Getting the Fel Out

“I want to have a baby,” Keija announced, “and I would rather not give birth to a Feltotem. I am not actively working with felslate anymore. Please remove these.” She swept her right hand down the length of her left arm, where bulges of scar tissue at the shoulder, elbow, and wrist encased small shards of felslate.

“What will you pay me to do this for you?” Felsmith Nal’ryssa asked.

“The remnants of one hundred demons killed on the Broken Shore, and all of my unused stock of felslate.” As she spoke, Keija opened a satchel and dumped the materials in a heap by the Felsmith’s forge.

“Very well,” Nal’ryssa responded, smiling slightly. “This will not be pleasant. Are you prepared?”

“I am prepared,” said Keija. “I have brought healers with me.”

The Felsmith looked around, and Keija knew that although she was blind, her spectral sight allowed her to perceive Keija’s sisters, Kaohana and Karaelia and Kamalia, and Kamalia’s husband, Haitou, standing nearby.

“Then let us begin.”

Keija turned and pressed her face into her husband’s chest, and Raharto wrapped his arms securely around her, leaving her left arm exposed.

With the same firm, gentle touch that Keija remembered from before, Nal’ryssa’s fingers probed around each of the lumps of scar tissue.

“Hold the wrist steady, please,” Nal’ryssa instructed. Raharto grasped her wrist firmly. With one swift, deft movement, using the very tip of her warglaive, the Felsmith sliced open the scar tissue and hooked up one end of the shard of felslate embedded within it. She took a pair of tongs that had been heating in the forge and pulled the shard out. The jagged edges of the shard tore at the tissue around it as it came out, but Keija had experienced worse arrow removals. She gritted her teeth and grunted.

In a moment, she felt the fizzing sensation of holy magic, and the pain dulled. She heard the thump of a totem dropping, and pulses of cool water began washing over the wound as Nal’ryssa carefully wrapped it.

Felsmith Nal’ryssa waited until Keija’s breathing and heartrate had steadied before continuing. Keija’s sisters continued to soothe her with small healing-over-time spells.

“Now the elbow,” said Nal’ryssa. “If you could hold it above and below?” Raharto held her upper arm, and Haitou grasped her lower arm, just below the elbow. Another swift slice, another yank with the burning hot tongs. This one hurt much more than the first one had, surprising her into growling out an “AARRRRGH!”

It took longer, this time, for the pain to subside as her sisters cast healing spells and Nalryssa bandaged the wound.

Once more, the Felsmith waited until Keija’s breathing and heartrate had steadied before she continued.

Nal’ryssa probed the shoulder scar tissue again. “This one will not be as easy as the others,” she said. “Secure the shoulder.” Raharto grasped her shoulder joint, and Haitou wrapped both hands around her arm, holding the already bandaged areas as gently as he could. This time, the slice exposed the felslate shard, but did not begin to pull it out. Nal’ryssa spread the edges of the wound with the fingers of one hand, then carefully dug with some kind of small blade until she was able to extract the shard. Blood poured down Keija’s arm. As she felt the shard tugging out, it seemed like it was trying to pull a portion of her soul with it, and she screamed, arching her back against the unyielding support of Raharto’s arm. Her head swam and spun.

Keija awoke lying on her back on the ground. Her head was pillowed on her empty satchel, a blanket had been wrapped around her, and her feet were propped up in Raharto’s lap. Her shoulder had been bandaged, and her sisters were pouring healing magic into her. Her arm throbbed from shoulder to wrist, and she felt weak all over — but her spirit felt somehow lighter and cleaner than it had since, well, since she had allowed the Felsmith to put the shards in. She struggled to sit up, and Raharto quickly shifted position to support her.

Keija looked around until she found the Felsmith. “Thank you,” she gasped.

Nal’ryssa just nodded and returned to her work.

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thrice more through the Maw

I didn’t play on Monday because I was busy doing other things, nor on Tuesday because the authentication issues prevented me from logging it. That still left plenty of time to bring Kaelyla, Keliora, and Kalaneia through the Maw into Oribos. That will do, for now.

I also took those three characters, as well as Kaelinda and Kaurinka, to the Darkmoon Faire. It’s been many months since I last visited the Faire, because beyond making the first set of crafted gear for each of the armor types, I ignored Professions during Battle for Azeroth. But with Professions being, by all reports, more reasonable to level and more genuinely useful in Shadowlands, I thought it was worth my time again to get those 5 free Profession skill points. My Druid is an Herbalist and Scribe; all my other Herbalists will funnel their herbs to her to craft Staves and Missives. Kaelinda is an Herbalist and Tailor; all the rest will send her their cloth so she can craft the Shrouded Cloth and Shadowlace sets. Kalaneia is an Herbalist and Alchemist; I’ll work on leveling her Alchemy after my Druid has reached her crafting goals. Keliora is a Miner and Engineer (because Goggles); leveling her Engineering will be slower because no-one else will be feeding her ore. Kaelyla is an Herbalist and Miner, but she’s Alliance, so all of her materials will go on the AH and make her rich!

