The following is merely a theory, one among many.
1. The original Sunwell was created using one of Illidan's stolen vials of the Well of Eternity.
2. When Arthas placed the dead body of Kel'thuzad into the Sunwell, he was given life again, but because Tichondrius assisted in this event, Kel'thuzad emerged as a lich, a terrifying creature. What is interesting about the lich, however, is that they don't actually exist as physical creatures; the soul of a lich is trapped inside a phylactery which magnifies the power of the soul and allows it the power to form a physical form to protect itself. This is why a lich cannot be killed unless the phylactery is destroyed. What this means is that Arthas used the Sunwell to regenerate Kel'thuzad, but Tichondrius interrupted the resurrection process and destroyed his physical body, leaving only his intact soul; however, because of his tampering with the powers of the Sunwell, the waters were corrupted by the nathrezim.
3. After Kael'thas destroyed the Sunwell (because of the corruption of Tichondrius), the high elves used the powers of a dragon (again, gifted by powers from the Titans) to capture the essence of the remaining waters and form them into a sentient being.
4. Velen used the energy of M'uru to re-ignite the Sunwell, transforming it not only into an arcane but also a divine pool that could be used by the blood elven paladins as a source of power. Previous to this, M'uru had his power drained on the streets of Silvermoon itself as a public ceremony by the blood elves to empower their new elite warriors, the blood knights. Quite a spectacle.
However, what is more interesting is that blood elf priests kept their powers of the Light without resorting to sapping M'uru's energies, because "they kept the faith." In other words, the Light itself is sentient, and responds to belief.
This leads to a very interesting conclusion. Let's follow the train of logic for a second:
Sunwell = Well of Eternity {Power A}.
{Power A} can restore life (Kel'thuzad), transform/evolve life (night elves), has the ability to magnify and empower arcane ley lines (evidenced by the Highborne's great arcane power as well as the Sunwell being located on an intersection of arcane ley lines, this giving the high elves great power), and even has sentient thoughts (evidenced by Anveena). This lends credence to the notion that the Titans placed the original Well of Eternity on a nexus of ley lines as well, given the Highborne's amazing amount of power with the arcane.
Nathrezim can control flow of {Power A}, but end up corrupting {Power A} through contact {becoming Power B}.
{Power B} instead of healing, acts as a poison (or sponge) and saps life from the land and people.
A dragon used power granted by the Titans {Power C} to capture the remaining energies and hide them in a sentient form. {Power C} and {Power B} both can control the flow of {Power A} but while {Power B} transforms it from life to death, {Power C} transforms it into an actual life form with flesh and blood.
The naaru seem to possess an element of power {Power D} that can interact with {Power A} and restore it (evidenced by M'uru) in a similar way as {Power C}.
The Light {Power E} has sentience (as evidenced by the lack of faith by blood elf priests/paladins, leading them to the draining of M'uru). Interestingly, {Power E} more or less equals {Power D}, just as draenei priests and paladins receive their power from {Power D}.
{Power D&E} both have the ability to restore life, while {Power C} has the power to sap life, and works in a very similar (if not exactly the same) as a shadow priests powers. M'uru has these same powers in his darkened state (as Entropius), and even has the power to summon voidwalkers, previously considered to only be in the employ of warlocks or the Burning Legion. This leads me to the following conclusion:
E'lune, as a naaru or god-naaru, is a source of Light much like other naaru are, as conductors and storage facilities of Light (or perhaps she is the Prime Personification of Light, the ultimate Anveena or Awakened Anveena). Light is a prime power in the universe that has both the power to restore life and to take away life. Life, however, is merely a physical state in which the soul can operate freely as being part of matter rather than being separate (such as the undead or a lich, whose physical matter is constantly rotting away or non-existent and must be constantly reformed). The Light is a sentient being, who is also in a state of transformation from light to dark, who also rewards belief with power and sometimes refuses those power.
The Well of Eternity is a source of Light transfixed upon a huge number of connecting ley lines, just as the Sunwell was a source of Light transfixed on a huge number of connecting ley lines. The Titans as well as the Legion both understand how to manipulate the Light, albeit in different ways. Whereas the Titans utilize the powers of the Light to transform and evolve matter into sentient and mortal beings, the Legion uses the powers of the Light to free the soul of material bondage, grant immortality, and become paranormal, essentially by freeing the body of what holds it back, the shell of matter. Even a shambling undead is free of worrying about whether he or she will die one day, and sees life in a totally different paradigm.
Conclusion: The Well of Eternity is Light itself. E'lune is god-naaru, the pure sentient awareness of Light. Shadow is a part of the Light, and as the naaru are conductors of the Light, they must also go through the transformation from Light to Dark to Light. Both the Titans and the Burning Legions are manipulators of the Light, but they manipulate the Light from different opposites; the Titans use Light to transform matter into sentience but the Legion uses Light to release the soul from bondage. Azeroth is special because of the confluence of ley lines (which are amplified by the Light) as well as the presence of the Old Gods exerting their chaotic powers by manipulating the elements to their bidding and transforming Titanic creations. The Old Gods have little power, but because they made contracts with the Elemental Lords exert tremendous influence over the basic manipulation of matter; however, the Old Gods do have the power of bonding with matter, as evidenced by their bonding with Azeroth, Azeroth's denizens, and Azeroth's elements; thus satisfying and securing their fate.
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