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It simply does not.

Hello, dearest Queuevians. If you are reading this on Monday, no doubt you, too, are also totally done with Monday. And if you’re reading this from a place or time where it is not Monday then congratulations — and could you invite the rest of us over? Because Mondays, dang.

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Why does Medivh have a mini-planetarium in his innermost sanctum? Was it something he knew about, or was this a secret Sargeras hideout for spying on the stars and figuring out which world to next destroy? And while I recognize a couple of those planets, there are many, many more that aren’t familiar at all. What are they? I guess we’ll never know will we — but hey, I can answer your questions and at least provide some answers today.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

You know, when I first heard there was an upside-down Karazhan way back in the day, I always assumed it was just a portion of the tower that went underground. I never even considered the idea that it would simply occupy space on the original tower’s ceilings. Needless to say, I like the ceiling Karazhan much better than the idea of a subterranean tower.

Seriously look at that dude’s face.

He is done. Just absolutely done with everybody. Khadgar, Kil’Jaeden, you name it, Velen ain’t got time for it.

Today’s Queue answers have been brought to you by the power of teamwork. Remember, there’s no “I” in team, but there is an “I” in guild, so… actually I have no idea where I was going with that. Let’s just pretend it’s a roundabout way of saying we called in some backup for today’s Queue and we should move on before I start mixing more metaphors.

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In Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the rulers of Aethiopia. After her mother boasted that she was more beautiful than the Nereids, the god Poseidon (who the Nereids served as handmaidens) was so offended that he sent the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Africa until her father chained her naked to a rock so that the monster might slay her and satisfy the god’s vanity.

Luckily for Andromeda, the hero Perseus just happened to be heading home after having killed the gorgon Medusa and noticed a naked girl chained to a rock. Even for someone who killed gorgons, it’s not every day you see a naked princess chained to a rock, and so he stopped to investigate. One thing led to another, and soon Cetus was dead and Perseus was proposing marriage. Being that her family had chained her to a rock to be eaten by a sea monster, Andromeda was no longer willing to marry her original betrothed. Which was her uncle Phineus.

Anyway, one thing led to another, Phineus and a bunch of his buddies crashed the wedding, Perseus turned them all to stone, and Perseus and Andromeda went to save Perseus’ mother Danae and settled in Tiryns, a city in Argos, where they became the founders of a dynasty that would include such famous and powerful descendants as Heracles. (Incidentally, Perseus was the son of Zeus, as was Heracles, meaning that Zeus came back and slept with his own great grand-daughter.) The name Andromeda comes from the Greek words for ‘ruler of men’ denoting her royal lineage and her position as the founder of a dynasty.

What? Everyone’s talking about Andromeda today, I figured I would too.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Return to Karazhan is full of surprises — like the fact that Medivh’s library includes a full collection of Steamy Romance Novels. Were they for him, for the guests, or did Khadgar bring them in while he was serving as Medivh’s apprentice? The world may never know.