I’ve been contemplating what I might do about raiding in this expansion. I sat out LFR entirely in Warlords and did very little in Legion and Battle for Azeroth. It sounds like just getting ready for raiding — even at the LFR level — is a long haul of dungeon running and shelling out gold for crafted gear, plus running Torghast to craft whatever Legendary is BIS for one’s class & spec. Of course I haven’t gotten there yet, but I’m not sure if I’ll like Torghast very much. After all, I only did as much of Horrific Visions as I needed to get the first Shroud of Resolve appearance upgrade. Even though I think the second appearance upgrade for the Shroud of Resolve is very pretty, whenever I have thought about doing more Horrific Visions — and more Black Empire Assaults to buy those attempts — I end up saying, “meh, I don’t feel like doing that.” So I think I only want to raid with one toon at most, if I can even manage that. That toon will probably be my Druid because I like the leather set from Castle Nathria ever so much more than the cloth set.

But then how to get all of the different Covenant weapons? Hmm… If I pick up a Castle Nathria weapon token and use it for one Covenant, then change Covenants, I know that I won’t be able to use that weapon appearance with that character anymore — but will I still be able to use it with other characters in that Covenant? So could I get a Castle Nathria weapon token, spend it with the Covenant I’m currently in, change Covenants, get another Castle Nathria weapon token and spend it with the new Covenant, and so on until I’ve gotten the Castle Nathria weapons for all of the Covenants? I would just try for all of the Staves, I think — though that Night Fae Harp is lovely and after I’ve gotten all the Staves and come back to the Night Fae, I’d want to get one more Castle Nathria weapon token to spend on that. From an RP standpoint, Kaurinka will want to stay devoted to the Night Fae, but Kaiuna might be up for some Covenant-hopping….

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my Professions wish for Shadowlands: crafted backpacks

Whomever thought of using the cloak slot for Tauren totems — first for the cosmetic totem items from Highmountain in Legion (which overwrite the display of whatever item you have equipped in the cloak slot), and then for the Tauren Heritage Armor totem — was utterly brilliant. I’m delighted to see the devs & artists expanding that idea with the new backpacks.

I haven’t quite felt up to RAFing myself and paying a full year subscription fee* to get the Renowned Explorer’s backpack, though.

Now that I’ve had to pick up an extra class for this semester (classes begin tomorrow) because one of the faculty members in my department abruptly quit last week, the chances of me getting the Wrathion backpack have plummeted to essentially zero. Not that I was very likely to get it to begin with, as it requires 40000 Corrupted Mementos to purchase after spending 69650 Corrupted Mementos to completely fill out the Titanic Research Archive**. I will probably play through the Patch 8.3 intro questline to get the first stage of the new legendary cloak, and I do intend to go do the Assaults in Uldum and Vale of Eternal Blossoms at least once each just to see what they’re all about — but even before my course load increased, I wasn’t really feeling up to doing that kind of grinding anymore***.

I would still love to have a backpack or two that I could display on my characters.

My Big Wish for Professions in Shadowlands is that there will be crafted backpacks for Transmogrification. Tailoring and Leatherworking at least should each be able to craft a backpack.

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* Or trying to talk BTH into coming back using RAF and paying for a whole year, when at the beginning of BFA, he only lasted for six months

** Someone else, however, can do the maths on how many weeks it would take an “average casual” player to acquire 109650 Corrupted Mementos, and thus estimate the “expected lifetime” of Patch 8.3.

*** I never got around to doing Deaths of Chromie during Legion, and I still haven’t ever gotten around to playing through the Alliance version of the Patch 5.1 storyline, so I’m not likely to come back to do that if I don’t do it while the expansion is current…

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Sunday on the Promenade 72

Faction dichotomy takes the stage in this week’s installment of the Sunday Mog Show.

Druid of the Talon

Dragonhawk Hat, Preened Ironfeather Shoulders, Vest of Sobbing, Narf’s Explosiveproof Strand, Oil Gush Leggings, Discarded Slaughterhouse Gloves, Scourgebane Treads, Fordragon Blades
I first saw this glaive carried by the Druids of the Talon at the Shrine of Aviana. I’d never noticed it as a player weapon before, so I assumed that it was an NPC-exclusive model. When the Wardrobe came out, I searched for it in the array of polearms that I hadn’t yet collected, but couldn’t find it, so I continued to think that it was an NPC-only model. Recently, Alunaria tipped me off that it is an Alliance-exclusive model from the Trial of the Crusader. My Horde Druid still can’t imitate the Druids of the Talon, but now my Alliance Druid can!
The NPCs are wearing a brown recolor of the Feralheart hat that isn’t available to players. The Dragonhawk Hat seemed like the best substitute.
Some of the other Druids of the Talon, most notably the female Tauren, are wearing the Phantasmal Headdress, a recolor of the shoulders that is only available to players in mail, the Vest of Restraint, and pants that match the vest but are unavailable to players.
The Druids of the Talon found at Skysea Ridge on Draenor-of-the-alternate-timeway are wearing different armor, but carry the same glaive.

Paku’ai or Raptari?

