Scythe of Elune ( lore ) Velinde Starsong was granted The Scythe of Elune from Elune to fight against The Burning Legion in Felwood and Ashenvale . By further channeling the energy of the Scythe , the barriers of time and space weakened , and she was able to draw the Worgen into the world of Azeroth . First , they followed her into battle , and with their brutish strength at her command , they tore into the demons of Felwood . As the Night Elves pushed the Legion south , Starsong noticed the worgen packs showing independance , defiance , and were no longer taking orders from the very being who brought them into the world . Velinde Starsong then decided to stop summoning the worgen . Although they were a direct gift from Elune , she began to think of them as somewhat as a threat . As the battles waged on , Starsong noticed the number of Worgen continually growing . It was as though the Scythe no longer required her for the summoning process . While searching for Arugal to ask him for help , she lost the Scythe within a cave in Duskwood . It is known that the dark mage Morganth and Black Rider s from Deadwind Pass were searching for it in Duskwood . In the Grizzly Hills , requests that the Alliance assist them recover a relic in a cedar chest . A slip of the tongue hints at this relic being the Scythe , and these trappers under Ivan are possibly members of the Wolfcult of Arugal . Even if they are not , the Shade of Arugal is defeated in future quests , and Ivan seems to have been the last recorded instance of a scythe bearer . What this may bode for the Grizzly Hills has yet to be seen . In Legion . Now in Legion the will be used at a druid ' s Artifact Weapon . In Cataclysm . The Scythe of Elune will be found in Gilneas , where it will play a major part of the Worgen starting questline . Players must recover the Scythe from the Forsaken , who stole it from the druids in the Blackwald . The origin of the Scythe . Lords of the Emerald Flame . The quest sends the player to the ruined shrine of Mel ' thandris to discover the origins of the ' mysterious wolf - men ' who have overtaken the area . Upon viewing the tome of Mel ' thandris , you see a vision of Velinde Starsong pleading with Elune and presumably being granted a scythe . " The numbers of my companions dwindles , goddess , and my own power shall soon be insufficient to hold back the demons of Felwood . " " Goddess , grant me the power to overcome my enemies ! Hear me , please , my need is desperate and cause is just ! " " What . . . what is this ? Could this be the answer to my prayers ? Elune has granted me a weapon - - this scythe - - to defeat the demons . " Jitters ' Completed Journal contains a passage about the events immediately following the ( re - ) discovering of the Scythe of Elune . The unfortunate people there to witness it were afflicted by a strange phenomena : " " After the Scythe was freed , a change rippled through the mine . Light from our flickering torches warped , and the strength of our voices seemed beyond our control . Sometimes a man ' s whisper roared through the tunnels forcing hands on ears , and sometimes our shouts barely traveled a few steps before diminishing into a hint on the wind . " " The connection between the Scythe and the Lords of the Emerald Flame also remains a subject of speculation , but recent information point at the Emerald Nightmare , as Worgen were druids that lost their sanity and were put in a slumber . Corruption of Goldrinn . Another direction to take the connection between the Scythe of Elune and the worgen exists in already published Warcraft related works . The comic series involving Broll Bearmantle shows us that powerful artifacts can be tainted by magic of various sorts . The idol possessed by Broll , the Idol of Remulos , is shown to be connected to a tainted Eranikus . However once Eranikus is cleansed of his taint so is the Idol . Now new lore involving worgen has surfaced . It shows a direct connection to them and the dead ancient Goldrinn . Goldrinn perished in the War of the Ancients while fighting the Burning Legion . Goldrinn and wolf form . It is probable that during his fight he became tainted by fel energy in a fashion similar to Omen , however he died from it , but the taint stayed in his body most notably his fang that is kept near the practicing night elf druids . These druids take on the form of the wolf , mimicking Goldrinn as he was a wolf Ancient . The tainted Fang of Goldrinn could have been fashioned into the Scythe by the druids at a later date or by Elune herself wishing to provide a new chance for the night elves lost in the madness . However , since you can retrieve the Fang in the , that is unlikely . Since the druids were put into a slumber while in exile the Lords of the Emerald Flame would in fact be the Burning Legion seeping into their dreams from the taint of the artifact .