We finally hear Elune herself talk! Through Tyrande as her avatar. And its not ambiguous ---- its Elune!
This is huge. How many years have we waited for this moment!
Elune has interacted / interfered very little over the years. She shielded Tyrande during Wc3. She shielded us, the players, during the Archimonde fight during TBC. She saved Ysera's soul from the Nightmare during Legion. But thats pretty much it.. in like 20 freaking years worth of warcraft - it's still literally only a handful of times where we can talk about Elune herself directly interacting with us or in our presence.
Interesting we got this in a mid-expansion mid-covenant campaign cutscene. I wouldve expected something like this moment with Elune to be a movie CGI cinematic / end of raid tier / climax of entire expansion story type reveal.
Interesting quote from the Primus at the end of this questline, "The Winter Queen is bound to her counterpart in the realms of Life. Together, they embody the balance of the great cycle".
Your immediate first thoughts/reaction when watching the cinematic?
MY first thought is this: Elune is presented as someone whos NOT-allknowing, NOT-allpowerful, and NOT-infallible. She may be be a a being of cosmic power, even a goddess (without a capital G) - but she comes across here almost vulernable. I love that. Its so much more interesting to have Elune be this sort of character, with caveats and flaws, than be an all-knowing and all-powerful everything.
I also get the vibe that Elune is the 'little sister' here. Not just because of the ingame size difference, but because the Winter Queen sure does come across as a big sister in every way from speech/tone/body language/actions.