Coarse Leather Armor with Chieftain’s Headdress and Warmongering Combatant’s Battle Staff
The Horde version of the Battle for Azeroth crafted leather gear (also the Jambani quest set from Zuldazar and the Brutohide BOE set) is the outfit worn by the Paku’ai flight masters of Zandalar. These devotees of the pterrodax loa Pa’ku are led by Hexlord Raal. This armor is also worn by Wardruid Loti, the leader of the followers of the raptor loa Gonk. Given that Loti and Raal are Zandalar’s version of Beatrice and Benedick and that Raal incites his followers to an intense (and rather juvenile) rivalry with hers, the shared armor appearance leads to all manner of annoyingamusing confusions.

Tidespray Linen


Tidespray Linen set with Fangcaller’s Staff (H)/Tidespray Linen set with Lord Aldrius’ Greatstaff (A)
The crafted gear from Battle for Azeroth has faction-dichotomous appearances. For Horde characters, the tailored Tidespray Linen set has the same appearance as the Loa Speaker quest set from Nazmir. For Alliance characters, the Tidespray Linen set has the same appearance as the Wickerwoven quest set from Drustvar. If Horde characters want the Alliance appearance, they should look for the Heartsbane set on the AH. If Alliance characters want the Horde appearance, they should look for the Bloodhex set on the AH.

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This series of posts began because I set myself a goal to document new Transmogrification outfits in a more timely fashion. As soon as I create a new outfit, I write it up in a draft post. As the weekend approaches, I start working on taking fashion screenshots, processing them, and updating “Things my [Class] Wears” posts. On Sunday — though not every Sunday — I publish the collection of my recent efforts. Then I begin the next “Sunday on the Promenade” draft post.

Occasionally, I have ideas for themed Transmogrification collections that take several months to completely assemble. Thus, some of these outfits might get re-posted at a later date as part of such a themed Transmogrification collection.

If any of you, my dear readers, have kits that you’d like to share, I’d be happy to add you to the show! Just email me your picture(s), along with a list of the items in the outfit. I don’t regularly check my blog email, though, so if you’ve sent me an outfit, please make a comment on the most recent Sunday Mog Show post so that I know to check my blog email for your contribution.

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A Shred of Your Humanity

Keija’s arm hurt.

Keija had thought that she knew what to expect from her previous experience with the miscellaneous splinters and shrapnel of mining, smithing, and battle. Blind Nal’ryssa’s touch had been surprisingly deft and gentle as she probed Keija’s arm, finding just the right place to drive small, jagged shards of felslate into the muscle or under the skin without damaging major blood vessels, nerves, or tendons & ligaments. One went in at her shoulder, another at her elbow, and a third and final piece at her wrist.

It hadn’t hurt any more than an ordinary splinter wound, at first. By nightfall, though, the wounds had become inflamed, infected, and such agony that Keija barely slept that night — or the next. It might have been tempting to not use the arm, to minimize the pain, but Keija knew better. To do so would only risk losing mobility and strength. So she kept mining, kept hammering leystone with the special technique the Ironhorn had taught her, kept swinging the Warswords of the Valarjar against the foes of the Valarjar, the Valkyra, and the Highmountain tribes.

Keija suspected that it was the fel in the stone that made these wounds so exquisitely painful. She wasn’t entirely sure that the felsmith had been merely jesting when she’d said that Keija might experience “stray urges to burn worlds and sow chaos” for the next week or two, but she hadn’t felt any such impulses… not yet, at least. The intense pain was, however, making it almost as difficult to control her rage as it had been when she was fighting against succumbing to the influence of the Shas of Anger, Violence, and Hatred in Pandaria.

She’d never quite understood the Orcs’ custom of piercing their arms with teeth, claws, or metal as a display of toughness, but this was different. The felsmith had said that taking felslate into her body was necessary to improve at mining and smithing it. It did seem to Keija that since she had done it, she had been better able to spot nodes and seams of felslate, and that it had been easier to discern the grain of the stone and just how to place her pick to break it free from the surrounding rock and to split it into nicely workable pieces — moreso than what she’d learned under Mama Diggs’ tutelage.

She would endure the pain for as long as it lasted… but it would be nice if it would subside sooner, rather than later.

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This little story was inspired by this Legion Mining quest. My Paladin completely noped out of it — didn’t even accept the quest. My Hunter did it, but only as a game mechanics thing, not as an actual event in her life.

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the Bag Lady; or, skipping Tanaan catches up with me

As Warlords wound down, I kept all three of my Tailors* busy making bags to ensure that all of my Horde characters who would be actively leveling and doing endgame stuff in Legion would have Hexweave bags in all of their personal and bank inventory slots. The Underpowered Death Knight got full Hexweave bags, too, because she had decided to become my primary Banker. But then I got tired of grinding out bags, so I left my secondary Shaman and secondary Monk — whom I intended to retire anyway — with Royal Satchels in their personal inventory slots and random combinations of the smaller Frostweave and Embersilk bags in their bank slots.

In a post last week-ish, Coffee Cakes & Crits mentioned continuing to churn out Hexweave bags with their Garrison Tailoring hut machinery not just to sell on the AH for teh golds but also to give to those in their guild who are leveling new Allied Races alts. This reminded me that I should get my bag-making operation going again, because someday I, too, will have new Allied Races alts who will need bags.

