Showing posts with label Of Quests and Leveling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Of Quests and Leveling. Show all posts
Monday, December 22, 2014 0 comments

Noodle Carts

Though it took her some time, Anou earned her Noodle Cart recipes (before WoD, I assure you) and was glad to whip up a batch of grub for the boys.

Maybe this first batch isn't up to par...

Anyone else? No? No one's hungry?

Monday, September 22, 2014 0 comments

Tako's Ride

Once upon a time, in the lush oasis in the middle of Desolace, Takoda was offered a lift by one of the centaurs. You know those centaurs—always bragging about their strength and prowess...

Journey's start...

Journey's end...

In case you're wondering, this is the quest. Did you see Khan's face? He's practically sweating from the weight of my itty bitty drood.

Ha, as if! I made him a male Tauren for his sheer size and sex appeal. /wicked grin
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 0 comments

Just Dropping By

Now, here is evidence that Anou really is a gnome spy. Or.. an unreasonable facsimile.

On my quest to get an Alliance 'toon to 90 for the Double Agent achievement, as you can see, I've finally made it to Panda-Land! Only ten more to go! (/rubs temples /mutters something about 'Alliance scum')

Don't mind me!

Monday, August 4, 2014 0 comments

Top Chef Azeroth

That would be a really cool show, actually. A handful of geeks face-off in Hell's Kitchen or something, with mystery ingredients, and are forced to pull off some real-life version of a Warcraft recipe...

/packs-drooling-geek-shadow-of-self-into-drawer-and-gets-on-with-it

Squealing like a proud mama from the live studio audience, here's a picture I snapped of Anou as she waited demurely for her cooking challenge to start. I'm so PROUD of her for actually finishing her training for those adorable little noodle carts!


Friday, July 11, 2014 2 comments

Green Ox Gives You Wings!

This is the end of a quest line that tormented me for weeks and weeks and weeks. The very idea of this quest line gave birth to many late-night Facebook Bitstrips dripping frustration and sarcasm. And of course, we must blame Berdine because it's tradition—and not because he was the little green representative of the vile black dragon's spawn, bullying me through a computer screen to "get it done already!", no, not for that reason, no.


Anduin: A chill just went up my spine!
Wrathion: Something tells me our friend has returned triumphant.



? Heart of the Thunder King

Wrathion: Ahh - the heart of a King. The powers of a God.
Anduin: What are you doing? You're not seriously going to eat that-
Wrathion: It is filled with Titan magic, the very language of creation...


Wrathion walks to the railing, and eats the heart.

Wrathion: Oh - I see them - a million, million worlds - glittering in their perfection - but one above all others - oh -
(Then, in a possessed voice)

WE HAVE FALLEN. WE MUST REBUILD THE FINAL TITAN. DO NOT FORGET.
Anduin: What are you trying to pull?
Wrathion: It is gone. I don't remember any of it. Oh! None of them remember. The irony!
 
Anduin: What are you talking about? I don't trust you.
Wrathion: You are wise not to. Champion, I need time to..."digest" what I have learned. But soon, we will take action.


Wrathion: I will meet you at each of the four shrines, champion.

Wrathion transforms, and flies away.



(¯`·._(¯`·._( Yu'lon )_.·´¯)_.·´¯)


Wrathion: The Jade Serpent is the incarnation of wisdom in Pandaria. Let's see what she has to say. Great Jade Serpent! Hear our plea. My champion and I seek the blessing of your wisdom.
Yu'lon: Ah, the dragon-child and the hero. Together you will achieve great things. Tell me, dragon-child: What is the nature of wisdom?
Wrathion: To do what is right, no matter the cost. That is wisdom.
Yu'lon: Spoken like a true child of the Aspects. Always seeking to change the world. But true wisdom comes from KNOWING what is right. And sometimes, DOING nothing at all.
Wrathion: When is it ever wise not to act for the greater good?
Yu'lon: To learn THAT is to learn true wisdom. Come forward! I will give you my blessing.




 (¯`·._(¯`·._( Niuzao )_.·´¯)_.·´¯)


Wrathion says: Here we are, the home of Niuzao, the Black Ox. He is the patron spirit of Pandaren fortitude, the only celestial who chooses to live beyond the wall. Mighty Black Ox! Hear our plea. My champion and I seek your blessing of fortitude.
Niuzao says: So enters the dragon, and his mortal champion. You are welcome here. Tell me, Black Prince: What is the nature of fortitude?
Wrathion says: The strength to overcome any hardship! This is fortitude.
Niuzao says: You confuse strength with fortitude, young dragon. But power is worthless without spirit. I have seen humble slaves endure unimaginable torture, only to rise up and overthrow their masters. And I have seen the mightiest of emperors laid low by the perseverance of the smallest of enemies.
Wrathion says: You mean to say - physical strength is developed without, but fortitude comes from within?
Niuzao says: Precisely!
Wrathion says: ...Sure, I knew that.
Niuzao says: Of course you did.



