Like Watching A Gold Beggar

Have you ever walked into the front entrance of Orgrimmar, the towering cliff walls soaring above you, creating a breathtaking vista of orange and red as the setting sun bleeds over the edge of the horizon?  If you are lucky, you may notice trophies of the Horde’s heroes mounted on a pike there at the entrance, a testament to the ingenuity of our people.  I have as well.  It can be truly beautiful.  On more than one occasion it has prompted me to marvel yet again at the efforts of the Earthmother and her servants.

The further you walk down the gentle slope towards the bank however, the more likely you are to hear the pitiful cries of the poor beggars. You have likely heard them before, sad creatures apparently without the ability to earn the coin of the realm with their own hard work.  Often they are incapable of forming fully pronounced words, instead using strange combinations of letters indecipherable to any but those going soft in the head.  With their hand extended to some of our most renown heroes of the Horde, they utter strange phrases like ‘can u giv 1 gold pls’.  It is truly a sad state when such members of the Horde have lost the mental acuity to hold intelligent conversations.

Ironically, I find that sometimes, it is just as entertaining to watch the hopeless beggars as it is to watch the sun set over the cliffs.  The interaction between these individuals and their victims varies between sad and amusing.  Some of the reactions they earn deserve to be repeated and told to others they are so amusing.  I think it can be likened to a goblin zeppelin crashing into one of its landing towers.  You know you should not be watching it, yet you can not tear your eyes away.

My hope is that this collection of essays will fall somewhere between the two extremes mentioned above.  I hope to engage my fellow protectors and professors to provide their perspectives and insight into the world of Azeroth, the Horde, and the creatures we all meet along the way.  There will most certainly be different perspectives.  In fact, if there were not I would be sorely disappointed.

Ultimately, I do not expect anyone to consider these essays to be masterpieces or arts of work.  At the same time, I hope they are not frequently used to line the cages of the many animals we care for at Da Doctas School of Medicine.  Regardless of where you place them on the continuum of quality, I hope that they are like that pitiful beggar or zeppelin crash.  I hope that they proove difficult to tear your eyes away from.

Ghosthorn Dreamstalker,
Lorekeeper, Da Doctas School of Medicine

((Welcome to Lorekeeper’s Collection.  It is my intention to attempt a new project to include commentary on WoW within the context of a number of in character voices.  Periodically you may find OOC comments included in posts within the (( )) standard so that readers are fully aware of whether a post is in character or out of character.  This is also my first blogging attempt ever, so if anyone has any advice or suggestions, I am eager to hear from each of you.  Please don’t hesitate to provide constructive criticism and advice.))

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