Thus, yesterday evening I dusted off Kaobeka and took stock of the bag-making supplies that she had on hand personally and that were stashed in my guild bank. I don’t think I’ll try to make full Hexweave bags for all of my Highmountain Tauren**, though, but will be satisfied if I can get to the point where I have enough Royal Satchels & Hexweave bags, combined, to fill all of their personal inventory and bank slots. Anyhow, by keeping Kaobeka’s primary Hearthstone at Sunsong Ranch, it should be easy for her to hop back and forth each day between Pandaria, to farm Windshear Cactus at Sunsong Ranch to make Royal Satchels, and Draenor, to trap beasts and put in work orders at her Garrison Barn and Tailoring hut to make Hexweave bags.

The problem is that her Garrison Hearthstone is broken. When I try to use it, the Garrison loading screen gets to 70 or 80% and hangs for a few minutes, and then I get disconnected. When I log back in, she’s right where she was when I tried to use the Garrison Hearthstone.

I first started experiencing this problem around, um, Patch 7.2, I think. For a week or two, no-one’s Garrison Hearthstone worked. It wasn’t access to Draenor that was broken, or access to the Garrison instance that was broken — if I got to Draenor some other way, such as by a Mage teleport, the portal to Ashran in Orgrimmar, going through the Dark Portal, or using the sooper-sekrit backdoor teleport between the Timeless Isle and Gorgrond, I could then fly into the Garrison without problems — it was just the Hearthstone teleport that failed. After a few weeks, some of my characters’ Garrison Hearthstones started working again. After a few more weeks, I figured out that the characters who’d come to Draenor the “right” way — who completed the Tanaan Jungle intro questline — could use both the Ashran portal in Orgrimmar and their Garrison Hearthstones, whereas the characters who’d come to Draenor by the backdoor — who skipped the Tanaan Jungle intro questline — could use neither the Ashran portal in Orgrimmar nor their Garrison Hearthstones. Those characters could still get to Draenor by the Timeless Isle backdoor, though.

So I guess if I want Kaobeka to jump back and forth between Sunsong Ranch and her Garrison every day without spending a lot of time getting from here to there, I’ll have to go through the Dark Portal and do the Tanaan Jungle intro questline with her…

Update: So I went and did the Assault on the Dark Portal questline with Kaobeka. At the very end, however, I couldn’t turn in the final quest because I already had a Shipyard in her Garrison, which put the landing site in a different phase. Her Garrison Hearthstone still disconnects, but she can use the portal to Ashran from Orgrimmar now. Going through the Dark Portal from the Blasted Lands puts her in Ashran, too. I can live with that. I probably really only have to visit the Garrison twice a week, anyway, because I can do the Hexweave CD anywhere and a full set of work orders for the Barn & Tailoring Hut takes about 3 days to complete.

* Kaelinda, Kaohana, and Kaobeka (my secondary Monk)

** My Void Elf, being Alliance, will have to muddle along with the bags she can obtain from quests and boss drops until she has enough money to buy better bags on the AH.

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A Day in the Life… ( Z and Cinder’s Blog Challenge)

The morning sun filtering through the curtains of the suite of rooms which she’d been given in the Hall of the Guardian awakened Kaelinda from a jumbled dream of Silvermoon before Arthas, Silvermoon after Arthas, the Dawnstrider estate in Eversong Woods, and a certain someone* waiting for her to come home again. Sighing, she slid out of bed, tidying the bedclothes with an unvocalized handflick cantrip that she had been doing for so much of her life that she did it now without even consciously thinking about it. After bathing, dressing, and eating a simple breakfast of fruit, nuts, and quark** that she kept stored in her rooms, she went downstairs to the morning meeting of the Council of Tirisgarde.

Kaelinda was not entirely comfortable with her role as the First Conjurer of the renewed Order of Tirisgarde. It had only been a few short years ago that the Magisters of Silvermoon had granted her the rank of Magistrix, after all, and she hadn’t yet taken on even one apprentice. Until the Council was able to determine the cause of and cure for Meryl Felstorm’s debilitating illness, however, she would have to take his place.

First, the Council received the daily petition from an Emissary from one of the peoples of the Broken Isles. Next, Archmage Melis reviewed the notices she’d received in the past day about errands that required the skills of the other Archmages of the Council. They usually ended up assigning those errands to Kalec, Ravandwyr, Esara, or Millhouse, while Kaelinda requested that Archmage Modera accompany her. Then the Council discussed with Grand Conjurer Mimic the training progress and needs of the Apprentices and Invokers. There were potential improvements to the Hall to be considered with Chronicler Elrianne, armor and talismans to be requisitioned with Minuette, and the Focusing Crystal to be charged by Conjurer Awlyn and her staff. When all of these tasks were done, Kaelinda met with Modera to review the notices about various errands or opportunities throughout the Broken Isles. They selected which errands they would do to fulfil the petition of the Emissary, then decided if they wanted to do any of the other errands, as well. The business of the Council frequently took up most of the morning.

