Talk:Shadow (religion)

Cult of Forgotten Shadow and the latest lore...
Ahem, I would like to point out here that this page falsely claims the Cult of Forgotten Shadow worships "Shadow(aka Darkness)". However in the latest lore they do not actually worship Darkness, their definition of Shadow being "life and reality" according to the lore provided in the magazine, which is still canon unlike the RPGs.

This entry falsely suggests they worship a force that seeks the "world's (or even the universe's) dissolution", while they actually believe "that dark energy practitioners are just as vital to the survival of life and reality (which they call "the Shadow") as wielders of the Light" and preach balance between the two. The beliefs of the organization as they appeared in the RPGs is very different and no longer accurate so the article should be changed to reflect the new lore.

I believe I have made it clear that this definition of Shadow is no longer applicable in this case, especially not to a set of teachings "mandating that shadow priests must never forget the dangers of falling too deep into the dark energies they manipulate, for it is often too hard to find one's way back to the Shadow from the deep reaches of the darkness." Also note the clear differentiation of "Shadow" and "darkness" here and the clear implication that one can fall to darkness from Shadow.

Well, that should be it. I may edit the main page myself if no one sees any issue with that.

Thanks for your time. --Kra&#39;Khed (talk) 11:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Feel free to update the page with current information and move the RPG info into its own section labeled RPG. Don't forget to WP:CITE your sources. 23:42, 10 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Just looked through the RPG books and the second source given doesn't even match the information in this article. The only thing actually in the second source given are the words "their faith in the Light is perverted into an utter belief in Darkness, and they offer fanatic loyalty to their leaders and to their temple.". This doesn't even mention the word "Shadow" in it. I suppose I shall be having to correct this matter myself. --Kra&#39;Khed (talk) 09:35, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Changed it now, if anyone can improve my wording please do. --Kra&#39;Khed (talk) 10:04, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Merge
As there is no Holy Light (religion) page, this page should be merged with Void, the counterpart of the Light.

Should this page be merged with Void, or, probably, more correct with the Cult of the Forgotten Shadow? The same goes with Holy Light (religion) & Church of the Holy Light --Mordecay (talk) 20:51, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Walking through it... Priest talents have the Shadow spec and the Holy spec, focused around shadow and holy damage. These are the Shadow priests and the Holy priests. Shadow priests call upon Shadow (magic)/Shadow (religion) magic (lore of the damage type) which comes from the Void, and may be organized under the Cult of Forgotten Shadows. Holy priests call upon Holy magic (lore of the damage type) which comes from the Light/Holy Light (religion), and may be organized under the Church of the Holy Light.
 * I think that Holy Light (religion) is useless and Shadow (religion) is what is now Void, unless it can be retooled to talk about the retconned/abandoned pre-Void idea that was in Warcraft III, the RPG, and early WoW.-- 21:22, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


 * "about the retconned/abandoned pre-Void idea that was in Warcraft III, the RPG, and early WoW" what were the differences compared to now? Xporc (talk) 08:13, 2 February 2017 (UTC)


 * Not much, but I felt I should bring it up. The name, the sovereignty of it, the fact that some claimed that it could talk, and the Forsaken's relation to it. The magazine messed with things by saying that the Shadow is not another name for the Void, but a mix, except when everyone else says Shadow they mean Void.-- 20:21, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Chronicle confirmed that Shadow is just another name for Void. So indeed we should have only two pages : Void/Shadow (the cosmic force), and Cult of the Forgotten Shadow (also called "the Shadow"), the cult. -- MyMindWontQuiet (talk) 21:33, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Unless someone feels like the RPG info is separate enough that it needs its own page, this should probably be merged into Cult of Forgotten Shadows. -- Dark T Zeratul (talk) 05:16, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Bump. This should be taken care of, or the merge tag will end up being removed. Xporc (talk) 12:12, 19 January 2018 (UTC)