Things my Warriors Wear

A collection of Transmogrification Template Kits actually worn in-game by my two Tauren Warriors. I will update it whenever I change my in-game TTK. Items that are no longer obtainable are marked with an asterisk (*).

Silver Morning

Dawnsteel Shoulders, Truesilver Breastplate, Replica Belt Gauntlets & Boots of Valor, Cloudkeeper Legplates, Gleaming Claymore, Deckhand’s Shirt
Partially inspired by Pyckles’ Cloudkeeper Legplates ensemble and similar outfits seen in various WoW Factor show reports.

Voren’thal’s Vanguard

Noble Plate Pauldrons, Blacksoul Protector’s Hauberk, Belt of Might, Flintlocke’s Piloting Pants, Spiritualist’s Gauntlets/Gauntlets of the Vanquisher, Golden Cenarion Greaves/Boots of the Ancient-Killer, Scryers Tabard, Yellow Martial Shirt
For all that they are part of Thrall’s iconic Warchief armor, I’ve found Flintlocke’s Piloting Pants to be rather tricky to fit into outfits. I think this one turned out nicely — though I was tempted to silly it up with the bright yellow Underworld Helm. The tabard really pulls the ensemble together. Because the chestpiece is mostly covered by the tabard, it just needs to be dark with silverish or goldish trim. The Stormforged belt or Borak’s Belt of Bravery would be suitable for those who can’t wear the Warrior-specific belt.

Soft-Hearted Fighter



Embossed Plate Pauldrons, Ursa’s Embrace, Bloodscale belt gloves & boots, Leggings of the Ursa, Lantresor’s Warblade, Scout’s Tabard
I’ve been fond of the combination of orange and pink for many years. I’m quite pleased with this outfit, but if you don’t like it, that’s okay.

Dark Portal Sentry


Embossed Plate Pauldrons, Murkblood Avenger’s Chestplate, Bloodfist belt, Murkblood Avenger’s Legplates, Revenant gloves & boots, Lantresor’s Warblade, Scout’s Tabard
Keija acquired Lantresor’s Warblade at about the time she was getting rather tired of looking like a Darkmoon Faire clown. Although the Embossed Plate Pauldrons and Scout’s Tabard were a natural match for this handsome polearm, figuring out what else to use with it proved to be quite challenging. The contrast of bright orange and deep purple in this ensemble is very bold and striking, but ultimately, this set was merely an “I guess I can live with this” stop-gap that lasted only a day or two before I came up with something I liked a lot better.

Darkmoon Brawler


Valorous Pauldrons, Fel Iron Plate breastplate & pants, Chromite belt, Revenant gloves & boots, Cloak of the Darkmoon Faire, Darkmoon Hammer
Mola is wearing the Symbolic gloves & boots, Enchanted Adamantite Belt (why isn’t she wearing the teal Warleader’s belt, I wonder? It’s the same style, and would match better), and cloth Highborne tunic & pants. Kerri Hicks is wearing a custom coloration of the mail Pillager’s set. Neither set is Transmogrification-friendly for any class that can wield 2H Maces, but I think what I’ve come up with fits the spirit of the Faire pretty well.

Battlegear of Valor

Battlegear of Valor: Polished hat shoulders breastplate & pants with Replica belt gloves & boots
Wanting to gain several levels very quickly, I loaded Keija up with all the heirloom gear I could obtain. With four out of the seven visible items of the set now available as Polished heirlooms, I went ahead and filled out the remaining three slots with the Replica pieces from the Darkmoon Faire.

Imperial Steamsmith

Steamsmith Helm, Pauldrons of the Thorium Brotherhood, Imperial Plate chestpiece & pants, Saltstone belt & gloves, Heavy Mithril Boots, Conk Hammer
Keija crafted the entire Imperial Plate set, but when she put it on, she thought she looked very silly. Plus, the crafted set doesn’t come with gloves — what’s up with that? The chestpiece and pants from the Imperial Plate set, however, make a very solid foundation for any number of silver-toned plate sets.
I think I like this even better than my Mogolympics Hammer Throw entry using the Conk Hammer.

Death by Chocolate

Brutish set, Rustic Workman’s Shirt, Dark Iron Axe
I love the relatively unique color of this set. The Wyrmslayer Spaulders and High Chief’s Pauldrons also match this color scheme.