Sometimes, Kaelinda went back to her rooms to take lunch by herself. Sometimes, she went to the Purple Parlor with other Mages from the Hall of the Guardian. Sometimes, she went to the Ledgerdemain Lounge with her Sin’dorei relatives. Occasionally, she went to the Filthy Animal with her Tauren friends. Despite the revolting name and the outrageous rumors about Chef Lon’gomba and Gnomes, the food there was really quite decent — provided you ordered something off of the establishment’s traditional menu. There were two new sections on the menu since Dalaran had moved to the Broken Isles: Pandarian cuisine and Broken Isles delicacies. Actually, the Pandarian cuisine was also decent, but anyone who dared to order something from the Broken Isles menu frequently got a badly burned mess.

After lunch, Kaelinda usually did one of two things. Either she and Edirah delved into the the vast library in the center of the Hall of the Guardian, hunting down more information about Felo’melorn, Aluneth, Ebonchill, and the Mages who’d wielded them, or she worked on sewing projects*** in her rooms. Today, she decided to embroider another section of the elaborate decorations on the Imbued Silkweave Robe she was making.

In the late afternoon or early evening, Kaelinda and Modera set out to fulfil the Emissary’s petition. When that task was completed, Kaelinda visited Shal’Aran and distributed Ancient Mana crystals to First Arcanist Thalyssra, Arcanist Valtrois, and Chief Telemancer Occuleth. Although she now understood, as she had not realized when she first met Runas the Shamed and the exiled Leyweaver, Lyndras, that the dependence of the Nightfallen on condensed forms of mana was because it was literally food to them — not quite the same thing as the subtle addiction of the Quel’dorei to the flow of mana from the Sunwell — chasing after Ancient Mana deposits while she was in Suramar still made her feel vaguely like she had become a mana-addict again by proxy. If she had the time and physical energy, she would ask Thalyssra what else she could do that day to help the Nightfallen. If not, she would retire to the Hall of the Guardian and spend the rest of the evening studying magic and practicing her spellwork+. It wouldn’t do, after all, to be outperformed by one of the other members of the Order of Tirisgarde the next time that Mimic requested that she participate in an exhibition duel for the benefit of the Apprentices…

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* Until just recently, I wasn’t certain what Kaelinda’s romantic status was. She’s begun hinting to me that she’s got a special male friend who lives in Silvermoon City, though where that relationship falls on the scale of “outwardly platonic, but desperately wishing for more” to “married with children”, she hasn’t told me yet (I suspect that it’s more toward the UST end).

** A cultured, thickened and strained, slightly sweetened dairy product intermediate in texture between yogurt and cream cheese; a regional specialty of Eversong Woods.

*** I have more or less always imagined that the 5 – 10 seconds it takes to craft an item in-game only represents putting the final, finishing touches on it. All the real work of the crafting — the preparation of materials, the shaping and assembly of pieces, the meticulous labor of fine detail work — is something that the character occupies herself with when she’s not busy questing — that is to say, when I’m offline.

+ Although I, the player, almost never spend time with the training dummies, I imagine that my characters do practice their skills and train themselves in new techniques regularly. One can’t stay skilled enough to remain capable of being the leader second-in-command of one’s Class Order if one rests on one’s laurels, after all.

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This story was brought to you by the challenge of the fortnight from Z & Cinder:

We want to read about a day in the life of your toon. This one is an opportunity to get as creative as you like. You can simply write about what you get up to in WoW each day. Or maybe you would write it like a diary entry from the point of view of your character, telling the story of their day to day life, going in to battle, fighting the Legion… it’s up to you!

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frost-fire? fire-frost?

Upon teleporting back to the Hall of the Guardian to put some new traits into Aluneth and Felo’melorn after doing some questing in Suramar, Kaelinda observed something odd…

When she went to investigate, the portal to Suramar had an unusual green glow around it. She hadn’t used the portal to Suramar yet, so she was curious to see where it would go anyway. (I forgot to take a screenshot of the green glow before I clicked it, though.)

It didn’t go to Suramar.

Apparently she was somewhere in Frostfire Ridge? On Draenor?

What a strange experience…

I’m not particulary keen on this appearance (or any of Ebonchill’s appearances, really), but now I am reminded that I should take some time to go get the Hidden appearance for Aluneth. Hopefully the Hidden appearance for Felo’melorn will just drop while I’m working my way through the Suramar storyline and I won’t have to come back and grind for it.

I’ve got a couple of other things to do in Suramar besides the zone storyline itself that I think I’ll clear up before I continue much farther in the mainline questchain. I need to go visit that tailoring guild guy in Suramar City, and I’ve got a Mage Order Hall Campaign quest to make some trouble in Felsoul Hold with Kalec.

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Dalaran coin collection catalog

In Wrath, there were copper, silver, and gold coins, each bearing a wish — or just a statement — made by a lore figure, to be fished out of the fountain in Dalaran’s Eventide district. I spent quite a bit of time in late Wrath fishing them all up and cataloguing what they said.

When Dalaran returned as the hub city for Legion, I was glad to see that there was an all-new set of coins to be fished up. This time, Marcia Chase sells a series of lures that are each effective in fishing up a different subset of the coins.

Whether you’ve fished the coins yourself and want to remember what they all said or whether you want to know what they all say without going to the bother of fishing them, here’s a list of all the coins and the tidbits of lore they reveal. Some are serious, some are silly, some are sad.

