I somewhat agree, but Azshara might actually be stronger than Archimonde. [I don't think stronger than KJ and Sarg.]
Azshara had the strongest magical powers we've record of on Azeroth, Sure, she was empowered by the well, but N'zoth has been empowering her for over 10,000 years, promising her powers stronger than ever before.
The only thing superior to an Old God might be Sargeras.
It took the complete Pantheon to lock them away.
nope. i think broxigar would grab his axe and bury it so far in her face that they would have to bury her with it.
actualy think broxigar is pretty much the stongest character in the wow lore (non titan/old god) cus he is the only one to ever make a scratch on sargeras
There is really no reason to get mad in a discussion. Unless u dont understand basic logic then rage away
Elune is still a true goddess until proven otherwise, and as such would count under the lettering, if not the intent, of the thread.
EDIT: Scratch that, I misread.
Which is where I place Anduin Wrynn. I think he is basically the games version on Med'an Young man, growing up surrounded by persons of great power. Learning from each of them will be of great value to him in the future. He already is quite attuned to the Light, and if i'm correct has a bit of knowledge of the Arcane arts as well. He is training in Pandaria to learn about inner focus and hand to hand combat. He was trained in SW how to handle himself, but not to the extent the Pandaren are teaching him. If they continually have him learning from the greatest of the lands, then he potentially could be a contender in the future.
His powers seem to be of the protective sorts. Just as Mormolyce had said, not all powers are used to murder armies. His power could be a great asset against a powerful foe to keep it at bay. Imagine if he trained with Ad'al and Mu'ru, his holy abilities would be insane.
Azshara is, lorewise, the most powerful entity upon Azeroth. I dont Even think Nzoth himself can stand against her, (if he is caged like the rest, and we only fight a portion of his body... like the rest). Free willed spirit, Azshara is by far more powerful than anything else out there, even though her people are cannon fodder.
I do really like Azshara as a character and I have no doubt she is powerful. I wold put her on the same level as KJ and Archimonde, but I don't think she would beat Sargeras, unless he has some kind of extreme weakness to water. She wouldn't beat the Pantheon either. I think she is more than strong enough to get her own expansion as an end game boss but I also think that she has too much to do with the Burning Legion to not be part of a Burning Legion expansion instead.
I would say there that the potential for power of Azshara (as a highborne elf mage) is about equal to the potential for power of Kil'jaeden and Archimonde (as Eredun [proto-dranei] warlocks [or whatever ever they were, class-wise before they were warlocks]).
The real difference is the KJ and Archi are a little older. but at the scale of 10s of the 1000s of years, i am not sure how important that it.
The Old God's are obviously taken from H.P. Lovecraft's writing, and with so many similar details, we can probably look to his stories for hints as to what some of this stuff means.
Nya'lotha is a perfect match, in terms of how its been mentioned thus far, for the sunken city of R'lyeh. R'lyeh was a massive stone city of strange proportions and architecture that literally sunk to the bottom of the Baltic Sea eons before man walked the earth. It was actually the resting place of Cthulhu (who seems more comparable to N'zoth than C'thun in every way, despite the name, from what we know so far), and he slept there for eons between periodically emerging to stir up chaos. The names they've chosen for the Old God's in WoW has thrown the story off a bit, but they've been keeping with a lot of similar ideas. Similarly, the "black goat with seven eyes" quote from the puzzle box was a spin off of the "black goat with a thousand young", a line used to describe another Old God, Shub-Niggurath. The fact that all of the other lines from puzzle box seem to involve N'Zoth implied that it was describing him, but the two don't necessarily have to be linked.
As a side note with some speculation, the thought of Elune being an Old God is actually very interesting. One of the most powerful and well known Lovecraftian Old God's was Nyarlathotep. His primary residence was the moon; he was extremely deceptive, and would entrance humans with shows of light and magic that they thought were miracles. Seems like a decent comparison.
I would put her on par with Archimonde or Kil'Jaedan.
So that would mean that the Night Elves have been fooled this entire time. But for what cause? The priestesses of Elune would have been praying to, and idolizing an old god. At the moment they seem to be untouched by any sort of corruption. Would he have inserted some sort of presence in them similar to how Medivh has/had Sargeres in him? Would he just be biding his time until he needs the Nightelves as his own army to turn against their allies?
Also, it is very easy to connect Lovecrafian lore to that of the Old Gods, but that would also mean that Azeroth is not what it seems..Could be the reason that Sargeres and others are so damn interested in Azeroth and it's inhabitants. Yeah, those on Azeroth have great potential for great power. But are we so rare in the universe? Or is that Azeroth itself is what they are after?