Comments | katiescarlet: Doting daddy dragons and fire festival fun

katiescarlet

Doting daddy dragons and fire festival fun

Jun 30, 2008 13:58

I finished reading the newest Warcraft novel last night: Beyond the Dark Portal by Aaron Rosenberg and Christie Golden. It was really good, and since I've never had the opportunity to play Warcraft II or its expansion, it was a great way to flesh out my knowledge of that time period.

( Spoilers behind the cut )

warcraft - general, warcraft - horde alts, warcraft - lore, warcraft - dragons, redwall

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auryanne July 1 2008, 08:30:27 UTC

What's that one about? I want to try reading one of hers, since I hear they are better than Knaak's, but I'm very bleh about Horde stuff :P

I've been doing the flames periodically, mostly for the XP although my druid and his rogue lady-friend went last night and got the city flames.

It's funny that both the times I've been attacked while flagged (with the undead warlock and just now with the blood elf priest), I've killed my would-be gankers XD

katiescarlet July 1 2008, 18:00:42 UTC

"Tides of Darkness" covers the events of Warcraft II, and "Beyond the Dark Portal" covers Warcraft II's expansion pack of the same name. Both are quite evenly distributed between Horde and Alliance POVs. Also, you would LOVE "Rise of the Horde" because although half of it is orc stuff, the other half is chock full of Draenei lore.

"Lord of the Clans" is Thrall's backstory from an orphaned baby through his gladiator days, until he become Warchief. That one's pretty much all orcs.

"The Last Guardian" is a must-read if you've been in Karazhan. It's Medivh and Khadgar's story, very little Horde.

None of those are by Knaak. I have a sort of love/hate relationship with his work. I love the dragon stuff, but I hate Rhonin and Anveena. ;)

auryanne July 1 2008, 20:36:00 UTC

Oh cool, I love Karazhan and Medivh is neat.

And yeah, I am the same way... I absolutely -adore- the night elf story but the book itself is kind of ... well.

katiescarlet July 1 2008, 18:01:31 UTC

It's funny that both the times I've been attacked while flagged (with the undead warlock and just now with the blood elf priest), I've killed my would-be gankers XD

Oh, and good for you! About all I can do is NOT fight back to hopefully take the fun out of it for them. ;)

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willjones July 3 2008, 06:51:32 UTC

I can't read too much of your info on Beyond the Dark Portal to avoid many spoilers, but from what I did read...well you got me interested. You had me at Grull vs. Deathwing ;D Originally I was reluctant to get these books, "Tides of Darkness", etc. becuase I've played the games and understand the story. Silly me, I should have realized that some new lore would be introduced! ;)

And your experiences with Eitak and Skarlette getting those opposing city flames was interesting. Good job on the only one death with Eitak. No small feet ;) Your comment about choosing not to go through the front of Orgrimmar (I applaud that decision btw ;) ) reminds me of a new Saurfang joke I saw.

"If you somehow managed to polymorph High Overlord Saurfang, you would be the first person in WoW to be killed by a sheep."

katiescarlet July 3 2008, 07:41:03 UTC

Good job on the only one death with Eitak. No small feet ;)

Well, true, Eitak's feet are very large and blue, but that's not the point...oh, wait, you meant "feat." Gotcha. ;D

"If you somehow managed to polymorph High Overlord Saurfang, you would be the first person in WoW to be killed by a sheep."

ROFL!!! Love it!

willjones July 3 2008, 12:44:59 UTC

Doh! *Facepalm*

Is it a great feat of strength or great strength of feet?

Quote of the passage I discussed above, from pg 121-122 of "Beyond the Dark Portal" katiescarlet October 16 2010, 04:59:30 UTC

[Deathwing] stroked his daughter's cheek and she leaned her face into his hand, smiling up at him. "Soon we shall have two worlds at our disposal instead of one." He kissed her pale brow, then turned to her brother. "But I have another task for you while I am gone."

"Name it, Father," the man [Nefarian] replied, "and it shall be done."

Deathwing smiled. "There are still orcs within Blackrock Spire. They have severed ties with their kin, and refuse to rejoin the Horde. That leaves them ripe for the plucking." His smile widened as he reached out to clasp his son by the shoulder. "When I return, Nefarian, I want this Rend Blackhand. You two will take control of the mountain and the orcs living in it. They will become our servants."

Nefarian grinned, his expression a mirror of his father's. "Little could be easier. We'll have the orcs and their mountain fortress waiting for you," he promised.

"Excellent." Deathwing regarded his children for a moment, then nodded.