Sunday, February 21, 2010

I am the Loremaster


I've been a Warlock close to around three years now, and each day I've played it's been nothing but a good time. I've had quite a lot of adventures and there are so many stories to tell, all of which will one day be logged here, but in the span of my WoW career, nothing has been as important as this.

I have a philosophy, taken from one of my favorite authors: “We owe it to ourselves to tell stories.” Nothing is more important to me than a good tale. I believe it wholeheartedly, that our society and the very existence of mankind depends on language, communication, and a history. Stories keep us together, make us believe in something greater than ourselves, and give us that which is most important of all: hope.

WoW, in a sense, becomes an extension of this philosophy. Sure, it's just a game, but in itself, it's a smaller version of an overall human society, and the same principles govern it. Human nature permeates through the simulated spells, bullets, and blades. So to find the humanity in our game, from day one of becoming Oath, I sought out quests.

The stories began innocently enough. I need these supplies. Can you deliver this message. We're being bullied and robbed.

Please, help us.

The more I ventured, the loftier the demands became. Rescue missions. Complex assembly. Long distances. Diplomatic representation. Political assassinations. Elaborate plans of warfare.

It's never been just my story, but all of ours.

As with any story, it will go on, and like all stories, it will end. Until that day, I'll do my best to represent this epic that took fifteen years to write. I will make it my duty to tell the tales that matter, IRL and in WoW, and in their telling, hopefully impart a sense of camaraderie with my fellow man.



I am Loremaster Oathbreaker. Have I got a story for you.

Thanks to Accio, Aiwendil, and Repello for being here, in person, for the final achievement, and, of course, thanks to Mooj and Scrubbs for being there in game. :)

9 comments:

Hydra said...

Congrats! THAT is a lot of questing. You absolutely earned it.

Anonymous said...

Makin' Mama Mooj so proud!! <3

Anonymous said...

'bout damn time

Jaedia said...

Grats! I'm about 150 in EK off, I know your pain. Well, actually, I only do it when I'm in the mood, have learnt some interesting tidbits though.

Like you remember the quest in Hillsbrad to go to Dalaran and kill the 4 captured undeads to retrive their Bloodstones? And that one human drops a book. I sat there reading it while waiting for my random dungeon to pop on my lowbie mage and turns out, Bloodstones are basically the blood of old Gods, cool huh? And we just discard them like poop /shakes head.

Maebius said...

many congrats!

Anonymous said...

I'm so proud of u, my dear boy!! I'm still very estatic of your achievement!!

-Aiwendil

Anea said...

Congratulations!

Velver said...

Congrats! What was the final quest?? You should have saved one of the lvl one starting zone quests for last. You know, talk to Joe in Razor Hill. Boom, Loremaster!

Anonymous said...

Grats! - Neil Gaiman <3