Pillager (Mail)

Thick Scale Shoulderpads, Pillager’s chest pants gloves & boots, Sentry’s Sash, Green Linen Shirt
Kaobeka wore this set for several months during her mid-30s because she was idling in Thunder Bluff to serve as my primary Banker while Kregga dawdled through Pandaria.
At max-level, this would be a viable TTK for a Hunter or a Shaman.

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Keija gets a promotion

Ever since she got leveled up enough to wear the full gearset — about a year and a half ago — Keija, my Arms Warrior, has been serving proudly as a Bluffwatcher.

Feral set with Ranger Shoulders, Barbarian War Axe, and Deckhand’s Shirt. Exact matches for the NPC belt and axe are not available to players. With the addition of the Feral Gloves & Bracers, this outfit would be Transmogrification-Friendly for Druids, Monks, and Rogues.

For a time, she considered becoming a Horde Guard at Camp Taurajo or the Crossroads.

Sentinel set with Chieftain’s Shoulders and Grinning Axe. The NPC axe with red trim is not available to players. This ensemble is substantially similar to the Orgrimmar Grunt‘s armor, which uses the red Cabalist Spaulders and Monstrous War Axe. This outfit is Transmogrification-friendly for Druids, Monks, and Rogues.

Her parents weren’t very happy about that idea, however, and they convinced her to remain in Thunder Bluff.

Recently, she has gotten rather restless. She played hard during the first few months of the New Darkmoon Faire to earn the Darkmoon “Sword” and Darkmoon Mallet.

Darkmoon “Sword” shown with Shimmering Armor & Trousers and Copper Chain Belt; non-Transmogrification-friendly.
Darkmoon Mallet shown with Green Iron set and Captain’s Waistguard — the crafted set does not include a belt, but the Captain’s set item is a perfect match; Transmogrification-friendly for Hunters and Shaman.

Although Keija is well-pleased with these prizes, she still felt like there was something more she wanted out of life. Recently, I at last acquired the key item for a new outfit for Keija, only to discover that it required level 52 to equip — and she was only level 43. She had the quest for Deadmire in her log — had had it, in fact, since before the Shattering — and it was yellow for her level, so off she went to Dustwallow Marsh. When she’d finished making trouble for the black dragons there, she was level 45.

Upon reaching her 45th season, Keija could finally equip all the pieces of the Brutish set. This handsome chocolate-brown armor, which is also worn by the Kor’kron Overseers in Undercity, became her first Transmogrification Template Kit.

Brutish set with Rustic Workman’s Shirt and Dark Iron Axe; Transmogrification-friendly for Warriors, Paladins, and Death Knights.

Next, she decided to go make trouble for the black dragons in the Badlands. From there, I decided to go ahead and do Searing Gorge and Burning Steppes, too, so that I could check those zones off my list.

How the hex did the caves of Uldaman not collapse in the earthquakes that opened up this big huge chasm? And why aren’t there openings into the Uldaman cave system hanging out of the sides of the chasm?

Hey, look, there’s a back door entrance to Uldaman directly under Fuselight! I don’t remember this being here before the Shattering, but I suppose I could have just missed it.

This mini-game in the Tomb of the Watchers was rather fun. I had to abandon the quest and do it again to be able to get this screenshot, though, because the laser show disappears as soon as you make the final correct move to solve the puzzle.

Rheastrasza’s sacrifice will not be forgotten!

I’ve always wondered if the “Scar of the Worldbreaker” region of the Badlands lies directly above the identically-named portion of Blackrock Caverns.

At first, Keija was annoyed by Lunk. But when she was freeing the slaves in the Slag Pit, she dearly missed Lunk, and wished that he was there to show her a way to subdue the slaves who attacked her without having to kill them.

RAWR! Hey mister Firegut ogre, don’t you think I’m a hottie?

I was worried that the obsidian ashes were for the whelplings I’d rescued. I was glad that they were for Acride instead! It is intriguing that Acride chooses to appear as a Human in this questline and as a Blackrock Orc in Blackrock Spire.

It was an honor to serve with Eitrigg and Ariok. From a meta perspective, however, having quested through Redridge with Kymberlea, I am forced to conclude that the imminent invasion we thwarted here in the Burning Steppes was only the second (and more terrible) wave of a larger-scale plan whose first wave had already been launched. Well, that, or the invasion force in Redridge is the tattered, but undeterred, remnants of the force we decimated here.

By the time Keija had finished those three zones, she’d gotten to level 53.

With Eitrigg’s commendation for her contributions to the Battle of Dreadmaul Rock in hand, Keija at last achieved her goal of becoming Baine’s first female Honor Guard.

