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.
Background
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.
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 one of the only true deities 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.
Reference
* World of Warcraft - The Role Playing Game 2005
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Background
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.
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 one of the only true deities 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.
Reference
* World of Warcraft - The Role Playing Game 2005
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Durotan is a fictional character from the Warcraft computer game series.
Biography
Durotan was the son of Garad, chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan. Before reaching the age of "adulthood" amongst the orcish people, he met a young Blackrock orc named Orgrim during a Kosh'harg festival - a biannual event where the orcish clans gathered in the shadow of the sacred mountain Oshu'gun. The two became lifelong friends, despite their being from different clans.
When they were challenging one another to friendly tests of skill in the shadows of Terokkar Forest, they were surprised by an ogre and would have been killed if not for the intervention of a draenei raiding party led by a guard captain named Restalaan. Taking the two young orcs to his city of Telmor, carefully hidden via a very powerful crystal (one of the shards of the ata'mal crystal that was used to aid the draenei escape from Argus millennia earlier), Restalaan informed them that the Prophet, Velen the Divine, was visiting the city and had invited the young orcs to dine with him. They spoke at great lengths with the Prophet that night, learning much about the draenei (Durotan himself admitted that he had learned more than most of his people had in the last century), and in turn Velen learned more about the people they had shared this world with.
Some years later, Durotan's father Garad was killed by a gronn, and Durotan became chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan. It was around this time that the orcish clans - guided by the elder shaman Ner'zhul of the Shadowmoon Clan - began battling the draenei, convinced (supposedly) by their ancestors that the draenei were plotting against them. This turned out to be an elaborate ruse created by the demonlord Kil'jaeden, formerly Velen's best friend and now his sworn nemesis, to destroy the renegades once and for all. Over time, Kil'jaeden began teaching warlock magics and necromancy to the orcs, beginning with his most eager pupil - Ner'zhul's power-hungry apprentice, Gul'dan. At first, Durotan accepted the use of warlock magics in his clan, but over time - aided by his mate, Draka - made his anger and disgust open enough to attract Gul'dan's attention. When the orcish clans were assembled to drink the blood of the Pit Lord Mannoroth, Durotan refused to partake, and forbade his clan from doing likewise. He had received the details of the exact nature of Gul'dan's treachery from Ner'zhul, once a willing servant of Kil'jaeden and now opposed as much as Durotan - but unable to do anything about it. Quite some time later, after the opening of the Dark Portal, Durotan and the Frostwolf Clan were exiled from the Horde, and made their home in the Alterac Mountains.
Durotan accepted his exile without complaint - until the day that his son was born. It was then that he realized that he had to act on the information...and ally with his lifelong comrade, Orgrim Doomhammer - now Warchief of the Horde and chieftain of the Blackrock Clan, and another who had refused to drink the Blood of Mannoroth. Travelling to Doomhammer's camp with their child in tow, Durotan and Draka explained everything they knew. Doomhammer, who knew that his friend spoke truth, had one of his warriors escort him to a place where they would be safe, until both Durotan and Doomhammer could confront Gul'dan. However, the warrior entrusted to lead Durotan to safety was one of Gul'dan's spies, and summoned assassins to kill the Frostwolf chieftain instead. Draka was the first to fall, but Durotan managed to account for at least one of the assassins before he was felled. Attempting to reach out to his son, Durotan was dismembered and left to die...but his son survived, raised by humans, and given the name Thrall - and would later find his destiny and free his people from the demonic corruption, a cause that Durotan had given his life for.
After the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Thrall and the orcs settled on the eastern coast of Kalimdor. Thrall named the new land Durotar, in honor of his slain father.
Durotan's body was apparently recovered and buried in the Frostwolf lands in Alterac Valley. His grave marker, known as the Rock of Durotan, can be found near the Horde's entrance to the Valley. The inscription on it reads:
Here lies Durotan - first Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan,
and father of our honored Warchief, Thrall.
He was the bravest of our kind - betrayed by those who would see our people enslaved.
Durotan gave his life that our freedom might be gained.
We honor him - and the legacy he passed on to us through his son.
Drek'Thar, Far Seer of the Frostwolves
Biography
Durotan was the son of Garad, chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan. Before reaching the age of "adulthood" amongst the orcish people, he met a young Blackrock orc named Orgrim during a Kosh'harg festival - a biannual event where the orcish clans gathered in the shadow of the sacred mountain Oshu'gun. The two became lifelong friends, despite their being from different clans.
