to the Night Elves in the Warcraft universe — a fictional universe in which a series of games and books are set.

[edit] Background

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The Kaldorei, or Night Elves, venerated Elune the Moon goddess even before discovering the Well of Eternity ten thousand years ago. They revered her fellow Ancients as well, but reserved their true adoration for Elune whom they believed slept in the Well of Eternity during the daylight.

She has protected the world throughout the ages, guiding her children and calming violence. She is a pacifist in the sense that she uses her magic to disarm her enemies in a war, and not by using force.

Her influence was formidable until the coming of the Burning Legion. The Legion's arcane and demonic magics corrupted her children and allowed demons to nearly destroy the world she had nurtured. After the First Coming of the Burning Legion, she helped to heal the land, working with the Night Elves in seclusion to protect the forests. Her work was destroyed again with the coming of the Horde and the Second Coming of the Burning Legion, and no one knows if she will attempt to help the tainted world of Azeroth a second time.

[edit] Role as a deity

The Night Elves revered Elune unconditionally, and other races are beginning to recognize her as the one power that could bring peace to the world. Races such as the Furbolg and even the Tauren respect her power even if they follow their own paths of faith (such as the Tauren's reverence for the Earthmother).

It is to be noted that Elune is the only true deity in the WarCraft universe to this point. Her relationship to the Titans, the immortal crafters of the worlds of the Great Dark Beyond, including Azeroth, is not known at this time.