World of Warcraft Community Magazine Issue 7 | Page 13

World of Warcraft Community Magazine // 13 am seriously considering isolating you, if not to protect you from Hellscream, then to perhaps diagnose whatever malady has settled inside your head. Take care of yourself, Varian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ironforge is sometimes referred to as the heart of the mountain. With all of its capillary tunnels connecting rooms that creep far beyond what even the oldest maps show, its full complexity puts the organ to shame. Footsteps now echo down dusky halls, low, ancient: Dwarven. They slow. There is light ahead. Eerily artifical, the glow is an ever-changing hue. The objects it illuminates seem ethereal, as if they were not truly present in this world. Time spent reading by this light feels, later, in memory, like time spent dreaming. As he approaches the glow, the dwarf is able to see its source: piles upon piles of scrolls, some older than the mountain itself. This is not a noble place. He grins. Follows the directions the Gnome gave him in a panicked whisper, his last words in this world, he locates the particular object of interest: a collaborative work between two of the most advanced arcane experts of their day. A Warlock and an Enchanter worked together, investigating the properties of soul shards and arcane dust to answer one question: is there a way to enchant metal with a living soul? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Father, You mentioned Illidan the Betrayer in your last letter. Do not worry. His stats are trash and the tokens he creates die too easily to basic AoE damage or pings The GameOn Magazine