Day 220
Ahn'Qiraj the biggest event ever in the World of Warcraft. Now I was going to be the key to further the unlocking of time in this world. Nearly every guild was present for this event and Alliance and Horde armies under the banner of the Cenarion Circle waited with anticipation. The one thing that felt off was the lack of horde players. True it had made things easier, but the competition of another faction could have prevented the fall into timelessness. That was my thoughts as I landed in front of the gong. The armies quieted until the merest whisper could have been heard. The very air felt hollow in the desert heat. I raise the scepter and with one swing it rang out so loudly that I wondered if the Lich King stirred in his sleep from the sound. Then as the dragons of the Bronze Dragonflight took to the air, a great buzzing rose up as well. There was no five day pause before the war began. The gate fell and hundreds of Qiraji pored out, as winged version flew over the walls.
Every soldier stood next to a player whether horde or alliance it did not matter. We fought hard harder then we might in a real war, but this war was real enough for us. We got pushed back like the sand in front of a plow no matter how many we destroyed. The hives in the area launched their own attacks as the insects descended from the hive tops leaving them empty for the first time. This pushed us back to the very bones of Grakkarond. Ten raid groups peeled off to take the hives out of the fight. A move that Darius must have ordered. For this fight I was not a rogue, but a dragon, the only one of its kind. I knocked bugs out of the sky with my molten glass breathe or with a swipe of my claws or tail.
"We are dying out here and if they push us any farther back we will not be able to rezz at the Cenarion Hold grave yard." Bron stated. "We have to do something quick. Even the NPC armies are starting to thin."
"I know this as much as you do, but this was not how it was supposed to be." Fizzle replied as he blasted another bug with Arcane energy. "We need to find a weakness. Kit you started this, I pray you are thinking of a plan to end it." I felt Fizzle's anger in those words he wrote on guild chat. I had been fighting like all the other dragon's and I realized my mistake.
"Okay Closers concentrate our raids on the three Colossus's. Bron get our raid group heading for General Rajaxx. If we can get him to retire from the field I think we can push them back into the temple." I ordered. I flipped in the air killing the closest insect to me before flying behind and then over my raid party. I breathed burning sand in front of them to clear a path to the general.
"Captains, Lieutenants, continue the fight this one is mine!" General Rajaxx yelled as I landed on him. He stumbled backwards as I hit biting and clawing various parts of his body. His armored body was hard to damage and he used his claws to throw me off. I landed on my back as he thunder clapped knocking me further back. With all the buffs and being in dragon form I lost 20k health with that one attack. "Now you die, dragon. You are no Scarab Lord." I felt his attack land as his large claw came down to pin my body. His smaller claw came for my neck and I did my best to avoid the attack. It was futile and the rest of the raid was too late to stop it. I died as he ripped my dragon head off and I felt something break as I rezzed at the graveyard. I soon found the cause as the Vial of the Sands I had owned was now broken. I don't remember much more of the fight other then killing bug after bug, but my attack on the general lead to my raid group forced him to flee the battle. Once his leadership was gone and the three colossus bosses were defeated the Qiraji retreated into the temple. Four thousand exhausted players collapsed in sleep on any available spot in Cenarion Hold. A mirror copy of all the dead bugs and Qiraji littering the desert sands of Silithus.
"What a mess." Bron stated. "You would think they would have faded by now. The very sand is covered in blood both red and yellow."
"It may take days for the soaked sand to absorb this many dead." Ginny replied as she hugged him closer. "Mobs are not disappearing as they used to Kit and us have started to affect this world more and more."
"What I wonder is if we are strong enough to face the Ahn'Qiraj in their own city?" Fizzle questioned.
"It will be a battle as all others. A raid to allow us to face Naxxramas." Elisa stated. "One that is quickly upon us."
"It is a raid like all the others no harder then BWL." Jake added. "Let us leave this discussion for another time. AQ20 and AQ40 will be tackled in the morning. Better to get some sleep."
"I worry about Kit. She has taken on so much upon her shoulders." Elvel worried. "She of all of us is dead to the world in exhaustion. I see not the quiet rogue that I first met so many months ago."
"She is stronger then you think, Elvel." Jake defended. "Her burden is ours as well. Are we the same people we were before she showed up?"
"No we are not, but we carry a lesser burden. Nefarian himself told us of her role." Darius stated. "A pawn of the Bronze Dragonflight. As a dragon herself."
"The vial broke when Rajaxx killed her." Jake reminded them all. "She is no longer able to turn into a dragon."
"That might be a blessing as no human can bear the power of a dragon without being changed." Ginny countered. "Maybe they will target another to be their pawn."
"No I doubt that. Once a dragonflight has you in their grasp you can not free yourself." Gram stated as he sat down. "I spent a decade trying to destroy that shield on Kul Tiras and she does it in less than a day. She took the key not really knowing that it was the only thing that would allow it. The end of this year is fast approaching and it will be a new year this time."
"I hope they are done with her. For all our sake." Darius stated. "For the light is weaker the longer we are timeless."
Their debate lasted another hour before exhaustion took each on in turn. Darius was the last to close his eyes. He prayed for a long time for victory of the battle in the morning.
