| Alliance |
| Pallanen |
Dual Spec.: Arms/Protection Guild: Club de Jolie Filles Profession #1: Grand Master Blacksmith/Weaponsmith/Master Swordsmith 450/450 Profession #2: Mining 450/450
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| Sairalinde |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 275/375 Profession #2: Skinning 450/450
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| Jaelle |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Alchemy 290/300 Profession #2: Herbalism 291/300
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| Merenwen |
Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Enchanting 352/375 Profession #2: Tailoring 350/375
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| Miriel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Mining 316/375 Profession #2: Engineering 100/150
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| Earanel |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Leatherworking 67/75 Profession #2: Skinning 133/150
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| Granuaile |
 Guild: Club de Jolies Filles Profession #1: Blacksmith 300/300 Profession #2: Mining 289/300
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| Horde |
Rubacuori |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Herbalism 111/150 Profession #2: Alchemy 93/150
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| Ki'Leanna |
 Guild: Club de Joiles Filles Profession #1: Mining 450/450 Profession #2: Enchanting 340/375
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| Wrath of the Lich King Is Awesome! |
| Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
The World of Warcraft Wrath of the Lich King is awesome! So far I have been so engrossed that I have spent all my spare time playing. Most of that time has been with Pallanen. Otherwise I have split time with newest girls Earlinde, a Blood Elf Death Knight and Miriel, a Human Death Knight. I absolutely love the Death Knights! They are the best thing Blizzard has introduced to the game so far. Not just because playing one is so much fun, which it is, but because the whole story line about them has been incorporated into the new realms everywhere. (I'll get more into that idea as time goes I'm sure.)
I have been having such a great time playing my Warrior girl Pallanen again. I finished up all the Borean Tundra quests by the first Sunday afternoon, just 4 days after the expansion came out. Then her xp bar turned purple. :( Pallanen got the achievement for doing 130 Borean Tundra quests just before I logged off.
The new area is a lot of fun to explore. The quests are cool too. Some are the same old “kill 15 of these and 10 of these” but a lot are so different that the whole feel of questing is fresh. There is a whole new feel to the game for me now.
One of the cool things is that the Death Knights aren’t just a new class to play. They are all over Northrend as allies, foes, even Questgivers. That first Sunday night Pallanen was finishing up the last of the Borean Tundra quests and there was a Death Knight Quest giver named Thassarian. The quest line, which included several fun quests, eventually led her to the top of a tower where the quest giver met her and together they killed one of the Lich King’s henchmen, Prince Valanar. The Lich King’s image was even there for a bit talking to us. Naturally the whole exchange between the Lich King his guy all meant a lot more to me since I had leveled my Earlinde to 58, just past where she regained her own free will. So I knew what the exchange between the Lich King and Valanar was all about. But old LK didn’t stick around to fight us. Just before he left he sicked his bad guy on us but we wiped the floor with that guy. lol That’s when Pally’s xp bar turned purple (the first time). The quest was called "Last Rites". I didn't know that before I tried it (because I just keep running quests without thinking too much lol) but I had seen many people asking for groups to help do it. After Thassarian and I killed the guy I realized that we had done a 3 man with just the 2 of us. Pallanen's Merciless Gear has really helped her in the beginning stages of Northrend I guess. :P
I can’t go into all the new experiences Pallanen has had so far. It would take a few posts for all that. But she has had fun and learned a few new things. Here she is flying a Gnomes Airplane from one flight path to another.
.... and this is Pallanen disguised as a Murloc. She had to wear the disguise and run all the way to the bottom of a cave to kill the Murloc leader guy.
Personally, I hate Murlocs enough that I would gladly have destroyed the entire population of the area and then killed the leader, but the quest wanted me to do it differently. lol
The Death Knights are a huge bonus to the game. I started out playing Earlinde without any real idea of what she was. It soon became very clear that she was evil. Plain and simple, she was a very bad girl. lol It was a little creepy. I didn't realize that she would eventually earn her freedom from The Lich King and work her way toward killing him. But that first 3 levels as a true blue (black???) Death Knight under Arthas' control was creepy. But it was also some of the most fun I've had in a while. It just took a little time to get over the creepiness.