(¯`·._(¯`·._( Chi-Ji )_.·´¯)_.·´¯)


Wrathion says: The Red Crane of Hope has inspired the citizens of Pandaria from the very dawn of history. I very much want to speak with him. Great Red Crane! Hear our plea. My champion and I seek your blessing of hope.
Chi-Ji says: My my, the child of the Worldbreaker, proof that none are beyond redemption. I am honored by your visit. Tell me, son of the Earth-Warder: What is the nature of hope?
Wrathion says: Hope is... a belief in a better tomorrow.
Chi-Ji says: You speak, but you doubt your own words.
Wrathion says: ...Great Crane. You have not seen what I have seen.
Chi-Ji says: You underestimate me.
Wrathion says: ...the fires that once burned the sky will return. It is inevitable. The Burning Legion WILL find Azeroth. Seas of blood, cities in ruin! Who are we - one divided world - to stand against a legion? You speak of hope. Believe me, the thinnest sliver of belief that we might somehow survive the coming devastation is all that sustains me.
Chi-Ji says: Rise, son of Deathwing. I will give you my blessing, for you need it more than any I have ever met. I challenge you not to think of hope as a vague and unimaginable future. Live EVERY day with hope in your heart. In doing so, you CREATE the future you dream of.
Wrathion says: ...thank you, Great Crane.



For all intents and purposes, I cannot find the screenshots that went with Octavien and Wrathion's rendez-vous with Xuen, so we'll leave it at that. :) Anyway, this post is already long enough.
Friday, June 27, 2014 0 comments

Firework

Anoukisse, feat. Wrathion

I know he was explaining things, and I'm sorry, but all I heard was "wah-wanh, wah-wanh", and in my head, Wrathion was singing..!
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time you'll know

You just gotta ignite the light and let it shine
Just own the night like the 4th of July

Katy Perry, Firework

This, friends, is the first song by Katy Perry that I ever liked. Until this song came out, I thought she was superficial and vain, singing about all sorts of things our society has seen and heard enough of. Watch the video here. :D
Sunday, June 8, 2014 0 comments

The Lorewalkers

On one particular week in May, I was driven to find all those glowy, scrolly lore-related things scattered around Pandaria, for the achievements. I didn't realize how much work had gone into that part of the game, and to be honest, I freaking loved it. I enjoyed scouting around, making a haphazard itinerary, calling Dargeralstraz—a.k.a. Darger—"James" because he chauffeured me around as a Sandstone Drake. Whilst leveling, I'd clicked and read a lot of those glowy, scrolly things, but had never gone out of my way to find them all—leveling takes enough of my concentration as it is. Plus, eventually, I also like to get all the achievements on Anou, as she is my... my... sinfully beautiful alter ego.

So there we were, traveling across the map, clicking on bits of lore, killing rares that happened to be in the way. I managed to work on (and complete) several achievements at once:
  • Legend of the Brewfathers
  • I'm in Your Base, Killing Your Dudes
  • Rumbles of Thunder
  • The Zandalari Prophecy
  • Gods and Monsters
  • Zul'Again
  • The Song of the Yaungol
  • Ballad of Liu Lang
  • Hozen in the Mist
  • Fish Tales
  • Between a Saurok and a Hard Place
  • Restore Balance
  • The Lorewalkers
  • 55 Exalted Reputations
  • Klaxxi
  • What is Worth Fighting For

Special thanks to my GM for hanging out with me and chit chatting while I flew back and forth in a disorganized fashion (until I made the makeshift itinerary), and to Bone for unwittingly assisting with I'm in Your Base, Killing Your Dudes. (I mean, I had no idea those rares where the ones that lead to that achievement, even though every time it flashed in guild for someone who'd earned it, I was like, that is such a great achievement, everyone needs to be killing the alliance's dudes and going neener neener about it!) Ahh. Gloating over the corpses of your arch enemies. What a way to end an evening of exploration.

