The dust of mystery has been disturbed...
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| Enter Uldum |
Before making our way onwards to our next
venture we first had to set out to take a,
very long,
journey upon itself, to reach our
destination. This started with a
treacherous boat-trip, among drunken sailors, across
The Great Sea to get from
Stormwind to
Darnassus.
Boats now rock - Something I never noticed! From then on, we had to prepare ourselves for the
long flight, across the entire stretch of
Kalimdor in fact, all the way down to
Tanaris. Though, unlike first assumed, this turned out to be an
unexpected 'treat' as such. The
time and
space between setting off and landing turned out to be a
gigantic step through time. Soaring through and above zones that we had previously
travelled,
explored and
quested through,
flashbacks came shooting at us left, right and centre! From the
desolate destruction of
Darkshore, to the
lush forests of
Ashenvale and the southern reaches of
The Barrens. It
only seemed like this
morning that we were
battle-ling our way through each and every
marvellous land that we passed along the way to this present moment.
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| The Caravan (Including 'Lady Humps') |
Finally the time, which literally flew, to set foot on the
ground, was upon us. We continue our
adventure, on the boarders of
Tanaris, alongside a band of
travellers, in the form of a caravan, who are also making there way into the sands.. of
Uldum. This caravan as such included a rather
peculiar Camel. A camel named '
Lady Humps'. Need I say any more. So with our group of
explorers, of whom all share a similar quest, we set out in search of more
information about this so called
Super Weapon...
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| Escape Plan? |
Right from the off, we are again
presented with a very tasty
cinematic upon entering the land. Where we are seen to be ambushed.
Ambushed by a pack of
abnormal,
distorted,
Gnome-like grunts. In which we were captured. Though, due to them taking capture of the
wrong-Worgen, we of course escape. In one of the most
humorous ways going. Just think '
Scooby Doo'
style.
This
Egyptian themed
desert, with it's
mythical statues of the
gods which just happen to be
cats and
it's ancient inhabitants, really set it apart from the previous two 'New Zones'. Especially a
boss, of whom you first encounter, that reminds me of
Aladdin, more specifically the
gene in the lantern. As usual
thieves and
bandits are found to be
invading while creating there distinguished
chaos. The sheer
scale of the landscape, paired with
sights of complete
tropical beauty among the
abysall sands, really create a place of
unique quality. Although it can be set in between the mysteries of
Ulduar, coupled with the ancient presence of
Ahn'Qiraj, there is no doubt you will feel a completely
refreshing (with the sand in your teeth) atmosphere. Sat with a continuous stream of
cinematics which also formed a nice even
flow between areas/quests.
Pictures from Uldum
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Now, the
fun begins. Alongside the obvious character
reference in the zone, that being
Indiana Jones, there is definitely a sense of '
discovery' similar to
Zul'Drak. That's just with all the
tombs, riddled with traps
, and
exploration alone. While here, I can really say I was taken back by the
quality set by nearly every
quest I encountered. Mean, who
wouldn't give up a
chance to
transform into a burning
ball of fire to then
roll down hill causing the (un?)-fortunate
death of
gnomes (1000 to be precise). All
guilty fun of course. Then take
control of your own squad of soldiers, with an enormous
laser at your
disposal, to take out an entire army.
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| The Tol'Vir |
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| Horrible little gremlins.. |
Here it comes, the
event(s) I had really been looking forward to. That of course happened to be the
dungeons! First in our path -
The Vortex Pinnacle. With a
stereotypical view in mind, you feel you are taken up into the very
heavens. Not just because of the fluffy white
clouds,
Greek structures and so on no doubt. Then one after another, we came to
The Lost City of Tol'vir.
A lush ancient city of paradise. Even though
enemy territory, it remained to prove
peaceful and surprisingly
tranquil among the
havoc. Short and Sweet. But what makes it even
better...
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| 9 Days, 3 Hours, 25 minutes and 50 seconds |
So, in as
usual way as any, we made it our
priority to carry on and
finish what we started -
[Explore Uldum]. In which we went onto temporarily assisting, before
defeating, a bunch of
Nazi/Hitler impersonating
goblin bandits. This turned out to be a very
interesting quest line indeed. Also, more mentions of
Deathwing himself seem to be cropping up,
linking him to a lot of activity and
chaos within the area. The questing finale within
Uldum ends with a very perky
surprise..
[In a Thousand Years You Might Be Worth Something]
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| Gods of Old |
Though, the
real mission
completion for us happened to be in the third and final
dungeon within the zone.
Halls of Origination. Similar, as by name, to the Halls of
Lightning and
Stone. However, still just as
diverse in it's own rights. This eventually brought us to, of course,
saving the world from complete and utter
destruction and finding that
Deathwing himself was at the centre of the plan we foiled. All of which included the down-bringing of the '
super weapon' which we had first set out to seek.
So, taking a
lot on board with this zone and the events that unfolded. Overall, an
unmissable land of
wonder. Did I mention
cinematics?! Having
Feignheart pick up a new
skill [Camouflage] - he is now a true
hunter of the shadows. Also taking a liking to the new
[Explosive Trap] animation. However, what
next in
The adventures of Feignheart. The taste of an
endless journey which lies ahead, dawns as overwhelming. Who knows where the
scent for the
quest will take us
...
Well
readers, we got there. But why stop here?! The
journey has really just
begun. For myself,
you and Feignheart himself. Expect more than ever from the whole of
Shattered Beginnings than we could have imagined!
Hold Tight, who knows what may just lie ahead!
As always, thank you all for reading!
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