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

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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Jediwarlock 2024

[@Sleepy.Time.]

classic Duskwood will always be my favorite MMO zone

[@Kylora2112]

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]

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 :)

[@Ren3gaid]

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]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@DIEGhostfish]

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]

This is a good point!

[@eljuanpapas]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

You're welcome! :)

[@prokrastinator3759]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

More vids on the way! Thanks for watching :)

[@PaulSteenOriginal]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@DIEGhostfish]

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]

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]

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

[@Sodys_eyy]

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

[@DIEGhostfish]

​@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]

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

[@Babaganoosh69]

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]

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

[@eleridragon]

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]

That is cool! :D

[@JestersoftheOccult]

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]

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

[@TheNicopy]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@M4Production]

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]

Wonder what you'll find? :D

[@howardhavardramberg7160]

This one of my all time faves !

[@Jediwarlock]

Yay! That makes me happy to hear. :)

[@cuzy215]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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 :)

[@IggyF]

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]

Nice! Sounds interesting!

[@YrnehLrak]

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]

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

[@chronozormu457]

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]

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

[@Digital-Scriptorium]

Good stuff! I always loved Duskwood.

[@Jediwarlock]

One of the best zones! :D

[@jedibrotherrs]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@lennic]

holy shit dark riders are in SoD now

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@teej143]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@katmannsson]

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]

Thanks for the comment! :D

[@barakovdlich6203]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

Now you know! :D

[@Quick-Silver206]

Thank you for the video! I love these!!

[@Jediwarlock]

I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@kyleellis1825]

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]

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

[@gertjedeballenman5174]

Very nice video my friend. Good job!

[@Jediwarlock]

Thank you! :)

[@TheNarghes]

Great video! More of these!!

[@Jediwarlock]

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]

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

[@kamantariq2513]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@kamantariq2513]

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

[@mwill8829]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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

[@Boomken76]

👍👍

[@Jediwarlock]

:)

[@DIEGhostfish]

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]

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

[@Jediwarlock]

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.

[@vulpen]

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]

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.