Highway 62

Truth to tell, I didn’t play in the alpha as much as a lot of other people did. Once I got out of the starting areas, I had a much tougher time of doing quests and the like, which was how you advanced your character. I’d get through the content and not be at quite [...]

Hey, this might interest you, since you perked right up at the latest WoW cinematic. The ghostly king speaking to Arthas (aka the Lich King) is his father. Here’s the video from the game Warcraft 3 that sorta sets the stage for it.

Since this is fantasy, context and history is everything, right?

So we’ve crossed the hostile (and daunting) territory of the Arathi Highlands, home to level 35 raptors and spiders and vultures that are all too happy to hasten their prey’s transformation into dead meat. Why are we doing this? Because Shadowfang Keep lies on the other side (well, through Hillsbrad and Silverpine Forest, too – [...]

Exploring the WoW alpha, continued.

Being a travelogue from Azeroth in many parts.