One of the first real quests was for Earlinde to go out and kill Scarlet Crusaders. Captains and other soldiers, you know, the usual. That was OK by me since the Scarlet Crusaer is just chock full o'nuts, to be sure. Killing them is fun. But along with the soldiers she was to kill townspeople so the fear of the Scourge would be put into any survivors. That started out being a little weird but it soon grew on me. The townspeople were scared to death of Death Knights. The cool part was when you run up to a citizen they would freak out. They would scream and cower, some would run around like nuts, others would be defiant and try to punch you. The reactions were hilarious. One guy screamed when Earlinde got close (I wasn't even attacking him) and then he just stood there and said, "I think I pooped." Seriously. LOL
Here is a pic of Miriel standing over 7 dead townspeople. She walked into the place and wiped them up without blinking.
The best part of that early quest was standing on the hill between the town where the people we fleeing from and the city they were trying to reach. I would let one run past me and then use Death Grip to pull them back to me. They would scream, "I almost made it!" Then I would kill them like a good little Death Knight does.
I did all the early quests with both my Death Knight girls and enjoyed every minute. The last quest where the Highlord Darion Mograine realizes how Arthas has betrayed him and the legion of Death Knights was awesome. There is a long movie type scene after the battle of Light's Hope Chapel where the Lich Knig is actually beaten and he retreats. Then the Death Knights promise to the 'normal' people they will fight to defeat Arthas. It was quite a stirring scene, I thought.
After all that the DKs have to go back to Ebon Hold and take it from the minions the Lich King left behind. That whole fight is a really fun one too. Then comes the trip into the home city of whatever faction you belong to. For Earlinde, she had to go through the streets of Orgrimar. For Miriel, it was Stormwind. The Death Knight is required to take a letter from the Paladin guy at Light's Hope (I forget his name) to their respective leader. It says the Death Knights are now in league with them to kill the Lich King. Along the streets everyone is throwing garbage and trash at them, yelling insults and generally just getting ready to lynch your character. But after the letter is delivered, all is well and you are suddenly honored with your faction.
Here is Miriel standing with the King of Stormwind just after he makes her free and an ally.
Here is Earlinde standing with Thrall, the leader of the Horde after she delivers her letter and is allied with them
This is just a cool pic of Miriel when she was 55 and brand new to the world :P
This is Earlinde riding her first mount.
I haven't forgotten my Priest Girl. We have been spending some quality time in Northrend too. Kileana is now 71 and having a good time exploring the new areas. This is a pic of Ki standing outside Utgard Keep.
Here is the close up view (for what it's worth. LOL)
Kileana got a rather dubious achievement at Utgard. She fell 65 feet without dying and the achievement popped up for her doing that. I didn't even know it was one of the achievements. Kileana did it by accident. I wasn't watching the wall closely enough and she rode right off the edge down into the path below. She survived somehow. Her health wasn't visually showing anything. But she lived and got an achievement to boot.
Once that happened my Guildies were all asking how I managed it. I told them the truth; clutzy dumb luck. Hee hee. :)
This post is way too long.
Anyway, the expansion is great in my mind. It love the direction the game has taken. I do hope there are no more leveling expansions after this one. But more realms to explore is very cool. I will try and post more detailed adventures as I do them. I am so wrapped up in the explorations that I don't take time to post.
Here is one more pic. This is Earlinde heading out in Hellfire on her first Outland quest. She has done very well there. I'll write more on that soon. :)
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| About Me |
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Name: Jen
Home: Pennsylvania, United States
About Me: I started playing WoW after my best friend bugged me to play. I soon learned that I really liked it. Now 2 years later I still play and have 20 characters. LOL I am no gaming expert. I am no WoW expert. A lot of the terms and "how to do's" elude me still. But I love to play. All you will find here are the adventures of Pallanen and her sisters. I love them all and they really kick butt. So stay tuned and maybe we can learn stuff from each other that we never knew. xoxo
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