Anyway, all this being said, I also had no idea that Lorewalker Cho would be so excited by all her research that he'd send Anou individual... umm... cans in the mail, giving her rendez-vous to meet him at the Seat of Knowledge. Each one of those cans got her a vision of lore, complete with narrative by Cho himself, and a ton of rep to boot! I'm not usually a lore buff (as mentioned earlier, my attention span is not as evolved as other people's), so this whole stage at the Seat of Knowledge was like a bag of candy for me. (For the record, I don't really like candy.) Especially the fact that you can repeat those narratives with their visions at any time, simply by asking him! Obviously, I took screen shots of my favorite moments...

Did you know? The Jinyu evolved from Murlocs!

The Mogu were children of the Titans!

The Yaungol were once Tauren who adapted to survive.

By far, the narrative that came from Gods and Monsters was my favorite. In particular, the very first scene depicting Varian and Anduin Wrynn..



Very touching. And here's a free French lesson for all y'all: "Très émouvant."

I leave you all with a quote:
"Parents place their children on a path, but they don't always know where the road will take them." ~Lorewalker Cho
Friday, October 11, 2013 0 comments

Octavien, Defender of Gods

Back when Octavien earned this achievement, I remember thinking "Man, I wish this was a title." It's a smexy achievement. Fits with Octavien's persona.

"Today, we welcome you into the Shado-Pan." ~Ban Bearheart

Monday, September 2, 2013 0 comments

A Date with Wrathion

During the legendary saga of Wrathion, Octavien must meet with Wrathion at Tavern in the Mists to discuss certain matters. Anduin Wrynn is there with him.


Here's something I noticed right off the bat: I love how Anduin is sitting. Wish my toons would/could sit like this sometimes...


A little later in the quest chain, when Octavien returned to Wrathion with the Secrets of the Empire, he almost interrupted Wrathion and Anduin's board game. As he stood there, waiting to be acknowledged, he heard a bit of their conversation:
Wrathion says: ...Why did you play that piece just now? 
Anduin Wrynn says: It's a Pandaren board game. The object is for both players to win. 
Wrathion says: That's ridiculous! Why would you even play!?

I actually lol'ed. ;)
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 0 comments

Melted

Lyv, being of the undead variety, prefers darkness and a hard, damp floor to lay her bones to sleep. Pandaria is just too full of happy-glowy-furry-cuddly for her tastes.

Lyv "Moss" and the Cockroach

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 0 comments

Octavien and The Fall of Shan Bu


The final scene of the Fall of Shan Bu solo scenario on the Isle of Thunder (more intimately known as Isle of Dailies by most WoW players).
Friday, April 19, 2013 0 comments

Beware: Silverleaf Crossing


Monday, April 15, 2013 0 comments

Daughters of the Horde

>:)


This quest is part of the series of quest chains from Dominance Offensive in Krasarang Wilds.
Saturday, March 2, 2013 0 comments

A Sad Day for Sheepie

Have you done the Chee-Chee rep grind? He's the Tillers' monkey friend.

After I don't know how many times Octavien went looking for Chee-Chee's adventurous Sheepie, today would be the last day he'd find him. Awww. QQ (No, really, I'm sad.)

That's one flat lamb.

So, the evil Hozen from the mountain got him, and Chee-Chee was desperate for revenge when Octavien brought him the bitter news. Off our hero went again, to slay eight villainous Hozen, and returned to Chee-Chee triumphant. The ape took his time and penned a letter to Octavien, his new best friend, and here's how it went...

Yes, I keep a tidy mailbox.

"Don't ask where the leather came from." Yikes.

Aaaaaaanyway. Octavien now has sheep on his farm courtesy of the primate. Now, who do I need to talk to to get the farmhouse tidied up?

Friday, February 22, 2013 2 comments

Disturbia?

I took it upon myself one day, for several reasons which for now will remain untold, to level an Alliance mage. I brought a Worgen to level 23 then deleted her because I simply could not put up with the way they hobble around. A few weeks later, I tried again with a Human, and for now it's working.

A quest was given to my new 'toon to go kill James Clark, who was wanted for robbery, burglary, arson and murder. That's a hefty list of crimes. The guy was living peacefully in a quiet logging village, where no one was the wiser. Naturally, my new hero tracked him down and took him down like a heartless (yet stylish) bounty hunter.

Buh-bye James Clark

But... Do you see anything wrong with this picture? Little Kevin randomly came into the room, walked all the way around, stood at the edge of the carpet while I slaughtered James Clark, and walked casually out again. Oh, and the romantic Valentine's day wreath totally completes the picture.

Speaking of which, here's another one of those "quirk" photos I like to take, note the heart-shaped candle on the barrel...

Home Sweet Home


Monday, February 4, 2013 2 comments

Big Day for Lyv

After a long day of battle, culminating with seeing her ancestors...


