A day or two ago Wicked was in Stormwind visiting the bank when she heard a down-on-their-luck (or slightly deranged) mage offering portals to
Dalaran for 5 gold. Why not? She'd heard that there were portals there to all the other places she might want or need to go, so it would be an ideal spot from which to
SLAUGHTER THE LIVING relax in.
First, she successfully set her hearthstone there. They look at her a little funny when she shows up and a zombie crawls out of their floor but hey what are you gonna do?
Next she went in search of the portals. Sure enough, all the alliance hubs and even one back to Shattrath - perfect! She noticed that there were some Battleground Portals, including one called Lake Wintergrasp. She took that one thinking it would either put her in the Battleground or simply refuse because she was only level 65. Not so much. What it
did do was send her through a one-way teleporter to a place with a flight path (got that at least) that she has no connections to. She was surrounded by level 73 elementals so she wisely decided not to go exploring.
This could have been a problem - her hearth was down, but was she stuck? No! One
Deathgate later and she was flying from
Acherus to Ironforge where she participated in her first ever Alterac Valley battle. She lost, but not without having a
blast terrorizing all the Drek'Thar defenders by
Death Gripping them to the attackers. And Death & Decay. Lots of that.
Eventually her hearthstone recharged and she used it to reach Dalaran. The bartender looks really discomfited, but then that seems to be most people's reaction upon seeing her.
She explored the area under the city proper, and picked up a
ghostly skull which she named
Bob because honestly that's the only thing a Skull can be named.
While shopping for Bob she encountered a level 73 named shark in the shopping area.
It bit her so she levelled up her 2h axe on it, eventually killing it. (A bemused Tauren helped finish it off.)
Went to a fancy restaurant (another portal you go in) and found out that yes, you
can jump off. Cratered*. Eventually found corpse.
Next, she found the exit gem thingy that teleports you to the ground. Ran around a little and tried to talk to a yellow (level > me) ghost. Not so much - wound up with this level 75 thing attacking her. Ran back to the crystal and tried to click it. Can't while in combat. Eventually wound up getting some poor
level 80 Tauren warrior killed. (Not that he'll ever read this, but if he does, sorry!)
Got the main flight path, which does NOT connect directly to lake
Wintergrasp.
About this time Wicked started to yawn, so she went to sleep.
*Cratered: In old school FPS (Quake) parlance, to die from falling too far.
