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...looking for Valdrakken. On foot. I don't find it, but the scenery's gorgeous!

So many dragons. This short encounter was my first visit to the Eye of Eternity, and having discharged my errand, I guess... my last? No wait, Malygos drops a mount. Guess I'll be back, lol XD

While looking for the Icecrown Citadel raid I stumble onto the three dungeons lower down and decide to jog through them. To my delight, they tell a specific story about Jaina and the raid on the facility! So we talk our way through that, along with different ways of engaging with enormously complex canons with no clear entry points.

Where would you live if you lived in the world of Azeroth? I overfly the city of Stormwind and talk about how a magical society might handle waste, firefighting, and ghoul attacks! And pick out a location for my priest's apartment and her chapterhouse. Let me know in the comments where you would settle down if you lived on this terrifying, wartorn planet where literally no place appears to be safe for habitation!

Okay, and I also rescue the Shal'dorei by following the final steps of the Suramar questline into the Nighthold and watching Gul'dan die (again? How many times has this guy died already??). This was an epic questline, one of the most satisfying I've done in WoW! This is a long one, though, because in typical storygaming mom fashion, I tumbled into a raid and even though I was tired I was determined to get to the end to see What Happened Next...

Despite it (and my character) being around since Classic, I have never raised my reputation with the furbolg of Timbermaw Hold. I investigate the questline which... apparently doesn't have a satisfactory ending, while wondering about bear murder, my character's motivations in riding a nightmare, and how you pronounce dwarven names.

The Mount Hyjal raid is full of oddly unfinished looking nooks and crannies, so I wander through it and wonder at the rationale behind things that look like empty quest hubs. We also talk about whether the Tauren eat meat and why Jaina is taller than Thrall. Also: who is the postmaster? And why does he always pick up my trash?

Having never seen Naxx (neither when it was new in classic, nor when it returned in Wrath), I have decided to pay a visit to the floating ziggurat of doom... where I am forced to kill horses. *sob* At least I also got to kill undead! 💪

I jog through the ruins of the Black Temple while pondering what makes people decide demon-summoning is a good idea when it also summons holy priests to stop them.

I have to know what happens next with Thalyssra and the attack on Suramar... so I head off to meet Khadgar for the siege! As usual, things do not go as planned, but luckily they have me to protect them. If you like livestreams, I do these over at twitch at mcahogarth. Come say hi!

...and how the devs craftily made me care about the mana addicted elves of the region through clever game mechanics. Also, I see Dadgar, and help out Tyrande, who calls me a 'friendly face.' It's nice to be remembered!

...once I find it. Join me while I stroll through Classic WoW's second raid, stumble across a ton of whelps, and collect random bits of transmog gear while interacting with the bosses. Vael, noooooo. _sob_

...by myself, while Illidan takes potshots at Khadgar and Velen. Those guys let me do all the work! But at least I got to see the raid from beginning to end, and hear the story of What Happened when the Armies of Legionfall put Kil'jaeden down! I also did some sightseeing in the tomb, because you can only do that when there' no raid trying to get you to stop staring at statues and peeking into corners. Originally streamed live at Twitch!

...in this one, I do a quick job for the Kirin Tor in one of their magical prisons, and then I do a walkthrough of the character customization options for the new dracthyr race to explain why I haven't made one yet. (tldw: I keep messing with all the design options). I also point out an... issue... with my unicorn. But I still love him.

The last step of acquiring Lucid Nightmare, going into the forgotten crypt near Karazhan! I tell you all about the steps I saved you from watching, including the Endless Halls maze (complete with screenshot of maps), and then I stroll through Molten Core for rep, reminiscing about the old days when MC was new. Originally streamed live at: https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

...for mounts, of course! And then help out the Kirin Tor. I was going to go do the next step in the Lucid Nightmare puzzle quest, but WoW booted me off the server while I was traveling across the world... another time! -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

After a quit trip to a different timeline on Draenor, and a side trip helping the Vikings, I end up in the past in Ulduar where I drive a siege engine badly and one-shot a few bosses on the way to a puzzle I hope will net me a unicorn...! -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

While helping out the Armies of Legionfall and Marketing Elf from Azsuna, I talk about Blizzard's content management challenges and also, my alarm that Anduin has vanished and I apparently missed this during some expansion I haven't played yet....

A friend bought me the new expansion, so after checking in with the Wardens in Legion, I poked my head into it to see what it was about! -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

I intend to go to the Tomb of Sargeras and get distracted by the Emissary world event into helping the druids of Val'sharah battle the nightmare! A quick run through the dungeon in the zone, and then some various world quests before flying home through Azsuna. A digression also about what apartment my priest would live in while in Dalaran. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

In which my priest stumbles into a solo clear of the Emerald Nightmare, with a few missteps along the way.... -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

We resume helping people out in Legion! I test out a different mic. I think I like this one better. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/mcahogarth

About what "compassion" looks like to conservatives. These audio rambles are sponsored by the studiomcah community at locals.com. Transcripts and thoughtful discussion over there. Thanks, everyone! https://studiomcah.locals.com/

About Baen's Bar's cancellation, and how science fiction and fantasy readers/writers should feel about being friends with people who aren't like them. These audio rambles are sponsored by the studiomcah community at locals.com. Transcripts and thoughtful discussion over there. Thanks, everyone! https://studiomcah.locals.com/

About the dangers of attempting to be completely apolitical as a writer in a time when one side is being canceled. I put 20 years into a career that is now endangered. Don't be me. -_-; These audio rambles are sponsored by the studiomcah community at locals.com. Transcripts and thoughtful discussion over there. Thanks, everyone! https://studiomcah.locals.com/