Grunt’s Plate Armor, Trickster’s Sash, Wolf Rider’s Leggings, Barbaric Iron Boots, Wanderer’s Shoulders, Grinning Axe. There is a blue-quality version of the chestpiece available, the Plate of the Shaman King, but because the ensemble uses mixed gear types and is thus non-Transmogrification-friendly anyway, I have chosen to use the much more easily obtained Grunt’s Plate Armor. Until I can acquire the exactly matching Wolf Rider’s Belt, the Trickster’s Sash is the best available substitute.

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art post: family portraits

A couple of pieces of gift art I’ve done recently.

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Millya, Vidyala, and Vosskah

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the Ysiel’thar sisters, Saxsy and Traxy, from I Like Pancakes

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A Rainbow of Classy Clothes

In which I have an irresistably silly idea to compile a Transmogrification-friendly outfit for each Class using that Class’s color.

Death Knight Maroon: Tyrant’s Epaulets, Breastplate of the Warbringer, Legguards of the Shattered Hand, Thorium Belt, Bloodforged boots & gloves, Sawbones Shirt

Druid Orange: Warchief Kilt, Scorpashi shoulders, Dokebi tunic belt boots & gloves, Orange Mageweave Shirt

Rogue Yellow: Robust set with Headhunter’s Girdle and Bright Yellow Shirt

Hunter Green: Bog Epaulets, Turtle Scale chest & pants, Der’izu belt boots & gloves, Green Linen Shirt

Mage Cerulean: Lunar Mantle, Robes of the Exalted, Belt of Arcane Storms, Runed Spell-Cuffs, Royal gloves & boots, Cerulean Filigreed Doublet
I tried to stick to items that could be obtained solo, but it was very, very difficult to find a belt that layered well with this robe. The golden Sutarn’s Ring also looks reasonably good.

Shaman Blue: Elements set (soon to be available again as “replica”-quality items from the renovated Darkmoon Faire) with Blue Linen Shirt
Okay, I cheated with this one because Shaman have a wonderful class set that is already in their class color — and, as far as the datamining at WoWhead can tell, the replica items will NOT be class-exclusive!

Warlock Purple: Twilight Cultist Shoulders, Death-Speaker’s Tunic, Darkweave Breeches, High Councillor’s belt, Gloves of the Deadwatcher, Kayser’s Boots of Precision, Rich Purple Silk Shirt

Paladin Pink: Bloodscale set with Commander’s Pauldrons & Pink Mageweave Shirt

Warrior Brown: Brutish set with Rustic Workman’s Shirt

Priest White: Gossamer robe and shoulders, Aurora belt, Sage’s boots, Gandling’s Gloves, Formal White Shirt

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And here they are again, arranged by armor type:

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Tier 13 and Tier retrospectives: Kamalia’s personal favorites

I wanted to see all of the Tier 13 previews before I shared my opinions on it.

The Shaman T13 looks pretty cool, but not so awesome that I can’t wait to begin replacing my T12. I definitely won’t be showing that hat — I’ll probably transmogrify it to something still wolfish, but a little more classy, such as the Headdress of the First Shaman. The wolf-skull shoulders look awesome on the Orc model, but I’m not sure if I’ll like them on Kamalia. I think it might be fun to play a little Transmogrification mix-and-match between the items of T13 and the items of the black Earthfury (T1) recolor from Outland.

Kerisa’s still in T11, and she’d be perfectly happy to skip right over T12 in favor of T13. Again, I’ll be either not showing the hat or transmogrifying it into something more attractive — most likely the Cenarion (T1) antlers because I haven’t got the Malorne (T4) antlers or the Nordrassil (T5) or Nightsong (T8) crowns. The glowing mushrooms on the shoulders are a neat iteration on previous woodsy shoulder designs, and I hope they provide Akabeko’s leatherworkers with a bit of a respite from the trials they’ve had to endure while crafting other recent Druid tier sets.

Of the other T13 sets, the ones that make me wish I had a raiding character of that class are (from least to most desired) the Vestments of Dying Light (Priest), Timelord Regalia (Mage), and Battleplate of Radiant Glory (Paladin). The Vestments of Dying Light are pretty cool in a spooky sort of way. I love the design of the robe, but I think that helm will look bizarre on a long-faced character such as a Tauren or a Worgen. The steampunk stylings of the Timelord Regalia are a refreshing and fun change from the more usual wizardly look of a Mage. I like the quilted detailing on the upper part of the robe and the way the buckled straps at the bottom hint that the kilt could be refashioned into trousers at a moment’s notice for greater mobility. The gold-trimmed silver of the Battleplate of Radiant Glory is the most classically “Paladin”-like look (to my sense of aesthetics) of Cataclysm so far. To me, the feathery details suggest an avenging, defending, mighty seraphim.