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Copper Coins

One day, I hope to spread the path of the Light to the common people and teach them the value of the Three Virtues. — Alonsus Faol

I wish for happiness and acceptance for my daughter. She feels so out of place here… — Ansirem

Can I have a more comfortable saddle? My hindquarters ache. — Attumen

I hope a troll dies, right… NOW. — Danath

I wish that jerk Arthas would fall into a pile of magnataur doody! — Dornaa (whose coin is Shiny)

May Tirion’s quest here in Northrend end with success, or may he die honorably in battle. — Eitrigg

Being a rogue is hard work. Someday I hope to puruse my life’s one true passion… — Elling Trias

I hope I end up in another book eventually. — Falstad Wildhammer

Fah, the foundtains in Gilneas could grant ten times as many wishes as Dalaran’s! — Genn

I wish I had my father back… — Inigo

My prayers go out to my brothers and sisters who still suffer in the heart of Grim Batol. I will free them. — Krasus

Boom. Now boom? I wish for boom. Boom go! This coin must be broken. I wonder if it’ll explode. — Kryll

I wish I’d kept that coin. — Landro Longshot

Just once — that’s all I ask for, just once — let the lass ride with me… — Molok

I wish the water in Northrend wasn’t so cold. It makes me sleepy. — Murky

I hope that handsome nobleman Lord Prestor notices me. He’s so dreamy! — Princess Calia Menethil

I wish to grow a glorious bushy mustache someday. — Private Marcus Jonathan

Someday, I’m gonna be more powerful than all of these mages! — Salandria (whose coin is Shiny)

I hope I get transferred out of Stormwind eventually and see Cersei again. Nothing good ever happens in this city. — Squire Rowe

You mages refuse to provide me that which hastens the inevitable fate of two people in love, when only one is too naive to see it. I wish you all ruin. — Stalvan

Asto’re da shan’re. Turus Fulo Il’amare. A’Talah Adore. Isera’duna… — Vareesa

I wish Captain Sanders would hurry up with my shipment of wine. — Vargoth

Wish I had that cousin of mine’s duty to do nothing more than lug wood around carelessly… — A Footman

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Silver Coins

I really wish you mages would get your heads out from inside your own… books. — Aegwynn

May my sisters realize their full potential, the name of Windrunner known as result of their deeds. — Alleria

Grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. — Antonidas

Oh, why won’t you notice me? Abbendis, I would follow you anywhere. I wish you would notice me… — Arcanist Doan

The War of the Shifting Sands… I wish I could forget it ever happened. — Fandral Staghelm

How does this fountain even work? I wonder if I could make one. — High Tinker Mekkatorque

Turalyon and Alleria, wherever you are, may you be well. — Khadgar

I hope young Kael’thas realizes that one day he must lead our people. — King Anasterian Sunstrider

May my son Arthas always act in the best interest of his people. — King Terenas Menethil

I wish the uprising back at home would settle itself soon. I wouldn’t want anyone to be hurt. — King Varian Wrynn

Where’s Illidan? — Maeiv Shadowsong

(You sense the ringing of three tones in your head, the third barely audible under the others’ din.) — Medivh

May the Holy Light protect us on our expedition to the frozen north. — Muradin Bronzebeard

I hope that my father and brothers outlive me. I’ll not make much of a king. — Prince Magni Bronzebeard

I’m so forgetful! I wish I had a better memory. Wait, didn’t I already throw a coin into here? — A Peasant

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Gold Coins

I wish I would grow up. It feels like I’ve been 10 for years. — Anduin Wrynn

I wish to know how you survived my wrath, little fountain. — Archimonde

Already, I’ve had a kingdom in my prospects, a land to rule. What’s to ask for? Perhaps a frozen scone… — Arthas

I wish someday to retire to my own tidy little estate, with a bunch of pet dogs to keep me company. — Arugal

Brann Bronzebeard was here. — Brann Bronzebeard

Just once, I wish someone would greet me without making a stupid joke about gnomes or time travel. — Chromie

Sometimes… I wish someone would come along and just give me a big long hug. — Kel’Thuzad

Arthas, my love, please come back to me. — Lady Jaina Proudmoore

Listen, little wishing fountain. You’ll give me all your power if you know what is good for you. — Lady Katrana Prestor

That young apprentice Jaina is quite attractive for a human. I hope she recognizes my elegance and power. — Prince Kael’thas Sunstrider

I hope my sisters and I can grow up and get married together. — Sylvanas Windrunner (this coin appears to be very old)

Wishes are a fool’s pasttime. Take this coin as payment for your precious Eye. — Teron

Grom, may you rest well, old friend. — Thrall

It is my wish that my dear Taelan will grow strong enough to defend the people he cares for. — Tirion Fordring

Young Arthas must learn patience to temper his power. I will pray that he one day learns to lead with care rather than force. — Uther Lightbringer

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Copper Coins

Come on, move that shell, Zoom! Just like we practiced! — Boomboom Brullingsworth

I wish I were a little bit taller. — Daglop’s Infernal Copper Coin

May the downtrodden one day rise up and take the place of those that would oppress them. — First Arcanist Thalyssra

