Talk:Nouala

I noticed that you've placed Nouala in the Sacred Community. What made you decide this?

Just a little curious as I've not seen Nouala being overly presenting her religious beliefs openly. =)

Just a quote regarding the Sacred Community:

''The Sacred Community is made of all the religious communities or characters with a particularly active devotional life to any Azerothian diety. This list also includes articles about any philosophy, deity or location related to these religions.''

--Elizabetha 15:30, 1 February 2007 (GMT)

(EDIT: Forgot to log in >_<)

In my view, Nouala has always been completely dedicated to Elune. Regularly praying and generally following the tenets of her deity and attending whatever devotions that takes place. She may not be an active preacher herself, but she has always been willing to explain or debate her beliefs.

I would like to think, she is quite being quite open about her beliefs.

It is of course a matter of deciding what particularly active entails.

-Vanalondion 12:37, 2 February 2007 (GMT)

Hmm, I see. Perhaps she was just being polite when Eliza was spouting her Light stuff. xD

Well, in any case, regarding active, I reckon it would mean being a member of a religious group (in Eliza's case, the Order of Paladins in Stormwind under the Church of Light - blind or no, she's still a Paladin ;) ). I was merely assuming that it also involved in either active preaching or practice of the religious belief/faith.

--Elizabetha 00:44, 3 February 2007 (GMT)

Polite is one way of putting it. Another is the fact, that Nou is well aware, that not everyone shares her beliefs. For instance, many Kaldorei worship Cenarius first and Elune second, and this does not seem to cause problems (maybe because of the fact, that there is no controversy as to the existence of Cenarius, and the fact that he was/is Elunes son and she fully accepted him).

I think Nou would only really have problems with people that does not believe in anything, or worship "evil" powers. (She did "preach" quite a bit at Ent at one point even being a bit nasty: You worship Shadows - you are not a Kaldorei and even comparing her to the Highborne - something that must be close to the ultimate insult from a Kaldorei).

On the specific topic of the Light, Nou thinks (and I do think she and Eliza had a talk about this waaay back) that the virtues of the Light are remarkably similar to Elunes teachings.

Besides that, as far as I understand it, the Light is not an actual deity as such, but more a collection of ideals that somehow empower those that embrace those ideals.

So tired... must sleep now.

-Vanalondion 03:43, 3 February 2007 (GMT)

Hehe. Well, regarding the Holy Light that's the real question many ask. Is it a power from somewhere out there? Or is it merely self-powered faith that manifests itself in an already magic soaked world?

A lot of discussion is most likely on this subject. In the first game the Light was "God", as was evident when you clicked on the church building, which would then give a choir like sound "Dei gratia!" (God's mercy, or mercy of God). On WoWwiki.com it's surmised that it was an archaic description of the Light. In some places, as in with the Naaru, it's called the Holy Light of Creation, suggesting that it perhaps has some tie with the fabled Titans, but as such I've understood that Blizz has somehow messed up the Lore, and I'm not sure if the Light is one of those things. The Naaru, for instance, appear to be of pure Light, and have a striking resemblance with the Celestials and perhaps also the Hopes.

Just to qoute something:

"The ‘Light’ and the ‘Shadow’ are both philosophies of a sort, but they also tap into universal powers that are at play in the cosmos. Good and Evil are real things – not just ideaological distinctions. You’ll see these themes play much more clearly in the coming chunks on content. That’s all I’ll say about that. All those paladins are tapping into SOMETHING to pull off those heals!"

~ Chris Metzen, as reported by Xaran Alamas.

Note: Metzen is most likely to the naaru when he mentions "SOMETHING."

Hope this'll prove informative, unless you already knew this. xD

--Elizabetha 10:57, 3 February 2007 (GMT)

Heyup, just noticed you edited Noula recently, curious if any of the 'old vanilla faces are still kicking around? Might be time to take a gander at retail again and more importantly SWC when next expansion hits, if anyone remmains. :) 5.69.162.216 19:33, August 11, 2014 (UTC) Entriia/Danjinn

Heya Ent. There are a few old faces still on the server. Kiva, Shandaris, Deliaris among others. And Blueleaff/Severket is also around ... but is once again having PC troubles. Hope to see you around!

Nouala (talk) 07:55, August 12, 2014 (UTC)