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No, Gav, that is not your dad. For one, your dad was probably a pally, too, and pallys can’t use staves. For another thing, he’s freaking HUGE. He probably just drank a Winterfall Firewater, but still. Lastly, he’s a prominent member of the Kiron-tor, and you’re not. He’d still beat you like he was your dad if you keep staring at him, though. Go ahead, try it. Just make sure you know where the nearest graveyard is first.

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Here we see Gav soaring out of the Dalaran Sewers Tunnel. I had never used it prior to this, so this was a first. Of course, I’m not sure about the sanitation of such a tunnel, nor the sanity of those who would use it as an exit route.

Sights Seen is where you can share your best/most interesting screencaps. Please don’t submit screenshots with the UI, or pictures that have beeen doctored. If you’d like to send something to Alazar’s Sights Seen, send it to me HERE.

Welcome to episode two of Path of the Paladin. Today we start in Dalaran.

• 1:38 – It seems that my server is up a little early (relative to the announced maintenance schedule), so I’m diving in. I’m playing Eddie Izzard’s Dress to Kill vid on my MP4 player as background noise. It’s funny as hell, and provides me with something to listen to while I ride aimlessly to my goals.
• 1:40 – I know how thrilling it is listening to me do my profession dailies, but I’m going to check them anyway.
• 1:41 – Game freezing… maybe it’s not as ‘up’ as I thought.
• 1:42 – Ok, I’m going to log out and try this again. Please be patient.
• 1:45 – I’m logging back in now. This had to happen when I wanted to do a PotP entry, didn’t it?
• 1:46 – While we wait, I want to point out that I got the Filling up the Barn achievement last night. Only 25 more mounts to a drake. lol
• 1:48 – And we’re in again. Today’s fishing daily is The Ghostfish, and since I’m headed to Sholozar anyway, I’m taking it.
• 1:49 – Mustard Dogs! is the cooking daily, so that works as well. Taken.
• 1:50 – Dalaran’s an absolute hub of activity right after a server restart. I’m taking the flight path to Sholozar since I don’t want to have to go around Wintergrasp. This is something else patch 3.2 will fix.
• 1:54 – Touchdown at the River’s Heart. I’m going to fish up that ghostfish quick, so hang on.
• 1:55 – Who’s surprised that River’s Heart is swamped with people right now? Not me.
• 1:56 – I’ve spent – according to Fishing Buddy – over an hour and a half of game time, total, fishing here in River’s Heart. The only time I come here to fish is for this daily, so this says one thing to me: I’m a sucky fisherman.
• 2:00 – Still fishing. One of my guildies just said he got some sweet loot last night, including Edge of Oblivion and Sword of Justice.
• 2:01 – Finally! Got that stupid fish. He’s now et.
• 2:02 – Now to dig up stones for the Oracles. I’m almost revered! C’mon, Jaloot, we got work to do.
• 2:07 – Good boy, Jaloot. Now to turn this in and see if I need any more to hit revered.
• 2:08 – Yup… one more needed. I’m off to play music for dirt now. Why? Ask the Oracles. I just do what I’m paid to do. Yes, I am a mercenary.
• 2:14 – The dirt’s happy now (I guess), so I’m off to turn this quest in.
• 2:19 – En route, I stopped off to kill some rhinos for the Rhino Dogs I need to make, and in the process, looted a Cameo Ring and some Wolverine Armguards. Not bad.
• 2:22 – Gah! Making dirt happy isn’t enough, now I’ve got to go kill 50 Wolvar with crystals. This could take a while.
• 2:30 – Finally killed all 50 using the gem stones (actually, it was pretty cool), and I also got promoted in my guild. A good morning. On top of that, I’m now Revered with the Oracles. Time to buy that first egg.
• 2:32 – I got my egg, and now I’m hearthing back to Dalaran to cook my rhino dogs, find some wild mustard, and turn in the ghostfish quest.
• 2:37 – I just got booted from the server! I’m gonna log back in again.
• 2:39 – I’m in Dalaran (finally). Now to find that wild mustard.
• 2:43 – Mustard found, and Mustard Dog Basket complete. Time to turn in my two profession dailies.
• 2:45 – Bah humbug. Nothing good in my reward bags. Oh well, I guess that wraps up another less-then-thrilling Path of the Paladin.

EDITED ON 7/15/09 FOR TYPOS AND TO ADD THE LINKS

Doing Mustard Dogs this morning reminded my of the last time I did it, and a picture I forgot to post. Meet the Blood Paladin, so named as he is coated in the blood of his enemies. His mount is coated too, for whatever reason.

Ok, what happened was Mustard Dogs was the same day as Blood is Thicker, which involves coating one’s self in animal blood and diving into the sea to attract Bloodtooth Frenzies. I completed the fishing quest, and went further west in Borean Tundra to kill rhinos for the Rhino Dogs. Still being in Borean Tundra, I continued to get the coasted-in-blood debuff. And so this picture was born.

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Here is one of the Angry Jungle Gnomes who assaulted me once I drank the Stranglethorn Brew. It turns out I was lucky enough in my screencap frenzy to catch a good shot of one from the first time it happened, in Shadowmoon Valley.

