The Calling and Anduin's Crisis of Faith - A Short Story Analysis
The Calling is a short story from The Voices Within, the upcoming World of Warcraft book. Written by Christie Golden, the story follows Anduin as he grapples with trauma, friendship, and a crisis of faith.
Faith on Azeroth
Religion is increasingly a complicated thing in the world of Warcraft. Mortals on Azeroth canonically know for certain that not only is there a life after death, but many of them have visited the Shadowlands itself. Believers in the Cosmological forces have often had the chance to meet and work with the godlike beings from those forces. Many creatures have been able to meet their own creators.
Uther once famously told Arthas that no one is worthy of the Light, but that through grace they are still able to wield it.
His speech references a Christian Bible verse that claims something very similar.
However, Christians will generally tell you they believe in an all-good, all-perfect, all-knowing God — while the people of Azeroth have often had to come to terms with the fact that the forces they believe in are not necessarily like that. One of the more interesting characters over on Season of Discovery is the Paladin Aeonas. He was originally ostracized from the Church of Light for claiming the Light was neither good nor evil — at the time, a heretical belief. However, the Church of Light has since changed their view, due to the Light still providing powers to clearly evil mortals such as the Scarlet Crusade. During Legion, the Conclave — Azeroth's Order of Priests — have accepted other once-heretical beliefs. For example, Natalie Seline, a Shadow Priest, has been accepted as a member of the Order, despite her teachings that
