Day 211
"What do you mean you are going out again?" Jake asked. "Did the sandstorm covered land of Uldum not provide enough proof?"
"It provided some, but not enough." I replied. "I will just be doing a lot of flying no solo fighting plus even then I have the best gear."
"I see that and I have never seen such gear. Makes me wish I had it." Jake stated. "I just think with it being so close to our first BWL run you shouldn't be away so long."
"Last I looked we were only at 70% for the war effort. That is about a week's time at the rate the guilds are bringing in supplies." I explained. "Plus many guilds still do not have their tier two gear."
"At least the head gear is capable of being learned, but I don't think the recipes for the rest of the gear will be so easy." Jake stated. "Look I am just worried about you."
"I love you too." I added then I gave him a big kiss. "Keep the bed warm I maybe back sooner then you know." He sighed but he didn't hold me up any longer. I took a portal to Ironforge and made a bee line to the Wildhammer lands. After a few hours of flight I was again blocked but this time by mists. It was really agravating. So I finally headed north to Eastern Plaguelands. This one I knew would prevent me from passing but there was a hope I could use the portal. I got a simple message that I wasn't high enough of a level to enter which was somewhat strange. In the end I believed that Azeroth was fully there and it didn't really matter what expansion came out cause simply the fact remained that despite the land being whole it didn't mean it would follow the proper path. I decided to see one more thing, so I flew to Southshore. Kul Tiras was an alliance kingdom, but all the time I played the game I never encountered the island. What I did know was that Tol Barad was part of the Island nation and If I flew out from the Graymane wall I would kill two birds with one stone.
"Nodaczu do you think you can fly the whole way over the water to the western edge of Gnomeregan?" I asked.
"It is possible but I would not risk it." he replied. "Ask another mount." So I summoned my Netherdrake, Zoya.
"I am ready to fly." Zoya stated. "But I sense hesitation."
"I want to fly over the water a great distance. I need to know you can fly that far without landing, can you?" I asked.
"I can as I use the nether just as must as my muscles to fly." Zoya boasted. "I could easily fly for days."
"Good cause we start now." I stated as I climbed up into the harness. Zoya took off and flew over the Graymane wall. I was glad we had flown high right away, cause as soon as we crossed the wall we were fired upon. Zoya caught a thermal and flew higher as I scanned the land below. It took nearly an hour before we past the lands edge heading due south. Zoya conserved energy by riding thermals and then at the peak gliding farther south. Azeroth had gotten a lot bigger then the map. Many estimated that the Eastern Kingdoms were about as long as Africa, but not as wide. I checked the map often and something soon became clear as we were fast approaching the midway point and no sign of Kul Tiras at all.
"Zoya turn directly east I over estimated its position in the gulf." I ordered. Baradin Gulf instead of bay as it was so large. Zoya took a lazy right turn until we were going east. After an hour I thought we would never find it, but I spied it to the left a bit. "There I think that is it."
"I saw that land a few minutes ago. Was wondering when you would notice it." Zoya teased.
"At least I don't have to wait that long before getting there." I replied. It still took a good five minutes before we flew over the edge of land. Then my mount vanished. I screamed as I went down and I hoped that I wasn't too high up.
"Mother I saw a dragon!" a young girl yelled as she ran into the house.
"Don't be silly there are no dragons in Kul Tiras honey." her mother replied.
"No I saw it. I thought it was a bird, but as it got closer it go bigger and bigger." she countered. "Then I saw its head and all the teeth before it just vanished from the sky."
"Well then the Admiral said we were protected from anything from the outside." her father stated. "So even if it was a dragon it got destroyed crossing the beach."
"But that was not everything." she added. "Something or someone else fell as well." Her parents suddenly looked shocked as they looked at each other.
"Where show me!" her father yelled as he grabbed his gun. This frightened their daughter, but she bolt out the door with her father right behind her. They lived on the outskirts of Earthfield Town and not far from the forest. The girl lead her father through the woods quickly. Minutes later they stopped at the edge of a small cliff.
"Papa the beast came from that direction just a little bit south of the islands." she explained. "It was high up when I saw it first and as it got closer it got lower. I saw the thing drop in that direction." She pointed in the sky to show the path with her finger.
"You go home and tell the Beren's family I could use their help." her father ordered. "Penny, tell them to bring the tracker and they'll find me real quick." She ran off back into the woods. Pete that was her father's name started moving up and down looking for whatever fell to the ground. Her daughter had said that someone fell from the dragon if he could really believe that. Fifteen minutes later Brian showed up with Bo their hound.
"Pretty easy tracking Penny back to you." Brian stated. "Find what fell from the dragon?" He then chuckled.
"Well I found something." Pete replied. Brian looked and whistled.
"That is the strangest thing." Brian stated.
"What I find strange is all these broken branches, but that can't be what fell, can it?" Pete asked.
"Where ever it came from we better gather it up so the priests can purify it." Brian replied. The men nodded to each other and got busy picking up the skeleton.
Out of all the ways to die for the first time it had to be from falling. It also wasn't a good fall as I hit a few trees on the way in. I think that is what really made me lose most of my health before hitting the ground. I stood there as a ghost over my body for I don't know how long before remembering to release. On my way back from the cemetery I wondered how I felt so calm with the way I had died then I figured it had to do with the fact that part of this was a game and the other part dealt with the fact that without a body how could I feel. I nearly revived on top of the man with the dog and instantly vanished. Which was a good thing as the dog looked in my direction. I watched as they picked up my bones and I wondered if they would disappear after a while or would they remain as long as they had them in their possession? Once they were gone I relaxed a bit and sat down to eat. I shook as I brought the food to my mouth and I felt so raw. I had talked to a few who had died in a raid, but they never said how it felt just about the high they got after being rezzed. I had to run back and maybe that was the difference? I heard another noise and I vanished quickly even though I could have just went into stealth.
I looked around and saw a group of kids searching the forest. Many of them had red hair and their speech was thick with an Irish accent. I giggled to myself a bit as I remembered that Graymane's people were the ones with english accents. Kul Tiras the greatest navel realm of Azeroth was a bunch of Irishmen. I thought that a bit strange since Jaina's last name was Proudmoore. Maybe this land was mixed? The children found where I had landed and not finding anything they got bored and went back home. I followed them back to their village. The sign was easily read, The Town of Earthfield. I saw NPC guards and I paused before getting near them as they were yellow instead of the green bar of friendly. The good thing was that they were not red barred. I couldn't think of a reason why they would be since I was part of the alliance, but since they had been separated from the alliance since the war with the scourge they could very well be hostile. My impression that they were Irish soon faded as I heard English, Italian and Spanish accents as well. As I moved silently from house to house I got the over all impression of sea going folk.
After a few hours of observing I noticed that it maybe difficult to come out of stealth. I didn't see a single gnome, dwarf or night elf. Instant mistrust would be one problem, which could turn into a bad situation. I headed south to the fortifications there and saw ships coming and going nothing very large even with a few ocean going ships in the docks. I headed back after a few hours with a direction to take. To the north was Boralus the capital and also along the way the Proudmoore Manor. With night approaching it would be better to head out in the morning, but I was unsure of where I could be safe for the night. I finally settled on a barn that as far as I could tell didn't have any animals in it. I was right and the hay loft was dry and not too bad.
