Originally Posted by
Razion
We know Elune isn't exclusive because other planets had Night Warriors, it's part of that whole storyline.
Worgen and Tauren already have worshipers of Elune, if in their own way or indirectly.
Anyway, some reasoning on how Elune worship could work into other races:
Humans
- Follow all sorts of random cults and have all sorts of rogue organizations. Humans tend to make and follow religions as necessity demands it.
- Druidism could develop to help grow crops, especially in struggling areas like Westfall where there are many transients and starving people in need of food.
- Stormwind also has to now help feed all the Night Elf refugees, who are also in need of food which Druidism could help alleviate.
- Humans have a capacity for mastering magic quickly, and would be fast learners.
Dwarves
- Having ancient ties to the Earthen, their heritage of molding the world and shaping it is ancient and is in their blood.
- The Dwarves have long ties to The Mountain and Aeries and deep places of the earth, a deep connection to the land and its spirit.
- The Dwarves can harness the spirits of their ancestors to take on an avatar of stone - an aspect that can increase their understanding of the spirit worlds like Ardenweald which can lead to an understanding of Druidism and even Elune.
- Druidism was/is used to help heal Azeroth at the wound in Silithus, an effort led by Magni. Learning Druidism would be to the betterment of healing Azeroth.
- Dwarves have taken on eagerly the religions of others in the past, including Light Worship from Humans and Shamanism from Dark Iron, so they're very open-minded.
- The Wildhammer have been integrated into Dwarves proper with recent customizations, and Wildhammers have Druids.
Gnomes
- Gnomes by nature are bright and curious. They love experimenting with magic, exploring, and questioning the natural world and seek to understand it.
- Many Gnomes venture out to live out on their own and have huts out in the middle of nowhere, effectively making them hermits among the natural world.
- Gnomes take a keen interest in their own history, especially as it relates to Ulduar and The Titans. Connections to Keepers like Freya could increase their understanding of their origins by studying Druidism. Studying Elune and The Temple of Elune could increase their understanding of The Titans.
- Gnomes are helpful, and love any excuse to help aid their allies and friends. If the means to help their allies can be found in Elune, they would use it.
- The Gnomes have to a radical degree sought to cleanse Gnomeregan of irradiation. As druids, they could make some of nature's most dutiful protectors.
Draenei
- When they arrived, the Draenei attempted to heal the vale they damaged. They take an interest in maintaining order in the natural world.
- The Draenei have a connection to the spiritual, even among other cultures and are open-minded. They quickly made friends with other Druidic societies like Night Elves and Furbolgs and respect their ways.
- Velen has noted similarities between Elune and The Light before. Worshiping Elune could be considered worshiping The Light.
- "The Light is in all things." All beasts, all trees - everything. Worshiping Elune could be to worship The Light, by proxy.
- With the defeat of Kil'jaeden and Sargeras, the Draenei can now turn their pursuits to helping their allies and learning their ways, such as with Elune.
Orcs, &/or Mag'har
- There were/are already those who worship the stars among The Shadowmoon clan.
- Orcs originate from a planet with a strong amount of Life energy, they are attuned to such energies.
- Orcs easily develop a primal and natural connection to any world they come to, and share kinship with many animals.
- The Frostwolves as a clan takes a lot of inspiration and kinship with wolves, and wolves have an established relationship with the moon.
- There are many seers and mystics among orc culture, those who reach out to understand and learn more through visions.
Trolls & Zandalari
- Trolls revere all sorts of Loa, and seem to have a god for everything. Elune, or rather The Moon, could be seen as a kind of Loa. They may need their own interpretation, though. Elune was said to live in The Well of Eternity, where their old kin used to reside. With old records, the Trolls and Zandalari could learn of an ancient and powerful Loa from this old place of power and come to revere it and however the old Trolls wrote they saw it as.
- Trolls and Zandalari already have Druids, so their understanding and connection to Elune just needs a slight push. A vision, perhaps through ritual and meditation... or voodoo.
Undead
- Undead have a strong animal connection to spiders, and a strong natural affinity with fungi.
- Undead long resided in Tirisfal, a place that even when the sky shone in the sky seemed to be blanketed in perpetual night.
- Mysterious faerie circles bring on mysterious rituals that happen regularly in the vale of Tirisfal. Such a place of power seems significant to Druids somehow. The circle of mushrooms seems to imply that fungi seem to have some kind of relationship to Druidism and thus Elune. Forsaken could come to understand and revere Elune through studying these mysterious faerie circle rituals.
Goblin
- Goblins can be payed to worship anything. Their morals are very flexible.
- Goblins often use other religions as kinds of ponzi-schemes. Elune could be no different.
- They could use Druidism as a business venture: selling trees, growing crops, etc.
- Faith in Elune could develop as a kind of money-making cult.
- Goblins could see Elune or The Moon as a symbol for silver: like money.
- Goblins could try to barter or make deals with Elune - doing her bidding in exchange for riches.
- "Worshiping Elune? It's just good business!"
Pandaren
- Druids were necessary to help heal Shen-zin Su. Learning Druidism and revering Elune should be seen as a necessity in case their island and way of life is ever threatened again. They need a way to heal Shen-zin Su if something ever happens to it again.
- The Pandaren are upholders of balance in the natural world, making it part of their life to fight off forces of evil that would corrupt them and it -- such as The Sha or The Mantid. As keepers of such balance, their duties are ancient and long in harmony with the natural world.
- The Pandaren are already masters of their own natural spirit energy, Chi, and so would make quick adepts for Druidism. They already revere Wild Gods like the August Celestials -- Elune could in turn be viewed as another Celestial to the Pandaren.
- Pandaren make great farmers, and already cultivate great and high-yielding crops from the waters that flowed from waters originally tied to the Well of Eternity -- where Elune was said to rest. This means Pandaren farmers inherently have some tie to Elune not just in keeping with their crops, but also the very waters that fuel them.
Vulpera
- As resourceful nomads, it would stand to reason that the Vulpera would need to be great cartographers of the night sky, sun, and moon.
- The night sky would be one of the few things to look up at and wonder, to capture the imagination of their people, out in the sands.
- Some Vulpera work as pirates among Kul Tiran, with a lot of Vulpera turning to trade for work as well. Due to the Druidic teachings of Kul Tiras, it stands to reason that Vulpera could one day learn druidism through trade, piracy, or scavenging among the Kul Tiran as pirates.
- As pirates, Vulpera would also perhaps find cartography useful in this regards, so perhaps faith in Elune could rise not only as a useful tool against the Faithless, but also to help chart their way on the open sea as pirates. Through this, they could learn to study and understand Elune.