Armed to the gills with heirloom armor, Fist got off to a quick start with her training. Her weaponry included the newest and baddest staff designed with monks in mind called Burnished Warden Staff which just tore through anything and everything like the target was limp noodles.
Monks are pure, in your face melee fighters. Fist first learned a simple Jab, which more or less meant pounding heads with her staff. More importantly, though, is that jabs generate "Chi" (the equivalent of energy in a druid). More fun was her second combat skill, Tiger Palm, a very cool looking maneuver that does damage and reduces armor effectiveness through Tiger Power. Completing a threesome attack is the impressive Blackout Kick. The kick is fun to watch and can be used in two different ways. Kicking from behind, Fist does extra damage. Kicking from the front does normal damage and also heals. Those three combat skills took Fist all the way through Sunstrider Isle and Eversong Woods.
Naithipe had already commissioned sets of crafted gear for Fist as she continued to grow and learn. The additional gear helped as Fist outpaced the questing and found herself taking on more and more difficult quests well above her level. Fist swept into the town of Tranquillen in the Ghostlands, one of best questing areas in all of Azeroth for a young adventurer. Fist took full advantage of that, traversing the terrain with usually a dozen or more quests in her sights.
Fist felt invincible, but did get a sudden jolt of reality when she carelessly tackled the abomination Luzran as he patrolled the Scar in the Ghostlands. Luzran was not only six levels higher than Fist (which she figured would make it a fair fight), but he was also Fist's first encounter with an elite. It did not go well. Fist took it well, though, chalking it up to experience, and continued her rampage, letting Luzran live - for awhile, anyway.
Fist grew tired of having to run everywhere, even though she did have a blast using Roll to provide short bursts of tumbling speed. She became obsessed with reaching level 20 in order to be able to mount up - and very late Thursday night she made it there.
Fist never got to the flight trainer, however. At level 20 she received a "Zen Pilgrimage" and was summoned to the Peak of Serenity for additional training as a monk. Fist had had a long evening, and decided to get a good night's sleep before taking on this special training, located on the Kun-Lai Summit in Pandaria.
Mother Mew continues to keep tabs on Fist, and spoke with Grand Master Hight, the head panda trainer at the Peak of Serenity. Fist would get no special treatment - if anything she will be tested harder than any other. Fist is proving to be a quirky girl. Her combat gear is well cared for and improved on at every opportunity. Away from danger, however, Fist fancies green and brown, carries a pair of showy one-handers, and refuses to wear shoes. Not only does she still get stares for being a monk who's not a panda, she now gets strange looks for her bare feet. Mother Mew thinks Naithipe would approve.
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| Fist at Level 20 |
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