tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85320560603227749542024-03-14T06:10:31.310-04:00Rak's JourneyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694569429354067198noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532056060322774954.post-69615749692493140542012-07-25T17:34:00.003-04:002012-07-25T17:34:57.652-04:00The Wolf and the Kodo<h2>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My grunt work surrounding Durotar has come a close, they've sent me off to the Barrens! There are many stories to be told, however, of my labors in Durotar. I met a wise Orc by the name of Shin Stonepillar who told me a grim story, The Wolf and the Kodo. I won't get into the details of the story, but the moral struck me as interesting: <i>"Hasty lazy actions have ruinous results." </i>I started to think about the Horde under our Warchief, Garrosh Hellscream. Meanwhile, this brute (Gor) next to him kept chiming in with unintelligent and war-loving remarks. I wonder if this "take what we want, when we want it" attitude is right for us. We should be more considerate of our brethren, without them we would not be. I will refrain from further judgements until I find out what is happening elsewhere in Azeroth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Upon my promotion to the Barrens, I have also been granted a leave of absence! I had the privilege of visiting the beautiful land of Mulgore, home to our Tauren brothers and sisters. It was truly magnificent! The land was lush and green, filled with life -- something the desolate lands of Durotar and the Barrens need more of! This vacation was truly relaxing, and while I was away I decided to do some fishing and cooking. Upon my return to Orgrimmar, I thought about that Spyglass Thonk let me use in Durotar and I wanted to learn more! I visited Nogg's Workshop in Orgrimmar and enrolled in a tinkering class which resulted in some new goggles. I was also surprised to find out that I now know how to make a scope to enhance my abilities in shooting. All in all a good week off! But it's back to the labors of work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S: I've named my Boar (<span style="font-size: x-small;">finally!</span>) Ebbe. Also you might have noticed some new members to the team, they will be introduced shortly! Stay tuned :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was pretty intrigued in the lore that Durotar had to offer, however I wish there was more to it! They introduced me to the horrors of the Burning Blade, their cultists using collars to enslave demons and elementals as well as other orcs! Also I found out that the Burning Blade spell rites were no different from the standard Orc Warlock training which made me want to find out more about the details, but alas they sent me to a dead end (<span style="font-size: x-small;">After Neeru Fireblade sends me to Ak'Zeloth the quest goes kaput</span>). Hopefully they'll pick it up at some point and maybe also introduce the Searing Blade cult in RFC... There doesn't seem to be a lore connection there but somehow they're invading Orgrimmar?!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another interesting Lore point that's taken place since the Shattering is the Thrall vs. Garrosh type dialogue I'm seeing in the quest text! There is a lot of indication that Garrosh is too hasty and perhaps abusing his powers as the Warchief and a really good amount of support for Thrall (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Which is well deserved, imo</span>). Also every Garrosh lover is just some musclehead with not too much character, haha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blizzard never ceases to amaze me with their strange quests and they've done it again with the Mushrooms quest line in the Barrens. <i>"My associates and I are eager to study this phnomenon..."</i> Followed up by an Orc in Ratchet confiscating the delivery from the crossroads (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Can anyone say shady drug deal?</span>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mists of Pandaria release date announced!! I'm really excited about it, but hopefully I can experience everything I had intended for Rak prior to that. If I am behind, I am in no real rush to speed ahead to level 90, just a heads up. :) Hope you guys are enjoying this as much as I am!