December Magic (26 Dec) - The Ascendance of Plumrosefist

December Magic (26 Dec) - The Ascendance of Plumrosefist

This is a capsule biography of Plumrosefist in words and pictures.

Plumrosefist, aka "Fist," was born in Eversong Woods, the starting zone for blood elves on the Eastern Continents, on September 27th, 2012. Fist made an impressive first appearance, going from level 1 to level 20 in a single day. As the Wild Family historian, the ageless Rheebah tracked Fist's progression in comparison with the rest of the family tree.

In her Initiates Garb

Fist is both nervous and excited to start her journey.

Donning her Heirlooms

Jocy and Mew deliver the Family heirloom gear to protect her and help speed her progress.

Fist surpasses Alliance cousin Rakta (12) and troll entrepreneur Hapless (16), who are both still learning the Neutral Auction House trade in Stranglethorn Vale.

Showing off her "City" Clothes

 Fist shows off her "city" clothes at level 20 in Silvermoon City. Jocy helped show her around. Fist already seems to like the city life.

On 30 Sep, 2012, Fist took time off to travel from Silvermoon City to Orgrimmar for Brewfest. She was wide eyed and loving every minute of it! Fist also made it to level 23 just playing all the games offered by Brewfest.

Fist passed Alliance cousin Chaitee (21).

Drinking Age

Fist got caught in the above picture drinking beer at level 20. Beer drinking age is level 21 in these parts, friend Lao was quick to point out. Fist was certainly keeping interesting company, as well, looking at those hard cases standing around her.

Fist kept up her swift progress, and Rheebah next caught up on her whereabouts on 3 Oct, 2012. Fist had already swept through Tranquillen and was on her way to The Undercity when she paused for the pic below.

Raven Lord Morning

 Fist's raven lord mount provided the only color on a grey, misty morning. At level 27, Fist had only begun to think about a future further than the next dawn or the next battle.

Fist saluted the settled Happy at level 23 and acknowledged Bean's level 25 contribution to the family's pvp heritage. Happy gave up the glories of the battlefield for the glory of making gold a long time ago. Bean belonged to a great period of pvp success as part of a troupe of bow wielding hunters.

Over the period of 4-8 Sep, 2012, Fist was a whirling dervish tearing through Hillsbrad Foothills, Arathi Highlands, the Hinterlands, and Desolace. Fist's mentor, Jocy (level 27) smiled in pride as Fist eclipsed her. Fist also waved past Bean's partner Shevils (level 30).

Fist was now level 40, having gained 13 levels in five days.

Fist was told that Desolace was a dusty, dead place, but she found it invigorating. New green life had begun to spread across that land.

Desolace Greens

More Desolace Greenery

No Changes Here

By now, most in the Wild family thought Fist would start slowing down. Instead, she doubled down. Over the course of two intense days (9-10 Sep) in Feralas and Tanaris, Fist went from level 40 to level 50.

Oddly enough, there was only one Wild family member in that level group. Shaman EZ (level 47) took a surly bow and retreated back into her self-imposed exile.

Fist wanted to show off a new mount and returned to Orgrimmar for a short - very short - stay. Here she is on her wolf mount.

Fist's New Mount

 Fist went from level 50 to 55 killing dinosaurs in Ungoro Crater, and reached level 60 in Winterfell, just as Wild had achieved that same milestone at Winterfell so long ago.

Winterfell

On 15 Oct, 2012 Fist entered the Outlands and the zone of Hellfire Peninsula. She stretched level 60 to level 64, passing Java (61), Mery (62), and Babe (63). Fist was a young woman, now. She showed off a more sophisticated wardrobe at Garador in the Outlands.

An Elegant Look

With the bevy of level 60s behind her now, Fist had no rivals between her and level 85. Well, except one.

Fist took some time out to re-evaluate her combat skills, and used them with deadly effect on the special beasts of Ernest Hemingway's great safari. It proved anti-climactic, however, as the once elite beasts had been neutered to normal size and proved no challenge at all. Fist cleared another hurdle, though, reaching level 70 on 20 Oct, 2012.

JB then joined Fist for a series of dungeon runs that brought her to level 71. They had such a good time they forgot to take photos. JB did dig up one picture, below. I always thought that JB was short, but Fist is even shorter!

Fist and JB Together

On 22 Oct Fist achieved a milestone of singular importance, but passed by without fanfare of any kind. Not even a single photo.

Quoted from the entry of 22 Oct: "Along about midnight she (Fist) reached level 73. Naithipe made a point to congratulate her daughter Fist. Naithipe doesn't generally talk about her own status or proficiencies, but this was a special case. Fist has now passed her mother (level 72). There is no one left ahead of her other than Wild, JB, and Philly. "

It was certainly a major event for the Wild Family, despite the two of them downplaying it. So an effort was made to dig into the archives to find a photo of the two together. One was found that was taken in Thrallmar in the Outlands. It's a good shot, one that the family thinks Fist and Naithipe are secretly pleased to have. Naithipe even allowed a less formal shot in the second pose.

Mother and Daughter Formal

Mother and Daughter Playful

Fist did not do all this by herself. She got additional help along the way. Lao did some dungeon runs with Fist in the spider dungeons. Sin also helped out, doing some of the "Halls" dungeons in the wee hours of the morning. With their help, Fist reached level 78 on 26 Oct, a six day march from level 70 to 78. So intent was Fist on impressing Lao and Sin (and not screwing up - much) she failed to take any pictures again!

On 28 Oct Fist reached level 80: "It was a little serendipitous, then, that Fist found herself heading for the Nessingway Base Camp in Sholozar Basin for her next stop. The Nessingway Camp is where Wild made it to level 80. Along about midnight on Sunday, Fist also made level 80."

Fist at Level 80

Fist left Northrend behind her and started her march through Mount Hyjal in the Cataclysm. She pounded through Mount Hyjal and then went directly to the higher level Twilight Highlands. It took Fist a week to reach level 85, on 4 Nov. I have a feeling it took Wild, JB, and Philly a whole lot longer than that to reach that point in their lives.

Fist could have taken a break at that point. She certainly deserved it. However, at 11pm on the night she reached level 85, she was headed for Pandaria.

Flight Path Pandaria Style

Pandaria was a whole 'nother level of challenge for Fist. She got some help from Happy to get her gear upgraded, now that she was level 85 and had to give up her heirloom gear. She finally reached level 86 on 11 Nov, a journey of seven days to gain a single level.

A Lovely Land

It was a bit scary that Fist was now the highest ranking member of the Wild Family. Wild took that in stride, though. It was time to pass the baton on to a younger generation.

The road to level 90 took a few days longer. In fact, it took 26 days until Fist finally reached the new maximum level of 90, on 7 December, 2012. That averages out to almost a week per level, which, all things considered, was not bad at all. Her entire journey from level 1 to level 90 took 71 days. Another way to look at it is that each level took an average of 19 hours to complete.

These days Fist mostly spends her time farming her pretty little plot of land in Halfhill. And fishing. She's happy, and as yet has not been bitten by the raiding bug. She gets regular encouragement from Wild's raiding guild, but so far has graciously declined their invitations. She is always and remains Naithipe's daughter, though. The ambition may be slumbering in a very deep pool, but it's there. One day it may waken.

A Farmer's Life

Deep Pools