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Anne Stickney

Anne Stickney @Shadesogrey — Anne Stickney knows entirely too much about World of Warcraft lore, and would like to tell you all about it. Currently ensconced somewhere in the mountains of Colorado, Anne is the co-author of the World of Warcraft: Ultimate Visual Guide, as well as the author of the World of Warcraft Annual 2015, and the World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Strategy Guide.


Know Your Lore: The legacy of Garrosh Hellscream

This is the story of an orc whose life played full circle, ending where it began -- before it began actually, in an odd twist of fate, time and a little bronze magic. It plays in counterpoint to the tale of Emperor Shaohao, who hid away his kingdom, so confident and prideful in himself and his people's abilities that he was certain they would thrive in abject isolation from the rest of the world. The orc, on the other hand, came from an absence of pride into a sudden and overwhelming abundance of it... and it slowly ate him alive.

How to get to Draenor and skip Tanaan Jungle entirely

While the opening quests are fairly quick paced and net a lot of experience, it can get a little tiresome on repeat playthroughs, particularly if you have a lot of alts. So why not just ... skip it all, and start Warlords on Draenor, bypassing the opening experience entirely? It's absolutely possible to do so, through a little riding around and a strange little trick on, of all places, the Timeless Isle.

The Queue: Disgusted noises

I’m pretty sure this is the best selfie I’ve ever taken on my draenei character, and it has nothing to do with my character and everything to do with the utterly disgusted glare from the woman behind her. I do find myself wishing that we had “pose” buttons on our camera bars that would let us do an emote with a push of a button while we were happily snapping our selfies. I almost think I’d like that better than the camera filters!


Role Play: Draenei and age in roleplay

Introduced in Burning Crusade, this race of space-traveling eredar who avoided corruption by Sargeras has a story that spans back thousands upon thousands of years, longer than even the history of the night elves -- and with far less definition. If you want a solid list of historical references and events that shape your character, playing a human, orc or even elf would probably suit you nicely. If you want a gigantic expanse of absolutely nothing that you can proceed to fill at your leisure, you might want to look at a draenei.

The Queue: Mr. Grubbs goes on holiday

Mr. Grubbs, let’s be honest, here. You’re … well I hate to say it, but you’re a grub. Which is sort of like one step removed from a worm. Which means that the very last place you should probably be wandering is the Fishing Shack, because let’s face it, Mak’jin over there probably thinks you look like some pretty amazing bait. So if you could kindly restrict your afternoon jaunts to the other side of the garrison, that would be great.

I worry about my pets sometimes.


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