Wrath of the Lich King: A Beta Journal

[Lord Setheris]

UPDATE!
Head over to page 3. I've become a play by play and pic-infested overview of the deathknight's starting area and their quest chain.


Throm-kah warrior! Allow me to introduce myself.
I am called Mulgrim, noble hunter from the lands of Durotar. The gods have granted me a great oppurtunity to find my way to the chilling lands of Northrend, and I explore them with great interest.

I quickly realized that I had forgotten all my special talents and powers. Luckily, I was somehow able to remember them again in about one minute. I might not have remembered them exactly how they were before, but I think I was close enough.

I am a master of traps and ranged combat, my noble bow and fierce battle pig, Hogger, have led me over the broken bodies of my fallen foes, and now here I stood, my greatest challenge yet... waiting for the damn zepplin.

Apparently the peons have become less lazy. They hastily constructed a zepplin tower east of the gates of Orgrimmar, and I scaled it eagerly, and waited next to an elf in unfamiliar armor.

She had a stench of death around her, and her blade had a foul glow. Perhaps this was one of the rumored death knights? With an evil grin she demonstrated her powers. The corruption found at the very core of her soul was channeled through her glowing blade and delivered in deadly strikes. Drenched in their own blood, her foes fell before her. The poor domesticated pigs of the farm never stood a chance.

The zepplin soon arrived, its floodlights nearly blinding my eyes as it turned around and faced up. Needless to say, I fell off the tower in my dazed state. Thank god for parachute cloaks.

With the speed of a cheetah I rushed back up the tower and jumped onto the zepplin just as it flew off. I was on my way. The journey will be long and dangerous, but somehow, someday, I will reach the frozen wastes far in the north.

Huh. Well, I can't quite remember what I've been doing for last few seconds, but apparently I've arrived in Northrend. I seem to remember that ships from Lordaeron took 3 months to reach these shores, so I can only assume this zepplin is using some of the obscure secret goblin technology I saw tested, and exploded, back at Area 52. As we flew into a canyon a great horde settlement laid before me, and my eyes beheld a horrid sight: in the areas behind the great walls of the fortress, disgusting insect-like creatures stirred among their webs and eggs, assaulting the defenders of the horde! Though they look like the silithid I fought so long ago, I sense in them a tenacity and evil far surpassing even that of the foul Qiraj armies.

Let us pray that I am wrong.

((Translation: Dude. I got into beta and flew to northrend. More to come.))

[Fifthfiend]

This looks a lot like a Let's Play.

A Let's Play without pictures, making it even worse than a standard Let's Play.

[Mirai Gen]

I think he's trying to give us the 'inside scoop' but was attempting to make it more interesting to read.

Still, yeah, pictures and real info would help.

[POS Industries]

Yeah, they're handing out Beta keys like crazy right now. A friend of mine got one yesterday. I could have very likely had one sent already but the email address on my account kinda no longer exists and you can't change it without having the old address active so you can get a confirmation link sent to it.

Suuuuuuuucks.

[Lord Setheris]

This was just meant to be an introduction and to see if people wanted specific data on the beta I could answer questions. However, since fifthfiend seems to consider this a waste of time apparently, maybe I'll just spend my time doing something more productive, like writing anakin/palpatine star wars fan fiction.

Since nobody seems to enjoy the narrative I'll just go normal.

Deathknights at level 55 start in a giant fortress east of eastern plaguelands. You get quests from the lich king. You get a rune blade, you commit acts of terrorism against the scarlets and the argent dawn. You are betrayed, argent dawn lets you join the horde/alliance.

Corpse Explosion kicks ASS.

You get to massacre innocents, disguise yourself as a mining cart, steal tiny baby horses (which look awesome when a tauren is riding them), get talent points as quest rewards, ride skeletal gryphons, use the cannons of a ship to destroy hundreds of scarlet soldiers, and do a quest that forces you to win duels, or, for the pussies, defeat npc death knight initiates in "duels" All this occurs within 1 hour of playing your deathknight.

Horde get a cliff city filled with silithid-model nerubian spiders. Alliance get a beautiful harbor, a hilarious jump that most people can't seem to get right, and a beautiful city.

[Rokrin]

I enjoyed the narrative.

:shifty:

This'll do though I guess. :p

[Lord Setheris]

Originally Posted by Rokrin

I enjoyed the narrative.

:shifty:

This'll do though I guess. :p

I walked slowly into the center of the hold. The banner of the warsong clan flowed magnificently about the primitive dwelling. The soldiers stood at attention, guarding their posts with honor and dignity.

As I neared the lower level, I recognized the voice of Garrosh. The son of Grom Hellscream himself stood there, arguing with High Overlord Saurfang about the hold. Garrosh nodded knowingly at me, recognzing me from our time back on Draenor. It had been I who had brought him news of the heroism of his father, and convinced Thrall to visist the home of his distant cousins, the Mag'har. Saurfang frowned at the gentleness in Garrosh's face.

Garrosh called me over and told me the situation. The quary where the hold sat was infested by nerubian spawn, trapping and killing our people indiscriminantly. I lept into battle, Hogger at my side.

Hogger rushed quickly into battle, knocking aside a pathetic insect, making it stumble. My arrow rushed over Hogger's head, embedding deep into the creatures skull. Still it writhed, charging me, and I readied I axe. A quick and precise blow crippled the creature's legs, and I quickly rushed back and fired off another 2 shots to finish off the beast. Hogger sniffed hungrily at the dead creature and poked it with his snout before walking back to my side.

I spotted another creature, this one gliding on leathery wings. I took careful aim with my bow. Closer... closer... and then I fired. Even before the first shot hit I had fired another, and that was all it took. Both shots landed squarely in the bat-like insectoid's neck and it fell to the ground, dead, blood pouring from the gaping wounds I had left. My companion looked up at me and snorted. I knew he was ready for battle. In the distance I could see dozens of the disgusting creatures ambling about, their victims trapped in sticky webs, the winged ones gliding overhead, screeching loudly.

I smiled to myself. This was going to be fun.

[Kerensky287]

Wait, so if you make a Death Knight you START at level 55? Or is that just in the Beta?

Also, I like it either way - narrative or informative. Preferably both, in my opinion. Like, describe new stuff, but in narrative manner!

[Loyal]

Death Knights start at lv 55, with some pretty hawt gear.

[POS Industries]

Originally Posted by Kerensky287

Wait, so if you make a Death Knight you START at level 55?

Yep. It's a hero class. You have to get a character on your account to level 55, which unlocks the ability to have one DK per server.