For a brief review of my favorite Tier looks for every class, follow the cut:

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Circle of Tanking survey

The Circle of Healing 2.0 survey has been such a great thing that it’s not really surprising that the Tanks want in on the fun. I’ve seen two modifications, one by Restokin‘s guest Bear, Garnaph, and another by Orvillius of D/E the Tank!.

In addition to my Holy-specced Blood Elf Paladin, Kiraleia, I’ve also been leveling a Prot-specced Tauren Paladin, Karelia, through LFD. I’ve enjoyed tanking with Karelia enough that I started to get curious about how the other shield tanking class played, so I rolled up a new Warrior, Katebeka, for the purpose. BTH has been a devotee of Bear Tanking ever since it first became a truly viable role back in BC, and between the fun he seems to have with it and BBB‘s enthusiasm for it, I’d also like to try Druid tanking at some point. I’ve never been particularly interested in Death Knight tanking, however.

Because my experience with tanking is limited to low-level dungeons — Karelia had only gotten as far as Razorfen Kraul the last time I played with her — I’ve decided to give BTH a guest-posting posting opportunity and have him fill out the Tanking Circle survey, instead.

BTH says:

My main, Ronada, is a Druid tank that’s been tanking since Kara. I also have a Paladin tank, and I’ve played a Warrior up to level 80 in WOTLK, but I didn’t tank a lot on him.

1. What is the name, class, and spec of your primary tank?
Ronada – Feral Druid

2. What is your primary group tanking environment? (i.e. raids, pvp, 5 mans)
25 man raids

3. What is your favorite tanking ability or CD for your class and why?
Berserk. Sure, it doesn’t help my mitigation, but it’s great for keeping aggro on pulls. While our Swipe aggro comes and goes, generally it’s not been competitive with the aoe of other tanks.

4. What tanking ability or CD do you use least for your class and why?
Challenging Roar. It’s not a permanent solution to any problems.

5. What do you feel is the biggest strength of your tanking class and why?1.
Greater raid awareness. A Druid has a simpler rotation than other tanks, which makes it easier to pay attention to what’s going on in the raid.

6. What do you feel is the biggest weakness of your tanking class and why?
The lack of Bear gear is a serious weakness.
In the Firelands raid, there’s only 1 item in each slot that’s fit for a Bear (Haste does not fit Bears). Every item we get has to be reforged to Dodge. I have almost no options for deciding if I’d rather go with Mastery for bigger shields or Crit for better shields, or Hit/Expertise for more steady threat. Every Bear is going to be wearing exactly the same pieces, and reforging them in exactly the same way. Blizzard hasn’t made gear with both Agility and Dodge since BC, which is why I maintain that I haven’t seen a non-trinket Bear item in 4 years.
I have to compete with the other Ferals and the Rogues (4 people, in a typical raid with our guild) for leather, whereas there are only 2 people competing for plate tanking gear. The accessories are worse because there are generally about 7+ people competing for them when you add the Hunters and the Enh. Shamans. Add this to the fact that plate tanks can choose from more gear because they like any item with Mastery on it, regardless of whether there is Dodge/Parry on it. When my Druid got to 85 there were 4 Reputation reward items I could get. With my Pally, there were ~8. During progression, I’ve consistently had a lower Wow-heroes/Gearscore/ILevel than the other tanks in my guilds.
People say our lack of magic mitigation is a weakness – but it’s not as big a deal as most people think. Like the Warrior, we’re generally passed up on fights that deal a lot of magic damage. However, most fights where you think a lot of magic damage is going to occur, the actual amount of tank magic damage is less than 20%, which means we do as well as any other tank. But the perception is there.

7. In a raiding environment, what do you feel, in general, is the best tanking assignment for you?
Boss tanking.

8. What tanking class do you enjoy tanking with most and why?
Druid. I enjoy tanking on my Pally, but I just know my Druid’s CDs and rotations so much better that I can focus on the fight instead of my class mechanics.

9. What tanking class do you enjoy tanking with least and why?
I haven’t tried DK tanking. I didn’t enjoy Warrior tanking, because it seemed like there were too many buttons, and I couldn’t pay attention to what the mobs/boss were doing.