When they were challenging one another to friendly tests of skill in the shadows of Terokkar Forest, they were surprised by an ogre and would have been killed if not for the intervention of a draenei raiding party led by a guard captain named Restalaan. Taking the two young orcs to his city of Telmor, carefully hidden via a very powerful crystal (one of the shards of the ata'mal crystal that was used to aid the draenei escape from Argus millennia earlier), Restalaan informed them that the Prophet, Velen the Divine, was visiting the city and had invited the young orcs to dine with him. They spoke at great lengths with the Prophet that night, learning much about the draenei (Durotan himself admitted that he had learned more than most of his people had in the last century), and in turn Velen learned more about the people they had shared this world with.
Some years later, Durotan's father Garad was killed by a gronn, and Durotan became chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan. It was around this time that the orcish clans - guided by the elder shaman Ner'zhul of the Shadowmoon Clan - began battling the draenei, convinced (supposedly) by their ancestors that the draenei were plotting against them. This turned out to be an elaborate ruse created by the demonlord Kil'jaeden, formerly Velen's best friend and now his sworn nemesis, to destroy the renegades once and for all. Over time, Kil'jaeden began teaching warlock magics and necromancy to the orcs, beginning with his most eager pupil - Ner'zhul's power-hungry apprentice, Gul'dan. At first, Durotan accepted the use of warlock magics in his clan, but over time - aided by his mate, Draka - made his anger and disgust open enough to attract Gul'dan's attention. When the orcish clans were assembled to drink the blood of the Pit Lord Mannoroth, Durotan refused to partake, and forbade his clan from doing likewise. He had received the details of the exact nature of Gul'dan's treachery from Ner'zhul, once a willing servant of Kil'jaeden and now opposed as much as Durotan - but unable to do anything about it. Quite some time later, after the opening of the Dark Portal, Durotan and the Frostwolf Clan were exiled from the Horde, and made their home in the Alterac Mountains.
Durotan accepted his exile without complaint - until the day that his son was born. It was then that he realized that he had to act on the information...and ally with his lifelong comrade, Orgrim Doomhammer - now Warchief of the Horde and chieftain of the Blackrock Clan, and another who had refused to drink the Blood of Mannoroth. Travelling to Doomhammer's camp with their child in tow, Durotan and Draka explained everything they knew. Doomhammer, who knew that his friend spoke truth, had one of his warriors escort him to a place where they would be safe, until both Durotan and Doomhammer could confront Gul'dan. However, the warrior entrusted to lead Durotan to safety was one of Gul'dan's spies, and summoned assassins to kill the Frostwolf chieftain instead. Draka was the first to fall, but Durotan managed to account for at least one of the assassins before he was felled. Attempting to reach out to his son, Durotan was dismembered and left to die...but his son survived, raised by humans, and given the name Thrall - and would later find his destiny and free his people from the demonic corruption, a cause that Durotan had given his life for.
After the Battle of Mount Hyjal, Thrall and the orcs settled on the eastern coast of Kalimdor. Thrall named the new land Durotar, in honor of his slain father.
Durotan's body was apparently recovered and buried in the Frostwolf lands in Alterac Valley. His grave marker, known as the Rock of Durotan, can be found near the Horde's entrance to the Valley. The inscription on it reads:
Here lies Durotan - first Chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan,
and father of our honored Warchief, Thrall.
He was the bravest of our kind - betrayed by those who would see our people enslaved.
Durotan gave his life that our freedom might be gained.
We honor him - and the legacy he passed on to us through his son.
Drek'Thar, Far Seer of the Frostwolves
In the Blizzard Entertainment computer game Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Daelin Proudmoore was the supreme commander of the Alliance Navy, and ruler of the nation of Kul Tiras; he was also a boss in the Orc Bonus Campaign.
Grand Admiral Proudmoore is the father of Jaina Proudmoore and Tandred Proudmoore. He is also the father of an illegitimate child Finnall Goldensword, with Kilnar Goldensword. During the days of the second war, he, Uther Lightbringer, and Anduin Lothar were three of the finest human leaders.
The Grand Admiral appears in the bonus campaign in the Warcraft III expansion Frozen Throne, "The Founding of Durotar." Despite the tentative alliance between the Humans and the Orcs at the end of Warcraft III, the scars of the old Horde's past atrocities still ran deep with Proudmoore. The Grand Admiral's hatred of the Horde escalated into paranoia, which led him to launch an unprovoked attack on the Horde's new nation of Durotar in Kalimdor. Because of this danger, Thrall had Rexxar, one of the Mok'Nathal, speak with the Trolls living on the Echo Isles, the Tauren in Mulgore, and the Stonemaul Ogres in order to form another alliance to destroy the threat of Kul Tiras. Jaina had tried to convince him of the reformed ways of the orcs, but to no avail and eventually would conspire with the orcs to kill him.