(Family Tree quest given by Lorewalker Cho in the Jade Forest)

Lyv found herself the closest thing to a dark spot in Orgrimmar and tried to sleep off her melancholia...


Sunday, January 27, 2013 0 comments

Because I Can

Punch! 23 White Damage! Take THAT!

Chop! 24 White Damage! You're Going DOWN!

These guys gave me so much trouble back in the day. Every time I pass there, I think of some new way to kill them. This time, sans staff, I punched them to death.
Saturday, January 19, 2013 0 comments

Mox and Zotik

Awww... They're green little swindlers of the worst variety. But aren't they just darling in their party-going finery?

Mox + Zotik = <3

These are 'toons I pushed my husband to create when Goblins first joined the ranks of the Horde. Poor guy, I keep making him start 'toons I don't plan on bringing very far. Zotik is pretty much the only one he managed to get me to level past 25. (Ysobel and Kimpo are still sitting on my very own personal Shelf of Decay.)
Monday, October 22, 2012 0 comments

Chastised!

A paladin of the light?! Caught stealing from the dead?! Shame on him! Glad they left his stunning blonde locks though... ;)





Monday, May 28, 2012 1 comments

Eight Little People

It was Mocki's idea, on a Friday night where only a few of us were online (and somewhat bored), to make a little posse of gnomes on a different realm and raid Hogger. Of course, the idea degenerated as the night continued, but it ended up being the funnest stupid idea ever!

Basically, we did a few quests inside Gnomeregan while waiting for the group to assemble. (I of course made a copy of Juniperus, but as a priest this time--figured my survival rate would be better if I had a heal spell to spam.) Facial hair and pigtails reigned supreme on the style list. Teniah started a trend by calling his 'toon Tinyten. Mocki and I, being girls, were more creative and gave our little people actual names. And Fangles, well, Fangles is a teenager and likes to use acronyms.

We were sitting to take a photo of this momentous occasion, when we realized Taint wasn't here yet. So we waited.

Waiting on Taint.

The plan was to run our baby-level gnomes to Ironforge, take the Tram to Stormwind, then run through the valleys and meadows through level 10+ territory to slay Hogger and his band of wild miscreants. But we had to entertain ourselves while we waited on Taint, who decided he wanted to be higher level. -.- (Secretly, I think he was compensating. Sshh.) Thus was born the Naked Gnome Dance™.

Naked Gnome Dance

While we waited at the station, Pally killed rats while Fangles begged for gold. Some very generous person who's name started with a K gave him ten gold and we thanked her/him profusely. With that gold, we were going to make a guild for our new tiny fellows! So we pondered names as we continued to wait for Taint.

Finally, he arrived. Errr. "She". And we sat to take a commemorative photo. [Cue music.] Pally wouldn't stop talking and Mothia kept closing his eyes, this was the best I could do. Incidentally, that dead rat in the front? It almost killed Pally.

Insert Friends Theme Song.

The tram arrived and on we got. Fangles was mapping our route as we huddled in the darkness. Except Taint. naturally. He's always the black sheep.

Going Underground

Upon our arrival, the gnome with the heavy pocket went straight to Aldwin Laughlin to discuss our creation of a guild. We all signed the charter and <Sekzie N I Gnome it> was officially open for business. Fangles created a most unique tabard for us, thank you for that, and our little group sported it with pride!

The Lollipop Guild Represents

Then it was off through Elwynn Forest to seek and destroy our quarry. It must have been quite a sight to behold, so many little gnomes wearing matching bright (to say the least) tabards, running loose through Stormwind then out into the night...

After a few close shaves (and maybe a death or three), we reached the bank of Hogger's encampment with the deft skill of Navy SEALs. Darger saw some helpless strangers attacking Hogger and encouraged his new clan to run to their aid, with a battle cry of "Fear not! We have come to save you!" on his lips!

We formed ranks like veteran soldiers, and waited in silence for Hogger to respawn.

"Psst. The boss is behind you!" ~Anonymous Bystander

Unfortunately, we learned the hard way that level fours cannot Convert to Raid, so we made two groups of four, with a healer in each. Darger initiated a ready Check. We were ready. /attacktarget

Mothia: "Dammit Taint, focus!"

Darger kept our nemesis' attention while the mages threw all sorts of fire at him. We had him high-tailing it in no time! As predicted, at 1 HP the drama unfolded, Hogger was brought to justice by some humans working for the Alliance...

Die Hogger! Or Live in Shame for EVER!

And off we went to plot a new means to end our boredom... But that's... another story...

Onward! To Sentinel Hill!

 
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