This was fun. I got to die twice as quickly from being stomped by Thrym.

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This is basically the closest I'll ever get to Illidan.

Once you reach Exalted with the Netherwing, you get a quest to meet Illidan himself. Well, an image of him, anyway. He of course sees right through your simple disguise and is about to zap you, but you're rescued by a nearby dragon-in-disguise (Yarzil the goblin, on the far left) who flies you AT RUNNING SPEED all the way across Shadowmoon, across Terokkar, into Shattrath. Takes about 15 minutes, and nothing happens during that time. Awesome quest, but the flight needs work.

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This is a guy I had heard of long ago, back in our Molten Core days. It looks like he's been cryogenically frozen since then, and just stepped out on this day. He's wearing full Earthfury, a Red Dragonscale Protector (which NEVER dropped for my guild!) and assorted MC & BWL purpz. He didn't stick around long.

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Poor Gahagan. He got killed in mid-air over Ogri'la. He died so high that I couldn't even reach his body to rez him. It's impressive, really.

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Rexxar is 100% badass.

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On my trip to the Exodar, I found a lvl. 10 Blood Elf Rogue just as I got off the boat. He wanted me to help him find a Blood Elf Bandit Mask, which makes you look like you wrapped your face in a red towel. He apparently thought it looked pretty neat, and since it's one of the very first head-slot items you can get in the game, he decided that he had to have one.

The problem is that it drops from a single mob that randomly spawns SOMEWHERE on Azuremyst Isle. And it has a 9% drop rate once you find the mob. Not good odds. This guy wanted me to help him track it down. He seemed to think that he only spawned in front of one tree, but I humored him and followed him to the tree, where of course there was nothing.

Just for fun, I decided to run around and try to find it anyway. Naturally, I could cover more ground on my epic mount with riding crop than he could on his...feet. I wasn't sure if I would give it to him if by some miraculous chance I actually found it, or keep it for myself. After about 5 minutes, I gave up and ported away when he wasn't looking.

However, the rogue seemed to think that I had promised him a mask or something. He fully expected me to buy one on the AH (which I was going to do before his sense of entitlement kicked in) or go back to Azuremyst and farm for it for him.

And he kept at it too. He kept asking if I had his mask yet, so I blocked him. So who knows what happened to him. I do know that he had somehow destroyed his hearthstone.

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I wonder when we're going to get wrap-around cloaks like this. Probably never, because it causes a ton of cropping issues.

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Akama = Awesome.

Look how shiny that skull is! He must've really polished the hell out of that thing.

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Oh, um...look guys, I think there's been a misunderstanding...

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Here are a couple more characters from the WC comic trilogy. The one on the left is a blue dragon.

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Can you imagine a book of Murloc baby names?

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Since I've started playing WoW, I've made a point of getting screenshots for every single lore character I can find. This is Dar'khan, who's the main bad guy in the Warcraft comic trilogy.

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Moments later, I fell right into the middle of them.

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Why is C'thun in Outland?

Is that supposed to be him (or another Old God) or is that just supposed to be some random monster? I suppose most people have never even seen that monster, and think it's really cool.

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Ha, take that Nefarian.

Looks like he overdosed on giant rock spikes.

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This is Drek'Thar. I totally met him in Nagrand last week. Here we are together, sitting by the fire. I hope he doesn't mind that I took his picture. He's blind, after all. Yep, the Alliance fights a blind guy in AV.

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Another classic "oh crap" moment.

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Here he is, one of the most important (and powerful) characters in the Warcraft universe, and he's a goddamn questgiver.

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I don't think many people notice this scripted sequence from within the Old Hillsbrad instance. If you go to Southshore, there's all sorts of cool stuff going on, and if you go to the Inn, you see a very long sequence where several notable Paladins (most of them future Scarlet Crusade leaders or Death Knights) discuss a crystal that will be used to create the Ultimate Weapon against the undead: the legendary Ashbringer. If you thought Blizz forgot about it, you're mistaken.

Personally, I don't give a damn. It's just a freaking sword, and I can't use swords.

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Woo, that's a big slime!

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