Golk wish Golk could fit out of this cave. — Golk the Rumble

I just want all worlds to burn. — Gul’dan

Ughh.. this meat is so dry. I wish I had some gravy. — Havi

If found, please return this coin to me… in person. — Helya

An end to the Burning Legion. — Illidan

My wish is to never run out of newly-discovered continents to explore. — Li Li

What is nature’s call? I actually do wish someone would finally tell me what “nature’s call” is. — Lunara

What the ookin’ jeek? What kind o’ mank-dookin’ wicket-lover throws away perfectly good coin?! — Ooker’s Dookat

I kinda wish I was a worgen. Wouldn’t that be the coolest? — Penelope Heathrow’s Allowance

I wish I had some mana right… now! NOW! Now. — Runas’ Last Copper

I hate everything. Everything is horrible. — Torok Bloodtotem

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Silver Coins

Ooh, ooh! I hope I get to shoot a really cool gun! BLAM! — Addie Fizzlebog

Fish do not have souls. This is pointless. — Allari the Souleater

Think for yourself. — Altruis the Sufferer

I wish I was stronger. — Cyana Nightglaive

I remember when Suramar was beautiful and tranquil… before Azshara and her Highborne ruined everything. Wishes will buy you nothing except regret. — Falara Nightsong

These magi allowed me to land here. While most do nothing but eye you with suspicion and contempt, or worse, some still see past the surface. My wish is for all of us to work together and recognize our true enemy: the Burning Legion. — Izal Whitemoon

In my previous life, I would have love to have lived in this floating marvel. I would have spent the days fishing in this magic fountain in between practicing the arcane arts. Those days are long gone. — Jace Darkweaver

Srong leadership and a clear vision are the only path to victory. — Kayn Sunfury

I don’t have the luxury of fishing and wishing. There are demons to kill. — Kor’vas Bloodthorn

Dark Lady watch over this fountain. — Nathanos Blightcaller

Oh, to have an apprentice that could keep up with me! — Occuleth’s Vanishing Coin

Please, protect my grandfather. — Stellagosa

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Gold Coins

Keep your wishes for yourself. I do not negotiate with fountains. — Advisor Vandros

A single shared goal does not erase the atrocities committed by the Forsaken. — Genn Greymane

May the Light bathe this land in all its glory. — Lady Liadrin

I wish my father were alive, to help guide us through these difficult times. — Ly’leth Lunastre’s Family Crest

I wish to protect my people from the vile outsiders that wish to harm them. Whatever it takes. — Magistrix Elisande

The adventure has been formidable, but I am far from my Moa’ki. I wish to soon see home. — Okuna Longtusk’s Doubloon

May they someday understand why I did what I did. — Prince Farondis’s Royal Seal

Soon you will ALL feel my wrath!!! — Queen Azshara’s Royal Seal

Gain 1 Mana Crystal this turn only. — The Coin

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Unusual Coins

The wishing module is busy at this time. Please try again later. (Error 37) — Blingtron’s Botcoin (this coin looks like the Gearspring parts from Draenor Engineering)

Hmm… no coins. I wonder if this will suffice? — Elothir’s Golden Leaf (this coin looks like a heart-shaped yellow leaf)

Yes! This way I can get my wish AND keep my coin. Hah! On no, the string broke! Stupid fountain, give me my coin back… — Gallywix’s Coin-on-a-String (this coin looks like a group of three copper coins)

Strength. Glory. Power. — God-King Skovald’s Fel-Tainted Coin (this coin looks like a bloodstained version of the Blackwing Lair attunement medallion)

I wish my son would hurry up and have kids already! Also, I want to shoot a moose. — Hemet Nesingwary’s Bullet (this coin looks like a bullet)

Give my troops the strength to overcome the trials of this land. — Jarod Shadowsong (this coin looks like the Coin of Ancestry given by the Elders during the Lunar Festival)

Some days, I think the murlocs don’t appreciate everything I do for them. — King Mrgl-Mrgl (this coin looks like the Coin of Ancestry given by the Elders during the Lunar Festival)

I suppose I might fancy a smackerel of honey. — Koda’s Sigil (this coin looks like a stone with a glowing orange paw print on it)

Perhaps if we curb these endless tides of demons, then some color may return to the world. — Kur’talos Ravencrest’s Spectral Coin (this coin looks like the Coin of Ancestry given by the Elders during the Lunar Festival)

Were we too late to stop the Nightmare? — Malfurion (this coin looks like the Coin of Ancestry given by the Elders during the Lunar Festival)

Mrr glrrgl mrr glrrgl glrr. — Murky (this coin looks like a scallop shell)

Gloooglrr mrm. — Pearlhunter Phin (this Soggy coin looks like a mussel shell)

Fooled ya, ya dumb fountain. — Rax Sixtrigger’s Gold-Painted Copper Coin

I give my thanks to the Cenarion Circle. May the mortal druids continue to prove themselves worth of my father’s name. — Remulos’ Sigil (this coin looks like one of the Sigils of Knowledge/Power that Wrathion collected during the Legendary cloak questline)

Please, help my granddaughter lighten up a bit. — Senegos’ Ancient Coin (this coin looks like a Relic of the Thunder King from Pandaria)

Good heavens, is this a wishing well? How quaint. — Sir Finley Mrrgglton (this coin looks like a conical seashell)

