I only played for a little while tonight, but enough time to do Halls of Lightning (regular) and bang out a few dailies for Wyrmrest. I am now Revered with them, and the proud new owner of a Gavel of the Brewing Storm, Ancestral Sinew Wristguards, and an Arcanum of Blissful Mending. This puts me at 1400 spell power now, which I think is pretty decent for not having any enchants and being a relatively fresh level 80 druid 
Next up I’m going to go for Kirin Tor faction.
In another Warcraft related news, I just finished reading the War of the Ancients trilogy by Richard Knaak. While I do enjoy his writing and I love the setting, these stories left a little to be desired. I’m not normally too big on real battle-heavy fantasy books, I find that my mind starts wandering a bit. I did enjoy reading the full detailed story of the Sundering though, and I love the whole dynamics between Illidan and Malfurion. For anyone interested in picking up WoW lore, this is a decent place to start. Notable characters include many, like Rhonin, Krasus/Korialstrasz, Alexstrasza, Stormrage twins, Sargeras, Azshara.
The books basically cover:
- The entire War of the Ancients (which happened prior to the First War)
- Malfurion’s education from Cenarius, and how he learned the ways of the druid.
- The love triangle between Illidan, Malfurion, and Tyrande
- Neltharion/Deathwing’s corruption and the Demon Soul
- Illidan’s betrayal
- Azshara and the Highborne and how corrupt it all began
- The invasion of the Burning Legion, and the attempt to bring Sargeras into the world.
- Jarod Shadowsong’s ascent to leading the army
- The Great Sundering of Kalimdor that caused implosion of Zin’Azshari and the Moonwell
- The growth of Nordrassil (The World Tree) at Hyjal
- Imprisonment of Illidan
Basically, it’s a great book to give you lots of details you always wanted to know about your favorite Warcraft characters.
Tami Baribeau is the Associate Producer for Metaplace, Inc, currently working on Island Life. She is also the Lead Editor of feminist gaming blog The Border House, and the National Facebook Games Examiner for Examiner.com. She can be reached on Twitter or by email.
