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{{for|the demigod-like trees|ancient (demigod-like tree)}}
 
{{for|the collection|Ancient collection}}
 
[[Image:Cenarius color.JPG|thumb|Cenarius, patron of the Druids]]
 
 
[[Night elf]] culture speaks of both '''ancients''' and '''Ancients''' (note the capital A). The [[ancient (demigod-like tree)|ancient]]s (lower-case) are the tree-like sages and protectors of the night elves. The other Ancients (upper-case) are old [[demigods]], like [[Cenarius]] and [[Agamaggan]], who assisted the night elves at various points throughout history.{{Cite|APG|195}}
 
 
== Details ==
 
 
The Ancients (aka Ancient Guardians){{cite|WC3Man|61}} of the night elves are treated like deities, perhaps more so than other [[Eternals]]. Primal spirits of the natural world when it was young, they personify its most distinct and most powerful qualities. Although several of them were effectively destroyed during the [[War of the Ancients]] and in later conflicts, they are honored still by races such as the [[centaur]], [[furbolg]]s, night elves, and [[quilboar]]. [[Elune]], the moon goddess, [[Azeroth (world)|Azeroth]]'s one true deity, remains a focus of worship for the night elves and other races while the world grows warier of what the changed [[Queen Azshara]] may attempt in the coming future.{{Cite|S&L|71}}
 
 
Most inhabitants of [[northern Kalimdor]] — namely the night elves, but also the furbolgs and the [[satyr]]s — worship or revere the Ancients. While night elves worship Elune, they revere most of the other Ancients, especially [[Cenarius]], the only Ancient to spend considerable time on the physical plane. They also honor the moon goddess's companions including [[Agamaggan]], [[Aviana]], and [[Malorne]]. The furbolgs venerate the bear twins, [[Ursoc and Ursol]], while the evil satyrs revere Lord [[Xavius]]. The Ancients rarely interfere with life on Azeroth, but these races hold fast in their fervant beliefs that the Ancients exist and are watching events unfold.{{Cite|WoWRPG|250}}
 
 
The tree-like [[ancient (demigod-like tree)|ancient]]s are also members of the "Ancients".{{cite|W3Man|}}
 
 
== Named ==
 
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Boar|Small}} [[Agamaggan]]
 
*{{RaceIcon|Cenarian|Female|Small}} [[Aessina]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Harpy|Small}} [[Aviana]]
 
*{{RaceIcon|Naga|Female|Small}} [[Queen Azshara]]
 
*{{RaceIcon|Cenarian|Male|Small}} [[Cenarius]]
 
*{{RaceIcon|NightElf|Female|Small}} [[Elune]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Wolf|Small}} [[Goldrinn]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Stag|Small}} [[Malorne]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Nian|Small}} [[Omen]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Bear|Small}} [[Ursoc]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Bear|Small}} [[Ursoc and Ursol|Ursol]]
 
*{{RaceIconExt|Satyr|Small}} [[Xavius]]
 
 
== Unnamed ==
 
 
*[[Wolverine]] guardian
 
*Tiny red [[fox]]
 
*Winged [[panther]]
 
*[[Pixie]]s
 
*[[Reptilian warrior]]
 
*Male oak figures with hoods.
 
*A [[stick bug]] race.
 
*A bearded warrior half the height of a night elf and clad in brown leather fought during the War of the Ancients. He rode atop a pair of white [[wolves]] using a rein in one hand. In his other hand, he held a weapon resembling a sickle — which he would throw like a boomerang. The sickle would rip through the [[demon]]s as it spun and return to the hand of the squat warrior. He was a foe on par with any that the demons had ever faced.{{Cite|Sund|186}}
 
 
==References==
 
{{reflist}}
 
 
{{races}}
 
 
[[fr:Ancien]]
 
[[Category:Ancients| ]]
 
[[Category:Demigods]]
 
[[Category:Trees]]
 
[[Category:Plants]]
 
[[Category:Races]]
 

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