Thrall had told Jaina that they had no choice but to kill her father to preserve the safety of Durotar and all the innocents who lived there. Jaina said she understood, and told Thrall to "do what you must." Later on, the Horde stormed Proudmoore's citadel of Tiragarde Keep, south of Orgrimmar, and the orcs fought their way through the citadel, through waves and waves of humans, until they finally reached the Grand Admiral Proudmoore. Proudmoore was slain by a group of heroes that consisted of Rexxar, Rokhan (a troll from the Darkspear Tribe), the tauren Chief Cairne Bloodhoof (a powerful priest and warrior) and Chen Stormstout, a Pandaren.
Though Jaina understood that her father had been driven insane by his hatred, and his death was necessary for the survival of the Horde in Kalimdor, she still grieved. Later Rexxar explained to Jaina that despite her father's misguided ways, he still fought for what he believed in, and died an honorable warrior's death in battle.
A statue of Proudmoore resides within the Stormwind Keep.
Grand Admiral Proudmoore is the father of Jaina Proudmoore and Tandred Proudmoore. He is also the father of an illegitimate child Finnall Goldensword, with Kilnar Goldensword. During the days of the second war, he, Uther Lightbringer, and Anduin Lothar were three of the finest human leaders.
The Grand Admiral appears in the bonus campaign in the Warcraft III expansion Frozen Throne, "The Founding of Durotar." Despite the tentative alliance between the Humans and the Orcs at the end of Warcraft III, the scars of the old Horde's past atrocities still ran deep with Proudmoore. The Grand Admiral's hatred of the Horde escalated into paranoia, which led him to launch an unprovoked attack on the Horde's new nation of Durotar in Kalimdor. Because of this danger, Thrall had Rexxar, one of the Mok'Nathal, speak with the Trolls living on the Echo Isles, the Tauren in Mulgore, and the Stonemaul Ogres in order to form another alliance to destroy the threat of Kul Tiras. Jaina had tried to convince him of the reformed ways of the orcs, but to no avail and eventually would conspire with the orcs to kill him.
Thrall had told Jaina that they had no choice but to kill her father to preserve the safety of Durotar and all the innocents who lived there. Jaina said she understood, and told Thrall to "do what you must." Later on, the Horde stormed Proudmoore's citadel of Tiragarde Keep, south of Orgrimmar, and the orcs fought their way through the citadel, through waves and waves of humans, until they finally reached the Grand Admiral Proudmoore. Proudmoore was slain by a group of heroes that consisted of Rexxar, Rokhan (a troll from the Darkspear Tribe), the tauren Chief Cairne Bloodhoof (a powerful priest and warrior) and Chen Stormstout, a Pandaren.
Though Jaina understood that her father had been driven insane by his hatred, and his death was necessary for the survival of the Horde in Kalimdor, she still grieved. Later Rexxar explained to Jaina that despite her father's misguided ways, he still fought for what he believed in, and died an honorable warrior's death in battle.
A statue of Proudmoore resides within the Stormwind Keep.
Captain Placeholder was an NPC in MMORPG World of Warcraft. He first appeared in the beta version of the game as a temporary measure, allowing players to instantly teleport from Menethil Harbor to the town of Auberdine (instead of first waiting for the boat to arrive to the docks, then waiting until it would arrive at its destination), when some of the boat paths had yet to be implemented. After the retail launch a glitch in the normal operation of the Menethil Harbor-Auberdine boat path prompted Blizzard to reinstate Captain Placeholder until a fix could be included in an upcoming patch, and the Captain quickly became quite popular among the retail subscribers.
Blizzard fixed the glitch in an April 2005 patch, which also removed the Captain. Fans of the character quickly began petitioning Blizzard for his return in one fashion or another, even to the point of recording a song entitled "The Lament of Captain Placeholder, by Eledainn of Dragonmaw".
Blizzard fixed the glitch in an April 2005 patch, which also removed the Captain. Fans of the character quickly began petitioning Blizzard for his return in one fashion or another, even to the point of recording a song entitled "The Lament of Captain Placeholder, by Eledainn of Dragonmaw".