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06694569429354067198noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8532056060322774954.post-72774132551602540312012-07-22T11:09:00.000-04:002012-07-22T12:07:06.333-04:00Basic Training<h2>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basic training is finally over, and I have learned many new things in my time away from home! I made a new animal companion, a boar who found me on my way to the Valley of Trials... he has a sour attitude sometimes but he's proved himself to be a most reliable companion (<span style="font-size: x-small;">I shall name him soon</span>). My time in training has opened my eyes to many new things in the world of Azeroth: Thazz'ril has shown me an enchanted mining pick that glows, Felstalkers tried to sap me of my life force and I fought and defeated many frightening foes such as Sarkoth, a large killer scorpid and Screamslash, the raptor. I am pleased to announce that through these experiences, I no longer wish to be a warrior... I know I said I was set on it, however the exhilaration of the hunt has attracted my attention. I have learned some archery from a very skilled Orc by the name of Karranisha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I learned some pretty neat tricks so far, if I focus up I can shoot an arrow imbued with arcane magic, i learned how to steady my breathing and shoot, I've also picked up some tricks to see how powerful a beast is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's all I have for now, Lok'tar Ogar - For the Horde!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So far from completing The Valley of Trials and a little more in Durotar, I've picked up on a few things that seem to be pretty apparent for Orcs. They really really don't like the Burning Blade, and they also really don't like Jaina Proudmoore. Hopefully I'll find out a little more from just quest text, but I have also been reading a little bit into Orc lore from Wowperdia for my RP, maybe someday I'll get around to reading the compendium of Warcraft Lore that Blizzard put together!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lore aside, I am so happy that the shore crawlers by Sen'jin village use "bubblebeam" because it just makes me think of krabby and Pokémon... ahhh childhood :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is how my typical "major level" entry will go. A reflection on the adventures that happened throughout Rak's travels and then my own personal notes on Lore as well as reactions to certain things. I'm very open to suggestions on other ideas for blog structuring as well, so don't hesitate to throw out some critiques, after-all I write this blog for my own enjoyment but my viewers matter to me too! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S Trying to decide what profs to take and also how I'd work them into Rak's story! Was thinking Engineering + Something else...</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXMfn0IGXtpTso-j7tj86l-QgD89uovg4nn8eT_kcSghZVi8pFDCNn3_qk2FE654BL6BQxA7nxIoM7PFPImqycoKpgmKEsoB-i0wKn4bj8uwdlGd133byW1UtXbNqZT3ugdXlC4i_rDw/s1600/James+Blog.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXMfn0IGXtpTso-j7tj86l-QgD89uovg4nn8eT_kcSghZVi8pFDCNn3_qk2FE654BL6BQxA7nxIoM7PFPImqycoKpgmKEsoB-i0wKn4bj8uwdlGd133byW1UtXbNqZT3ugdXlC4i_rDw/s200/James+Blog.png" width="135" /></a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Hi world! My name is James! </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">I'm your average college student: I study, I play some club sports, I work out, I hang out with friends, I go out and party and I also play World of Warcraft. Yup, that's right. I started playing WoW in 2006, my friend got it for me for my birthday and I was instantly hooked into Azeroth -- But not in a bad way. I've played on and off since then seeing various levels of end game content like Karazhan, Tempest Keep, Naxxaramas, ICC, and then Firelands and learning lots of things (<span style="font-size: x-small;">like vocabulary</span>) and meeting tons of amazing people (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Shout-out to Aya <3</span>). I played mostly as a semi-hardcore raider managing some of my own guilds at first then assimilating into larger guilds and trying for perfection and also a casual PvPer doing BG's with friends or Arenas for fun. I kept burning out and I had no idea why, well I think I have an idea now... I wasn't enjoying the game. I never explored the facets to the game outside of raiding and the stresses from raiding (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Finding a steady group, finding competent replacements, learning new tactics and strats, countless hours of progression wiping</span>) wiped me out each time before I quit. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now I've come back with a new focus and the reason I'm writing this blog...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have now returned to Azeroth to chronicle the Adventures of Rakazra, Orc Hunter on Wrymrest Accord-US! I got the idea to start a new hunter and document his adventures in Azeroth from <a href="http://dakona.blogspot.com/">Dakona</a> and <a href="http://laeleiweyn.blogspot.com/">Laeleiweyn</a> and their respective blogs. This time around I intend to really discover Azeroth in a new light and track down some rare pets as well as dabbling into some RP to keep this old game new and fresh to me. So I welcome you all to join me in my adventures across Azeroth and into new realms and territories, so stay tuned! I will try to update at least once a week, but if things are happening I will let you guys know. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Till next time, I bid you all farewell!</span></div>
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