For all the brothers and sisters I’ve lost. — Spiritwalker Ebonhorn (this coin looks like the medallion from the long-gone Blackwing Lair attunement questline)

Me want find candlequeen! Hmm… maybe Jackie interested? Me give her candle, see what happens from there. — The Candleking’s Candlecoin (this coin looks like a melted white candle)

That I might protect those I hold dear, and continue to reflect the grace and light of Elune. — Tyrande (this coin looks like the Coin of Ancestry given by the Elders during the Lunar Festival)

Talking to adventurers is so tiring… a few decades of peace is all I ask… — Vydhar’s Wooden Nickel (this coin looks like a round wooden shield)

I want more kitties. — Yowlon’s Mark (this coin looks like a stone with a glowing orange paw print on it)

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These are the coins that I caught with each type of lure. It’s not an exhaustive list, however, as I only fished until I got the achievement.

Hypermagnetic Lure: Azshara, Blingtron, Boomboom, Cyana, Daglop, Ebonhorn, Elothir, Farondis, Gallywix, Havi, Helya, Kayn, Koda, Kur’talos, Liadrin, Li Li, Ly’leth, Murky, Nathanos, Nesingwary, Occuleth, Okuna, Ooker, Penelope, Phin, Rax, Remulos, Runas, Sir Finley, Skovald, Thalyssra, Torok, Vandros, Vydhar, Yowlon

Auriphagic Sardine: Allari, Blingtron, Boomboom, Candleking, Cyana, Elothir, Gallywix, Genn, Golk, Gul’dan, Illidan, Izal, Jace, Kor’vas, Liadrin, Li Li, Lunara, Ly’leth, Mrgl-Mrgl, Murky, Nathanos, Ooker, Penelope, Phin, Remulos, Torok, Tyrande, Vydhar

Glob of Really Sticky Glue: Addie, Allari, Azshara, Blingtron, Candleking, Daglop, Elisande, Farondis, Golk, Gul’dan, Havi, Helya, Jace, Jarod, Kayn, Koda, Kor’vas, Li Li, Lunara, Malfurion, Mrgl-Mrgl, Ooker, Rax, Remulos, Runas, The Coin, Torok, Vydhar

Micro-Vortex Generator: Addie, Altruis, Azshara, Boomboom, Candleking, Cyana, Ebonhorn, Elisande, Genn, Golk, Gul’dan, Havi, Illidan, Jace, Jarod, Kayn, Koda, Kor’vas, Li Li, Lunara, Ly’leth, Malfurion, Occuleth, Ooker, Penelope, Remulos, Runas, Sir Finley, Skovald, Stellagosa, Thalyssra, The Coin, Vandros

Wish Crystal: Allari, Candleking, Cyana, Ebonhorn, Elothir, Gallywix, Genn, Golk, Gul’dan, Havi, Illidan, Izal, Kayn, Koda, Li Li, Ly’leth, Malfurion, Nathanos, Occuleth, Penelope, Phin, Rax, Remulos, Senegos, Sir Finley, Skovald, Thalyssra, Yowlon

Alchemical Bonding Agent: Addie, Allari, Azshara, Blingtron, Boomboom, Daglop, Ebonhorn, Elothir, Golk, Gul’dan, Jace, Li Li, Lunara, Ly’leth, Mrgl-Mrgl, Occuleth, Ooker, Phin, Rax, Remulos, Runas, Senegos, Sir Finley, Thalyssra, The Coin, Torok, Tyrande, Vandros, Vydhar

Starfish on a String: Addie, Allari, Altruis, Blingtron, Boomboom, Candleking, Cyana, Daglop, Ebonhorn, Elisande, Falara, Farondis, Gallywix, Golk, Gul’dan, Havi, Helya, Izal, Jace, Koda, Murky, Nathanos, Occuleth, Penelope, Phin, Runas, Senegos, Sir Finley, Thalyssra, The Coin, Torok, Tyrande, Vydhar, Yowlon

Tiny Little Grabbing Apparatus: Addie, Daglop, Ebonhorn, Elothir, Farondis, Genn, Helya, Illidan, Izal, Jace, Kayn, Koda, Kor’vas, Kur’talos, Li Li, Ly’leth, Malfurion, Ooker, Phin, Rax, Runas, Senegos, Sir Finley, Skovald, Thalyssra, The Coin, Torok

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Working the Isles

Kamalia finally got to 800 skill points in Leatherworking. And yep, she got the last 20 – 30 or so skill points from the Darkmoon Faire.

My other characters have been slowly advancing their professions via the Faire, too. Most of them are at 720 or 725 because I haven’t done much of the questlines yet.

Everyone was all excited about the potion of Inky Blackness last month, but I find myself wishing for something that would do just the opposite — give every place the brightness of a sunny blue sky day. Why would I want that? For taking Mog screenshots, of course! I want my Mog screenshots to have cool and thematically appropriate backgrounds, but sometimes the places that would be the most thematically appropriate have terrible lighting (Moonglade, Icecrown, Swamp of Sorrows, to name a few), or I can’t play in the evening until after my server has switched to nighttime lighting. Admittedly, “normal” nighttime lighting is not really all that dark, but it is still less than optimal for taking good Mog screenshots!

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