Part One

Tiponi Darkmane

I cannot believe it. Tonight is the night my dreams came true. I had dreamed for so long of leaving, of seeing the whole world and experiencing all of it. I dreamt for so long that it started to feel like only that, a simple dream. It was up to me all along. I thought about it, pined over it, reconsidered and wondered, but all it took was the one decision to change everything.

I decided to join the Earthspear.

I'd heard so much about them, and as I spoke to some of them by the pool in Thunder Bluff this past week, I became convinced that this tribe would give me the opportunity I sought. The opportunity for adventure. I wish to see the mesas and plains that stretch far beyond the boundaries of Mulgore. I want to see the other cities of the horde, talk to a Forsaken and lie beneath unfamiliar stars. Once I decided that, the rest was easy. Father will forgive me.

Please Father, forgive me.