10. What is your worst habit as a tank?
Pulling trash too aggressively. (As his usual healer, I absolutely agree!)

11. What is your biggest pet peeve in a group environment while tanking?
When another tank taunts a mob off me unneccessarily.

12. Do you feel that your class/spec is well balanced with other tanks for PvE tanking?
I do.

13. What tools do you use to evaluate your own performance as a tank?
Well, I view the damage taken logs and death logs in Recount to determine what sorts of things are killing me. I also visit online weblogs, but there aren’t a lot that focus on the tanking aspect of feral druids.

14. What do you think is the biggest misconception people have about your tanking class?
Some people think I do more threat than them overall – but I only really can pull ahead when I’m using Berserk. On long term fights, generally the other tanks can pull more threat.

15. What do you feel is the most difficult thing for new tanks of your class to learn?
How to do Cat DPS when you’re not tanking.

16a. If someone were to try to evaluate your performance as a tank via Recount or World of Logs, what sort of patterns would they see (i.e. too much damage taken, not enough cooldown usage, etc)?
I always forget to use my potions.

16b. So, how about that whole Vengeance mechanic, eh?
It’s stupid, because Vengeance’s worth is inversely related to the strength of my gear. As my Dodge increases, my Vengeance goes down, which reduces my shield and threat. Also it means that the tank who has threat, keeps threat from the other tanks, but in an AOE situation it leads to one tank having no mobs and the other tank having all the mobs. Until the second tank dies, of course.

17. Dodge or Mastery, and why? or Stamina, Combat Table Coverage, or total Damage Reduction?
I prefer Agility, but then Dodge. I have reforged every reforgeable item to Dodge. For me, the debate is more if I should gem/flask/trinket for Agility or for Stamina. I take a midway approach – I gem and flask Agility, but trinket Stamina. I do use Agility trinkets on fights where aggro is a concern but tank damage is not – especially trash.

18. What tanking class do you feel you understand least?
Death Knights

19. What add-ons or macros do you use, if any, to aid you in tanking?
ICE hud, Omen, I was using and liking ThreatPlates for a while but then they changed it and I haven’t taken the time to get it working since then.

20. Do you strive primarily for balance between your tanking stats (stam, mastery, avoidance), or do you stack some much higher than others, and why?
I strive for balance. By being in the middle, that means if a certain fight requires more stamina or more avoidance, I can make the change without re-gemming – by changing flasks and trinkets. I believe that a 40 Agility gem is worth the same amount as a 60 Stam trinket.

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cooking her way to glory

Several months ago, I took advantage of the Stonekeeper’s Shards-to-BoA Wintergrasp Commendation PvE activity-to-PvP purchasing power conversion to buy a Black War Kodo for my then level 27 Warrior. I managed to get Keija up to level 36 before the Shattering, the level she needed to be to wear the shoulders for her Bluffwatcher RP set. Then she idled in Thunder Bluff again, banking, while Kregga noodled around at the Argent Tournament and took her sweet time getting to level 85. Even after Kregga reached level 85 and took over primary banking duties, Keija stayed in Thunder Bluff, waiting for me to get Kaohana leveled through Desolace. Keija had been questing in that zone before the Cataclysm and was still of an appropriate level to return to it, but I want to play through Shattered Kalimdor “in order”, so Keija’s questing is on hold until her little sister catches up.

Then patch 4.1 brought cooking quests to Thunder Bluff and Undercity!
I’d picked up cooking with Keija during Pilgrim’s Bounty, so it was an easy thing to do the Thunder Bluff cooking quest with her each day.

Little by little, the XP added up, until this week Keija finally reached the long-awaited level at which she could learn Journeyman riding.

At last, Keija could start riding her long-anticipated Black War Kodo!

Although she has been serving Thunder Bluff faithfully as a Bluffwatcher all this time, now she really feels like a true Warrior.

I also picked up cooking & fishing with Kivrinne, so I could look at the Undercity dailies. Eventually, I’ll get around to getting cooking & fishing with one of my Dwarves and one of my Night Elves so that I can look at the Ironforge and Darnassus dailies, too. The Undercity cooking dailies are quite revolting, though I was amused by how one of the cooking dailies (not the one shown below) dovetails with one of the fishing dailies.

Apparently, Orcs will eat anything.

