Bye, Cata.

September 24, 2012 Kelley Actual Content, Art, Deiter, Kirian, Raz gets his own tag, Screenshots, 2

 

I started playing WoW right before Wrath lauched, but I didn’t really get into the game until Cata launched.  I was so excited to play a Worgen (of the Worgen I’ve rolled, only my bank alt survives).  We went to the midnight launch, and I finally got to use my husband’s computer to play after he passed out after his race to sever first level 85 rogue.

 

Cata was a lot of firsts for me.  I started playing, thinking I was going to be casual and just a social raider, and at this moment, I’m accidentally a Dragonslayer.

 

 

I played my first tank, my first character to 85.  I played my first horde character to 85-  my first caster!  I played my first twink.  It was a big expansion for me.  I raided my first raid- and later, I led my first raid.

Deiter-

Deiter was my first character to 85.  I have trouble sticking with things, so hitting 85 was a big accomplishment for me.  She was the first character I ever tanked on, the first character I ever raided on.

 

Waypoint has been a great guild to me.  They took a completely green tank and let me really find my own.  That’s an entirely separate post, but I don’t think I’d still be playing now if not for my guild.  They’ve given me the opportunity to do so much.

 

I still remember stepping into Blackwing Descent for the first time.  I was so nervous!  I only knew how to properly use half of my buttons!  For the first few weeks, I would literally sit at my desk shaking for two hours because of barely-suppressed panic attacks.  Somewhere along the way, I gained confidence.

 

Kirian-

Anyone who follows me on Twitter knows how dear a character this cranky elf was to me.  I started him on a whim, and made a few new friends along the way to 85.

 

Somewhere between leveling my first mage, and writing a story for this cranky old elf, I found my art again.  In high school, you couldn’t pry a sketchbook out of my hands, and somewhere along the way I had lost that.  Things had happened- life had happened.  Kirian may be no more- he’s a lady goblin named Deezi now, but he turned out to be the muse I didn’t know I was looking for.  I’m thinking of going back to college now, and slowly pick away at art courses.

 

 

Special thanks to Miri and Snack for helping me write him.  I know he wasn’t always nice or cheerful, and I know I gave you some tags you probably didn’t know what to do with.

 

Dettah-

My locked level 70 rogue was a fun side project for me- more fun than I thought s/he would be.  She started off as Davranth, the blood elf.  Before WoW, I used to hate PvP.  I rolled a rogue a few times, but only one managed to stick.  It was fun!  I was taking down rogues in full heirlooms.  I was taking down rogues in full heirlooms played by people who had rogues at the endgame.

 

I never did manage to get my glaives, but maybe that will be something to look forward to in Mists.  My account has something near 25k honorable kills on it- far more than I ever thought I would have.  Not all of these come from Dettah- I now look forward to stepping into the Gulch as soon as I hit level 10 on a new character and ripping it up.

 

Still, there’s a special kind of joy in stunlocking someone or getting a shadowstepped ambush crit.

 

Deedle-

I saved this one for last, because she’s a proper way to close out this post.

 

 

Kirian was my first mage, and Deedle was the second mage I made when I realized how much I loved playing one.  I’d never played a caster before- I was more for hunters or healers, melee DPS, never a mage.

 

Well, the plan now is to take this little elf and make her into a Pandaren.  Deiter was my main through Catacylsm, and I plan to make Deedle my main for Mists.  I promise I know how to play her, Waypoint!

 

 

With the shift from Blood Death Knight to Arcane Mage, I decided it was time for a blog rename.  Welcome to Arcane Runes.  I promise I will update about as frequently as I used to (once a year or so).

 

Less than 12 hours to go!  See you in Mists!

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