Tuesday (1 Jan, 2013) - Yes Fist, There is a Sunwell

Tuesday (1 Jan, 2013) - Yes Fist, There is a Sunwell

Fist has been dealing with a lot of distractions lately on the RL side of things - there was the holidays, of course, but also work on the RV, new stickers for both cars and the RV, installing a home security system (in order to find out which of our cats has decided that litter boxes just don’t work for him or her), packing up the Christmas decorations, building a cat proof (HAH!) gate so the more adventurous will stay in the yard, and the list is still growing faster than I get to them.

So imagine Fist’s joy when Sunhands caught her in game trying to decide which packet of seeds to buy this time around - she’s been rather partial to squash, lately - and asked her if she would like to have some fun with Lao in Sunwell. That was a YES.

Sunwell Plateau is a level 70 raid dungeon that has some Bosses with unique abilities, which make things a little more interesting than a straight “just kill everything in sight” approach. With two level 90s and Sun at level 70, we didn’t think there would be any problems. 

I suppose that Fist was technically the tank, but Fist was so scatter-brained even the “let’s just kill things and sort it out later” JB had to wince. After the third of fourth time Sun had to yell out “Kill the slayers first! The SLAYERS!” Fist started to get the message. Marking targets worked better, when Sun remembered to mark them and Fist remembered to look for them. Lao decided she would lead, most likely because it was safer to be far away from Sun and Fist.

We sort of got the hang of it after awhile. We killed the first boss, Kalecgos, but he refused to stay dead. The battle bugged on us. We managed to get past him later just by out running the poor, winded dragon. We also wiped once on the second boss, Brutallus, when Fist got hit with Burn. If there was a way to remove it, Fist couldn’t figure out how, and combined with additional fire damage from Meteor Slash ... well, Fist lasted quite awhile, and Lao even longer, but we eventually wiped. On the second round Brutallus died.

Sun picked up a pair of pants he really wanted. Fist tried to steal them (you know all about the clothes horse Fist), but she eventually gave them up so that Sun could look impressive in the pvp battlegrounds.

When we had that wipe of Brutallus, it was suggested that Fist switch to healing, but Fist had forgotten to bring along her healing gear, having set it aside to carry all of those seed packets and bags of vegetables and fish she always has. Fist had to admit that lugging around seeds, veggies, and fish was even worse than having four sets of clothes. She managed to find room in her bags for her healing set and will be ready should she get another chance.

Lao also had a new installment on the Dominion Offensive:

Lao did not see this coming, but at the same time she is not too surprised. To catch all parties up: as Lao thought, there was an invasion of Darnassus but just a solo one. The Sunrevers, a neutral faction that co-existed with the Silver Covenant in Daralan, broke their neutrality and helped the Horde retrieve the Bell. They set up a camp right outside the gates of Darnassus and cloaked Lao so she could go in and retrieve the Bell.

Jaina, a top Alliance officer and mage, found out about this somehow and convinced the Silver Covenant to arrest all the Sunrevers. Lao set out for Daralan at once. Lao was in it for the long haul. She had to tell any still loose Sunrevers to make a run for it, without drawing the attention of the Covenant. Once this was done she had to give them a mode of escape by loosing the captured flying mounts. At this point there was no hiding her presence. She was to clear paths and kill any hindrances.

Grand Magister Rammath was leading the escape plans and routes. He had Lao go in and teleport all the VIPs out of the city and then it was saving Archmage Aethas Sunrever.  Rammath, Aethas and Lao made a run for it. Jumping out of a tunnel leaving Daralan and arriving at Silvermoon to a bewildered Theron. Once the situation was explained Theron was enraged at the loss of life of his people in Hellscream’s quest for the Bell and also the Alliance’s actions.

"When will they ever see that the HORDE exists BECAUSE of the Alliance? Because of their prejudice and their bigotry!?" Theron fumed.

One of his commanders commented that they thought Theron would make a great warchief. To which Theron responded that it may come to that.

"Bring me my blades. The next move is mine." Theron said as he walked off.

Lao was at a loss, not knowing what would happen now, but in hopes that Vol'jin would write. He must have heard by now, so Lao rushed off to the closest mail box. She sighed in relief when she saw that there indeed was a letter, but it provided little guidance. Vol'jin was just as baffled. The Jaina he knew was a level headed thinker, not a person who desired the Bell as much as Hellscream. He was still to weak to travel but his desire for action was apparent.

Lao is leery of what is to come. Factions are falling apart, and others are becoming more angry and volatile. Some big changes are on the horizon and likely some large battles.