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Sword and Sorcery

Vidyala commented,

It turns out I should have asked you for your opinion for a dress for Millya, since this is what I ended up doing yesterday for funsies — Still a work in progress, ridiculous amount of fun. >.>

“This” being a completely adorable paper doll of Millya.
The dark red, hooded dress reminded me of Kestulefa. Perhaps Complex Actions‘ resident pyromaniac was indeed Vid’s inspiration for that outfit, perhaps she wasn’t — in any case, I decided to see what I could do about putting together an in-game Kestulefa costume for Millya.

Vermillion Robes of the Dominant, Felcloth Hood, Elementalist Cloak, Sawbones Shirt, Silver Cufflinks
The robe has elbow length sleeves, so I added the shirt because Kestulefa’s robe is long-sleeved. I then added the Silver Cufflinks to coordinate with the dark grey rows of trim elsewhere in the robe. Using the Scarlet Filigreed Doublet would produce a similar, though somewhat brighter, effect. Sadly, neither shirt mimics the belled sleeves of Kestulefa’s robe.

Another great pyromaniac robe is the Bloodfyre Robes of Annihilation, shown here with the Authentic Jr. Engineer Goggles.

There’s a robe in this style to suit every Mage spec — this robe, obviously, is for Fire; the blue Will of Edward the Odd or Frozen Shadoweave Robe would be for Frost; and the purple Robe of the Elder Scribes or Masquerade Gown would be for Arcane.

For Millya’s faithful companion Vosskah, I’ve put together this very practical, very Warrior-like and not at all Paladin-like, set consisting of Linken’s Sword of Mastery, Alabaster Shield, Overlord’s chest bracers gloves and boots, Imperial Plate belt and pants, Grimscale Pauldrons, and Frostpaw Helmet. Although I don’t think much of the LK designs for cloth robes, I like the Northrend plate helmet designs quite a lot.

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i can haz nerf nao?

I finally got all 19 of my characters retalented and retrained, then took my little Arms Warrior out to Ashenvale and Stonetalon Mountains to level. It felt SO different from when I last went questing with her about a week ago. With the new abilities from the new talent trees and the readjustment of which abilities are learned when, she was doing some serious damage. It felt somehow wrong to me that I could one-shot a harpy with Mortal Strike. True, that only happened once or twice, but things were still dying so quickly. I had to pull three or four mobs at a time to be in any danger of running out of Rage or getting low on health. And it seemed like she was getting an awful lot of experience awfully quickly. Did Blizz sneak in a stealth increase to the 1-60 leveling speed in this patch, or something?

I’m not sure I like the new quest helper features, that show the names of mobs you need to kill in red with no way to turn it off, and the gold arrow on your minimap pointing you where to look and which way to go back to town when things are done. I liked being able to see quest objectives on my world map, to see how my quests cluster and to know what region to go to find those last tricky mobs for a “kill X of A, B, C, and D” quest — but this new system is a little too much “help” for me. I’ve been playing with names turned off by choice for a long time now, and I’m afraid that always having to see the names of the mobs for any quests I happen to have in my log will undermine my ability to appreciate my surroundings in each zone.

Alas, I have waited to long to level my little Warrior. I wanted to do the Fray Island quest chain with her, but it seems to have beem removed from the game. Having reached level 30, she can learn Berserker Stance directly from her trainers in Thunder Bluff, and neither Baltus Fowler in Undercity nor Klannoc Macleod on Fray Island has a quest to give her. /cry

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why I love Wintergrasp

This is Keija. She is a level 27 Warrior and has never set foot in a battleground in her life.

And yet, here she is, purchasing a true Warrior’s mount, the Black War Kodo, from the PvP mount quartermaster in Orgrimmar.

I groaned at first when Keija decided she wanted a Black War Kodo. It had been agonizing enough to get Kamalia’s 30 tokens each from Warsong Gulch, Arathi Basin, and Alterac Valley for her Black War Kodo. But then a wonderful thing happened — the battleground marks were phased out, and all PvP reward items were made purchasable with Honor points. And I found out about the Wintergrasp Commendation, a lovely Bind-on-Account item worth 2k Honor, purchasable for 30 Stone Keeper’s Shards — a boon for someone who wants some of the cosmetic PvP rewards, but hates PvP.
With the Stone Keeper’s Shards they already had, Kamalia and Kerisa were able to get Keija halfway to the 50k Honor she needed for her kodo. After that, it took about a week and a half of running Heroics for an hour or so each day, starting when Horde had just won Wintergrasp, for Kamalia to accumulate enough shards to purchase the rest of the Wintergrasp Commendations Keija needed. It was so easy that I might keep at it for a little longer, to allow Keija to pick up a Scout’s Tabard, as well.

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