Elerethe Renferal

Archdruid Elerethe Renferal is an Alliance quest giver located behind the Dun Baldar North Bunker in Alterac Valley. She was an Archdruid of the Cenarion Circle, and an old friend of Malfurion Stormrage and Hamuul Runetotem.
==Biography==
Elerethe was present when Hamuul Runetotem attended his first meeting of the Cenarion Circle, after which she and Hamuul would form a close friendship over the years working as druids, and was an old friend of Hamuul's teacher Malfurion Stormrage. She had brought with her a simple, ceramic goblet that was glazed blue and etched with runes which had survived the Great Sundering. It was filled with water from the Temple of EluneThe Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg. 186 and then presumably drunk from by at least some if not all the attendees.
===Stormrage===
Shortly before the War Against the Nightmare, Fandral Staghelm called for a convocation and Elerethe was invited there alongside Naralex. They were partners in regret, even if the reasons for each were different.
Elerethe had sought to save the flora and fauna of Alterac Valley during the last war between the Alliance and the Horde, but had been unable to prevent the carnage caused by not only two fighting armies, but an orc shaman. After the war, she had sworn to restore the valley. Even after several years, she was still trying. She was present during the wedding of Malfurion and Tyrande.Stormrage
===The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm===
Archdruid Elerethe Renferal was one of the night elf druids Hamuul Runetotem reached out to in an attempt to mend relations between the Alliance and the Horde following a brutal attack on Sentinels in Ashenvale. She was present at the meeting with Hamuul alongside four other night elf druids, and four other tauren druids in Ashenvale, and though the meeting initially began well, she was killed by orcs from the Twilight's Hammer who were deliberately disguised as members of the Horde.
After she had shifted to cat form and disemboweled one orc, another had impaled her to the ground with a polearm, ending her life, and ruining the attempted reconciliation. She died believing that Hamuul had some hand in leading her and the other elven druids into an ambush.The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg. 187 - 189 The true nature of the attack was eventually discovered, although it is not known how or when this happened.Elerethe Renferal (tactics)#Quotes
===Legion===
After she died, Elerethe's consciousness apparently resided in the Emerald Nightmare, trapped in an existence of endless fear, confusion, and hatred. Twisted and broken, she believed anyone who crosses her path to be responsible for her tragic end. Trapped in this cycle of madness, she set her sights on the adventurers fighting against Xavius and the corruption of the Nightmare. She was fought within a twisted nightmare version of Mulgore.
After Xavius is killed, Elerethe's redeemed spirit is found within the Emerald Dream.
Elerethe Renferal EN.png|Elerethe's corrupted form in the Emerald Nightmare.
Elerethe Emerald Dream.jpg|Elerethe inside the Emerald Dream.
==Locations==
==Abilities==
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==Quests==
*Crystal Cluster 
*Ivus the Forest Lord (Alterac Valley) 
*Both quests require the turn in of which can be found on the corpses on enemy players. 
*As of the 2.01 patch Crystal Cluster requires you to turn in stacks of 5 Storm Crystals and receive 20-21 Alliance reputation and 5 Stormpike Guard reputation (as a Human).
*Turning in 200 Storm Crystals during the course of battle will start an event that causes the druids to march to the Field of Strife to summon Ivus the Forest Lord.
==Quotes==
===Alterac Valley===
;Gossip
My faith guides my actions, <race>. I know that Ivus will come.
;Enough crystals were turned in
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;Spawning Ivus
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===The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm===
Renferal whirled for just an instant to affix Hamuul with a stare of fury and loathing that pierced his heart as surely as any spear. "We came in good faith!" was all she said before she transformed into a cat and launched herself on the nearest orc.
===Legion===
;Emerald Dream
You pulled me from a storm of madness and I am forever in your debt, <name>. I know there is much I must atone for, but at least now, my nightmare has passed.
==Notes and trivia==
*Elerethe was, as most night elf women, tall and graceful. She wore her green hair short and had dark violet skin. She was experienced in battle, having lavender scars and her body was sinewy and muscular rather than lush.The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg. 184
*Malfurion considered her "a druid who was as a sister" and resolved to tend to Alterac Valley in her name.
*At some point, her Alterac name was changed from Arch Druid Renferal to Archdruid Renferal.
==Patch changes==
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==References==
==External links==
Category:Night elf characters
Category:Night elf ghosts
Category:Druid characters
Category:Archdruids
Category:Cenarion Circle
Category:Stormpike Guard
Category:Quest givers
Category:Alterac Valley NPCs
Category:Stormrage characters
Category:The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm characters
Category:Deceased characters
Category:Emerald Nightmare NPCs