Kahlee's 10th Journal Entry

The stay on the Exodar was just what I needed.  I started on my journey once more, refreshed and at one with the Light.  I made my way to Winterspring.  It is a very cold environment and I was ill prepared for it.  I had to stop in Everlook for a warmer cloak and some modifications to my armor to keep me from freezing to death.  There wasn’t much call for help here so I explored the countryside.  I came across Yetis, Furbolgs and great cats.  I also came across a Night Elf by the name of Rivern Frostwind who is a wintersaber trainer.  We spoke at some length and he told me that he would be willing to train me to ride a winterspring frostsaber but that the sabers are raised by the rider and are most receptive to the training as cubs.  He sent me out to gather a few of the promising cubs to be trained and he selected one just for me.  He is putting us through our paces but in the end it will be worth it.  Because I cannot remain in Winterspring until the cub is full grown and rideable he is telling me the training we are to do together and I will return every now and then for him to assess our progress.

After several weeks with Rivern, I took my leave and headed to the Eastern Kingdoms yet again. If the frostsaber is to be my mount then now is as good a time as any to get him used to the different lands and climate we will encounter.  I found myself in the Swamp of Sorrows making my way to Marshtide Watch.  As I neared my destination, I noticed a temple that appeared to be half submerged.  I was curious and made my out to it only to find a high elf there.  He said his name was Lord Itharius and was actually a green dragon and was there to free his kin from the evil of the temple and he asked for my aid.  I couldn’t refuse a request for help and agreed to do what I could.  He was unable to enter the temple for fear of being corrupted and used against his kind so he needed me to enter and eradicate the danger to the green dragonflight.

Lord Itharius of the green dragonflight

He asked me to slay the three trolls responsible for the rituals used against the green dragonflight and the butchery of those slain.  I was not truly convinced until I entered the actual temple and saw the devastation of his kind.  The evil in the temple was almost palatable.  I followed the instructions given and tracked down the high priestess and the butcher and slew them.  Then I tracked down the leader of this evil bunch of Trolls.  Before I could get in the death blow, I was stunned and the coward fled the temple by use of a teleportation spell.  I felt that I failed but Lord Itharius assured me that I had not as the Atal’ai Trolls presence in the temple had been greatly reduced and he could now enter the temple to finish what I had started.

The remains of some green dragons within the Temple

With Lord Itharius now handling the Trolls within the temple, I continued my trek to the Marshtide Watch.  I found the Alliance forces in a pitched battle with Horde forces over the Orc settlement of Stonard.  The Alliance can ill afford to allow a Horde presence at their back door and were doing what they could to eradicate the Orc settlement.  I found myself helping with the fighting when the Horde started bringing in reinforcements via warlock portals.  We targeted the warlocks and finally forced them back at a devastating cost on both sides.  It finally looked like the Alliance had the upper hand and I could rest a bit.  The commander of the Alliance forces told me I should probably make my way to Nethergarde Keep in the Blasted Lands.  From there I would be able to get a flight to wherever I wanted to go.  It sounded like a plan so I gathered my supplies and frostsaber started making my way in that direction.

Helping in the fighting for Stonard in Swamp of Sorrows

The landscape started changing from a marshy green to bleak red rock and dirt.  The landscape in this area is sparse with nothing growing here.  When I made the Keep, I asked about this and was told it was due to the fel energies seeping through the Dark Portal into this land.  I was aghast at this but there was nothing to be done for it.  I asked about this Dark Portal and was told it opened up to Draenor where Alliance forces were protecting it from that side from the Burning Legion who would use it to invade Azeroth.  I remember Velen telling me about the Great Portal that opened upon our world of Draenor but I never realized it was this close and had caused so much destruction to the lands of Azeroth.   This was my chance to return to the world upon which I was born and to help my people against the Burning Legion.  This had to be the path that the Light had set me upon.  This has to be my destiny and I planned to meet that destiny head on.  With my mind made up I made my way to the Portal and with a deep breath, I stepped through it to Draenor, a world I had not been on since I was a small child.

Contemplating the Dark Portal in the Blasted Lands

before stepping through it for Draenor

Once I reach the other side, I couldn’t believe my eyes.  The landscape on this side was just as desolate as it was on the other side.  This is where the corruption had come from.  At the base of the stairway to the Portal both Alliance and Horde was in battle with the Legion’s forces.  An Alliance officer pulled me aside and told me to make my way to Honor Hold and talk to the Captain there to get my assignment.  I didn’t know what else to do so I did as he told me and found a gryphon master who put me on the back of a gryphon and I found myself on my way.

First look at Draenor after stepping through the Dark Portal

It is a lot to take in and I’m not sure how to feel about this world upon which I was born but is so strange to me.  I will be talking with the Commander of the Hold on the morrow as he was too busy to see me when I arrived so I took a room at the inn.  For now Nightrunner and I (I decided the frostsaber needed a name) are going to get a good night’s rest for I feel that tomorrow is going to start a whole new adventure for us.

Kahlee

((currently Level 62))