The L.E. Craft name is quite familiar for those of us who keep an eye on NPC names in WoW . Torturer, Samantha and Jonathan have shown up in previous expansions. In Battle for Azeroth, you can find author Laurence E. Craft (Initials L. E. Craft) in Boralus and get a signed first edition of his latest work. He's yet another surprise in what's turning out to be an expansion full of these little bits of color. A guild member pointed out the Wowhead announcement so I had to go see what he offered. If you don't know Boralus very well, he can be a bit of a pain to find. The carrot shows his location.

Hello! Apologies for any confusion my absence yesterday might have caused. As you probably guessed (or were told by Liz), I was in the middle of some serious HARDCORE GAMING. But I’m back now and can report that level 120 is full of… well, max-level content. I didn’t do most of the cross-continent content on beta, so it’s all new territory for me (as opposed to the leveling zones, which I did at least once each, if not twice).

Anyhow, it’s Queue time.

Please don't try to pet the seagulls, it is a very bad idea.

As Battle for Azeroth launched at midnight CEST Tuesday, things were a little bumpy server-wise so I didn't get to log a ton of play time.

We're one day into Battle for Azeroth, the servers are stable, and there's a lot of leveling to do.

Uldir, the first Battle for Azeroth raid, is coming out on September 4.

It's true, Mythic dungeons are already open for those who have rushed all the way to level 120 in the last day.

If you happened to be in the first wave of people hitting the shores of Kul Tiras yesterday, you may have missed a fairly important cinematic.

The world first 120 has been achieved less than five hours after launch ... yes, you read that right. Five hours. Gingi from Method leveled a Balance Druid up to BFA's new max level before everyone else. When hearing this it got me thinking about things that take longer than five hours. There are many things in life that hit that mark:

A new day, a new expansion. Welcome to Battle for Azeroth, everyone.