It’s a Monday, and somehow I’ve already been awake too long. Let’s dive right in to what’s running through my head and has been happening in-game, shall we?

• Leave it to Blizzard to invalidate anything I was writing about two posts ago. I don’t have to worry about pet control in a 51/0/20 Blood build because, well, it’s completely impossible. The permaghoul is now completely in the hands of heavy Unholy builds.
• I respecced my DK again (0/20/51), grabbed the best slow/fast weapon combo I could get with absolutely no effort, and went to Heroic HoL. I hadn’t had any practice whatsoever with this build, but I still took second place on overall DPS. I would’ve had higher, but the tank was having a lot of problems holding threat against the shadow priest and me. Reason: I don’t think I’d ever really given dual-wielding a fair shake, and so I figured, why the hell not? Not like I’ve got anything else going on these days.
• I really, really, really want to get into a Malygos raid one of these days. I don’t see it happening pre-3.1. /sad
• My baby druid is up to 22, having just finished up the last of the Tranquillien questlines, hitting Exalted with them, and wandered off to Undercity to hand over the good tidings of Dar’khan Drathir’s passing. In all his clothie gear, he’s the funniest-lookin’ moocow to ever moo. I also just remembered he needs to go train. Hopefully I remember to do that tonight.
• I keep looking at my shaman and wanting to level her, but at the same time… I wish it was an orc. And not a her. I dunno. 36 levels isn’t really that much to lose, especially when 20+ of them were RAF granted ‘bonus’ levels. But, I’ve been holding off on that because…
• Vandersloot and I are supposed to be starting new alts soon, possibly as soon as Friday. He wants to make a warlock, and do recruit-a-friend, so I volunteered to be on the ‘new’ account, and will probably be rolling a warrior. Busy, busy.

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Random thoughts

1. What is your name and where did it come from?
• Zulfon’s name is fairly adequately explained in this earlier post.
• Queklain’s name… well, there you go.
• I’m feeling generous, so here’s some more alt names. Valmafra, my blood elf hunter, is from the same source material. She used to be called Eladhon, which was generated by the random name generator in WoW and had the unfortunate side effect of my guildmates referring to him as ‘Aladdin.’
• Xajek, my troll priest, is another random name. In this case the generator generated ‘Xaj’ and I added ‘ek’ pretty much by tapping a random vowel and a random consonant.
• Galehorn and Whitebough, tauren shaman and tauren druid respectively, got their names by being modeled vaguely after existing tauren names.
2. How old are you and what is your birthday?
• Queklain: “Time is meaningless to the dead. My birthday is every day, as far as I’m concerned, since I’m still alive. Undead. Whatever. Flee, mortal, you’re beginning to bother me…”
• Zulfon: “I was mebbe 20, 21 years old. Jus’ a few years as an adult. Now dat I’m like dis, though… I’m as ageless as he is.” She jerks a thumb to indicate Queklain, who is nodding off in a chair. “Birthday, though, is August sevent’. And don’ you forget!” She grins a little bit, exposing her small tusks.
3. Are you in love and with whom?
• Queklain and Zulfon (in unison): “Hah!”
4. What is your favorite mount and why?
• Queklain: “My Frostwolf Howler. It was truly an honor,” he says, his voice dry, “to help our Horde brethren in Alterac Valley, for which they bestowed upon me this wolf.” Under his breath, he mutters, “They sure as hell wouldn’t have made it on their own.”
• Zulfon: “Malfas, mah purple nethawing drake. ‘S a sign of my pact with de Nether Flight, and mah work underminin’ Illidan. And a far deal comfier than dem bony birds mah brethren ride.”
5. Do you prefer a certain type of Azerothian meal and where do you get it from?
• Queklain: “Gnome.”
• Zulfon: “Dat’s disgustin’.”
• Queklain: “Don’t knock it till you’ve feasted upon its freshly-slain corpse.”
• Zulfon gags a little. “Food don’ quite taste like it used ta, so I go for de more exotic flavahs. Spiced wyrm burgers, that kin’ of ting.”
• Queklain: “Gnome’s kind of exotic.”
6. You know those giant mushrooms in Zangarmarsh? What is your theory on how they came to be and why are they so huge?
• Queklain: “You know how mushrooms grow on dead things, right? Well, look at Draenor. I rest my case.”
• Zulfon: “Ain’t nothin’ right about Outland. I worry less ‘bout de giant mushrooms and more ‘bout de ones walkin’ about.”
7. If you saw the Lich King walking towards you, what would you do?
• Queklain: “Oh, doubtlessly flee in abject terror. I’m surely no match for a man who – oh, wait, who can be wounded by a single apothecary with a batch of blight. Bah.” Queklain waves his hand dismissively. “Lich King, Bitch King.”
• Zulfon: “Well, it’s not like it’d be de first time, now is it?” She grins again, this one a bit more predatory. “Dere’s always a price to pay for betrayal, and we bot’ done betrayed each otha, so dere’d be hell to pay all around.”

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Fine, fine, since you asked

I saw a thread over on my realm forum which I really enjoyed, thought I’d mention the same over here.

High level fishermen (or fisherorcs, fisherbulls, etc) can fish in the Dalaran Eventide fountain and catch, occasionally, coins that figures from WoW history have thrown in, complete with the wish they made when they did so etched on the coin. My favorite is Landro Longshot, who wished "I wish i still had that coin." Amusing from the purveyor of TCG loot items.

With that in mind, if someone caught your coin from the fountain in Dalaran, what would it say on it? I’ll start.

Palehoof Geargrinder’s Shiny Silver Coin:

"I wish I knew how to make a Mechanostrider!"

http://usera.imagecave.com/Palehoof/Portraits/Pinktoque%20Palehoof.jpg

Bornakk later chimes in:

Bornakk’s copper coin: There are so many cool coins and you got mine, poor you!

As for me… hmmmm. We could go serious:

Zulfon’s Gold Coin: I wish to hear the spirits again… and for them to hear me too.

Or silly:

Queklain’s Shiny Copper Coin: They keep telling me not to stand in stuff. I wish the ground wasn’t so dangerous.

Or both:

Whitebough’s Silver Coin: I wish I could muster up the energy to wander out of town!

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What would your fountain coin say?