What the hell is up with this? I’m of course going to go for Brew of the Month again this year, but I hope next time it doesn’t involve gnomes attacking me for no reason.

Alazar’s Sights Seen is where you can share your best/most interesting screencaps. Please don’t submit screenshots with the UI, or pictures that have beeen doctored. If you’d like to send something to Alazar’s Sights Seen, send it to me HERE.

Today features my first ever live Path of the Paladin post. In this, I will be giving a live diary of what Gav is up to at the time. It’s not likely to be exciting, but it may be interesting. Here we go!

• 1:21 – Loading up! Gav was last logged in in Shadowmoon Valley, so that’s where we’ll pick up
• 1:22 – Oh, I have mail! I wonder what it is?
• 1:23 – Blah, it’s just a host of failed auctions. Oh wait, my Brew of the Month! Yes! “Stranglethorn Brew,” eh? Let’s quaff it and see what happens.
• 1:24 – WTF?! I just got accosted by Angry Jungle Gnomes! Ok, I’m gonna have to do that again and get pics next time for you guys to see. That was effed up.
• 1:26 – I just learned the Turbo Charged Flying Machine schematic, so I can make that. I can’t fly it, mind you, but I can make it. *grumble*
• 1:27 – Well, it’s not too exciting here in Shadowmoon Valley, so I’m hearthing back to Dalaran.
• 1:29 – That’s right! I had some stuff I wanted to buy in Wintergrasp, so I’m going there to try and buy them.
• 1:31 – I just bought an Inscription of Triumph and Titan Forged Rune of Determination. Much better. I also got an invite to the WG dungeon, but I turned that down.
• 1:33 – Ah, crap. I forgot to do yesterday’s cooking daily, so I can’t do today’s because I still have Infused Mushroom Meatloaf sitting in my quest log. Oh well, may as well do that one.
• 1:37 – This just in: mushroom hunting sucks.
• 1:39 – I’ve got the four mushrooms, but now I need two Chilled Meats. I think I’ll check the fishing daily first, in case it leads me anywhere where I can find some.
• 1:41 – It’s Dangerously Delicious. Screw that, I’m just gonna head to Storm Peaks and kill mammoths.
• 1:42 – I’m gonna fly my econo-mount over. I can’t wait for patch 3.2 to hit so I can get that speed boost!
• 1:46 – Ok, no chilled meat so far, just Looped Tusks and a Chunk o’ Mammoth. I’m gonna go kill things in Crystalsong Forest instead.
• 1:49 – It takes so long to get anywhere! Econo-mount FTL.
• 1:55 – Ok, I just want to say that I’ve killed everything in my path, in two zones, for over 10 minutes, and I’ve gotten zero meat. What gives?!
• 1:57 – Screw Crystalsong Forest. I’m headed to Dragonblight. This isn’t a hard quest, but it’s giving me fits.
• 2:03 – I had to kill a bunch of Emaciated Mammoths, but I got the two meat I needed. Funnily enough, they both dropped from calves. Why? You got me.
• 2:04 – Why didn’t I take the flight path from Wyrmrest? My gryphon is SO SLOW!
• 2:05 – Note to self: stop forgetting to engage Crusader Aura!
• 2:06 – I just got a group invite, about a mile above Crystalsong Forest. No message, just an invite. WTF? Oh, it was a guildie. Still, a note as to “why” would be nice. Rejected.
• 2:09 – Quest complete, and… SWEET! I got an extra Dalaran Cooking Award in my Small Spice Bag! That’s a first for me.
• 2:11 – This is all for now. I’ll be posting again later.

Here we see the amazing Gavelier, standing aback his gryphon in Icecrown at the Argent Tournament. Unlike most, who must sit on their mount to stay on it, Gav can ride while standing upright. That’s just how good he is.

Or maybe it was just a funny glitch.

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My main warlock, a human named Crane, is one of the inspirations for Sibyl in my webcomic, Gavelier’s World of Warcraft (the other being the notoriously anti-WoW Betasim). However, it seems that after dinging level 20 in Lakeshire, Crane’s voidwalker, Kragnos, has had enough, and engulfed Crane’s cranium.

So, what have we learned? Number one: don’t overwork your Voidwalker just for to earn a level. Number two: have his cast button on hotbar so you can dispel him when you inevitably do overwork him for that level.

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Beware in Howling Fjord, for there be flying Swift Stormsabers! Seriously. What, you don’t believe me? Look at the pictures I’ve got! I was in the northern mountains of HF when I decided to take a quick bound for the hell of it. When I did, my Stormsaber shot into the air and slowly floated to the ground. I was freaked out at first, but got the hang of it and loved it. This happened some four or five times on my way down the mountain. Gotta love that thin mountain air! More pics after the break.

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I was in the Netherstorm last night to buy some vanity pets (including a Mana Wyrmling, Red Moth and a Blue Dragonhawk), and I’d never gone further into the zone then Area 52 before.  When I arrived at the eco-dome containing Stormspire, I was blown away. It’s a beautiful oasis in the middle of a disaster area. I was very, very impressed; I wasn’t comfortable in the zone prior, what with the collapsing cliffs and constant electrical storms, so this was a welcome treat. As an added bonus, I got the Plenty of Pets achievement to boot. Not a bad stop, I thought.