Last night, mini-Kam dinged 77 in LFD.
Today, I took her up to the Argent Tournament and started her on the path to becoming “Kamaliya of Thunder Bluff”.
“[Subject Name Here] of [Subject Home Town Here]” is one of my favorite titles because it signifies that a character is loyal and proud of her heritage — plus, it’s one of the easiest titles in the game to acquire. I intend to have each of my characters become a Champion for her home city at the Argent Tournament when she arrives at the appropriate level to do so. I suppose that makes becoming a Champion at the Argent Tournament something of a rite of passage for my characters.
Going through the Dark Portal for the first time is another rite of passage, because the character is very obviously entering a new phase of life. Because one can level from 60 to 70 without absolutely needing to choose Aldor or Scryer anymore, I consider doing Khadgar’s “Crash Course in Shattrath History” quest and making that faction choice a rite of passage for my characters, too — and I do think carefully about which faction is most appropriate for each individual character. (Kaelinda has been feeling very conflicted about that choice. As a Sin’Dorei Mage, it seemed most natural and appropriate for her to choose Scryer. She’s so fascinated by the Draenei, however, that she’s been seriously considering switching to Aldor.)
Other rites of passage for my characters are acquiring Lunar Festival (and other holiday) finery and getting five professions skilled up enough to do the Darkmoon Faire profession quests. Doing these things means I’ve invested a certain amount of time and care into a character, and they make her less susceptible to sudden arbitrary deletion.
What activities are “rites of passage” for your characters?
Kamalia et alia 
Grats! Err, I can’t answer the rites of passage thing…. 😛 you know why!
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Oh, right, you don’t have a bazillion alts to have developed these sorts of little traditions with. 😛
Grats and I love your transmog.
My rites of passage include getting exalted with AV, picking up the sickly gazelle achievement on route. If they’re Alliance questing through Duskwood because I love the atmosphere and blinking eyes in the bushes. Also if Alliance, getting exalted with SW for the black stallion, I love that horse.
Thanks! I have a post in the works about that outfit and a few other closely related ideas.
I think the black stallion is my favorite horse, too 😀
Entering the Dark Portal for the first time is always a thrill, the other would be setting off the fireworks you get on reaching 80. That pretty much ensures that character’s future, before 80 the big delete is always a possibility.
Oh! And the Drakkensryd!
The fireworks you get from Rhonin upon reaching 80 are a really fun touch!
The Drakkensryd is a really fun quest, but you have to go so far down the Sons of Hodir quest chain to get to it… I must admit that I’ve only done that questline on two characters — Kamalia, because she had to, and Kerisa, because she wanted the @revered rep reward Giant-Friend Kilt. Beyond those two, I was thanking the Titans that shoulder enchants had been made BoA!