Day 195
"Are the guilds here and are they ready?" Bron asked the gathered masters. They all agreed. We stood out side Onyxia's lair some four hundred strong. King Varian and nearly a thousand men accompanied him here. We did not expect him to be here, but he must have used his own magi to port his troops here. The first guild finished their pep talk and entered the lair. Followed by the next raid group.
"I hope they don't have too many problems." Fizzle wished. "Please no deaths." I wanted to say some thing to him, but it would reveal too much, and if I did my fear would show itself as well. My drake had fought with us taking many of the guarding dragonkin to their deaths. We would be the last of the raid groups to go through, and I hoped to lock this raid just like I did the quest line. The first raid came out nearly two hours later cheering and celebrating many showed their new gear off to others. I felt there was something wrong, but no one said anything. This feeling persisted with each raid that came out and it did lessen but other clues revealed themselves as some of the players were acting as if shocked. Jake's raid went in and I paced back and forth worried that some factor was not taken care of.
"Oh my god!" came over guild chat. Along with a ton of curses and vile language. "We wiped." I broke down stunned like most of the guild members around me, but then as the chat continued I was gladdened a bit. "Yay for shamans was spammed on guild chat."
"We all died that fear is no joke." Jake whispered me. "We got this and now I know we can die and come back. This changes everything."
"I heard a rumor years ago of players jumping off cliffs, but since no ever really died I never believed it." Bron stated. "This has just confirmed what many have hidden. I have never been close to dying, so I am afraid now."
"Thanks, but this just confirms this is more like the game for us then before." I replied. "We will beat this raid and all the others. I won't let this raid wipe." Each raid team came out with different tips for the fight what worked and what didn't. We reviewed every thing and we finally entered the raid. My drake despawned as soon as he passed the door which I expected. The fighting was fierce and took a long time before we cleared the way. On the other hand I entered the main chamber a lot sooner then I wanted to. Onyxia glared at me as I gave out orders and positions. I knew three tanks was over kill, but with this being our first time I wasn't taking any chances. Phase one started when the tanks charged out at her and did exactly what they needed to do. Tank her at the wall.
"Okay tanks have aggro unleashed yourselves watch your aggro." I warned. This was a survival fight and not a dps race. The off tank groups were handling the adds perfectly and the hunters were kiting the big dragonkin easily. I was nearly auto attacking as I watched out for any problems. It was times like these I wished I was a mage or warlock so I could over watch a lot better. Phase II kicked in as she took to the air and we moved perfectly out of her way. I was thinking of my Iron Boot Flask and wishing I could use it, but I didn't want to suddenly burn all the aggro the tanks had gained. I couldn't get the thought out of my head and I did pull aggro. I though shit we are going to wipe. I popped evasion, feint and vanish nothing worked, so I hit the flask and then Cloak of Shadows. My next attack popped a twenty kay hit and there would be no way to drop aggro. My dps went from 500 to nearly 10k and I felt this would be bad once fear hit. She was now going down quickly and even through the fear she never let me go. I popped Leyara's and my dps went up again. She started to falter as her health dropped below five percent. She was bleeding everywhere at this point. The last of her health ticked away and we finished her by cutting off her head. We won and we didn't lose a single raider, but I had cheated. I stole an honest win from my guild members. They didn't care and I wondered if anyone else noticed other then the tanks. Gear was looted from her and the many chests I didn't expect. Every raider got their helm and a few other useful gear pieces and items. Quest items also were found for those that had the quests. I picked up my loot and the head of Onyxia. It was not really the head as the real head was dragged out of the lair by the king's men. Once we got back to Stormwind there was a week long celebration.
