There hasn’t been much to do lately, as far as running off on adventures and quests and such, so I’ve been exploring my world a little bit more. The Alterac Mountains, for example, just north of the Hillsbrad Foothills, are gorgeous and completely covered in snow. Ogres and yetis live up there, for the most part, although I did come across a large crater surrounded by purple runes–almost like the runes used to summon demons. A flickering purple dome extends over and around the crater, along with a ‘guard’ of Dalaran mages and their minions. It’s quite pretty though. I also ran across a small village, a collection of houses really, of humans. They attacked me on sight, the bastards. Don’t they know that the sin’dorei are just trying to make a life for themselves on this world? Honestly, these people just can’t be polite enough to ask questions!
My explorations took me to Dustwallow Marsh as well. Kind of unpleasant, really. There are giant alligators roaming the swamp, waiting for anyone, anything to come close enough, and then they lunge at you. Again, not a pleasant place. I managed to run to a Horde town, and took a wyvern flight back to Orgrimmar. There wasn’t much in the marsh, to tell the truth.
Finally, today, I managed to find someone willing to create a portal to Shattrath, a city filled with portals, for me for 4 gold pieces. The city is populated by the Draenei, a Satyr-like race that don’t really like us Blood Elves too much. But apparently the whole city is off-limits for fights of any sort. I passed a Night Elf, our dark-skinned cousins aligned with the Alliance, and a gnome too. There’re a lot of humans in the lower parts of the city, refugees from some sort of catastrophe. When asked, the guards told me I was in the Outlands, where we and the Draenei came from. It’s a dangerous place, so I figure I’ll just stay in the city and rest for a while before taking a portal to Orgrimmar or some other Horde city.
