Abengrace at Level 12

In a couple of days, Abengrace has moved to level 12. He now sports a powerful mace and more heals and spells. He also looks great in his mail boots and wrist guards. Time to take on Hogger, I think. Check back for the results of his battle with this level 11 elite boss.

Shovel it!

My new paladin, Abengrace, picked up a shovel as a weapon from one of the Kobold miners and uses it here against them. It works pretty well, just looks a little silly carrying around a shovel everywhere.

Turkey Hunt!

Here is one of the many turkeys available to hunt during Pilgrim's Harvest. Catch 40 of these in a rolling 30-second time limit and you get a special achievement. Let the hunt begin!

New Character - Abengrace

I had never played a paladin before, and Aaron Ty had been talking about them, so I decided to give one a try. So let me introduce my newest WoW character, Abengrace - a human paladin.

I must say that I'm quite impressed with the amount of damage he can inflict with nothing more than a giant mallet. His healing and spell powers are also quite good. Above is a great action shot of him finishing off a young wolf as his adventures on Azeroth begin.

Kyangrace at 44

Kyangrace has leveled up to 44 and this is his latest outfit. I REALLY like this one ... and so does Aaron Ty. He thinks it makes this human warlock look more like a "good guy". I believe he is correct. This one is very classy and goes along with the fact that he is becoming quite powerful.

He is also the first of our characters to join a battlegrounds event. We lost, but it was interesting and a great learning experience. Kyangrace now has some honor points and earned an achievement for an Honorable Kill.

Pligrim's Bounty is underway

Pilgrim's Bounty, WoW's own Thanksgiving festivities have begun. There were plenty of problems and bugs today, but after some rolling server restarts everything is fixed.

There are several special things happening during this event, including lots of achievements to be earned. Just like in real life, the biggest part of the holiday is food. Most of the achievements surround cooking lots of holiday dishes. Your characters can even sit at a bounty table, like the one above, and enjoy a fine meal of turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. Each item gives you special abilites for a limited time. You can even partake of a food fight if you so desire.

And let's not forget the turkeys. You can kill turkesy for money, fun, titles or achievements. If you finish off 40 during a rolling 30-second period, you get a nice achievement. Gobble, gobble!

Another New Mount for Kyangrace

Kyangrace, my human warlock, reached level 44 tonight. Along with a couple power upgrades, he also was granted a new magical mount. This one is called DreadSteed. With more armor, horns and fiery hooves, he moves along at plus 100% speed and looks really cool doing it. I guess you could say it's an early Thanksgiving for Kyangrace.

Water Spirit

After traveling from Felwood to Ratchet to deliver water from a moon pool, Caiggangrace was greeted with this Manifestation of Water spirit. Fortunately, he did not have to battle it. He did, however, have to travel all the way back to Felwood.

Delongrace in Battle

As Delongrace, my human rogue, hit level 11 I was able to upgrade him once again to a crossbow over the throwing knife. The crossbow actually produces damage while pulling an enemy into battle. The above pictures show Delongrace in action with his new crossbow as well as finishing off a Riverpaw Outrunner on a quest for the Alliance.

Delongrace turns 10

Delongrace is my human rogue. I hadn't played him in a while, but wanted access to him in the Armory, so I quickly moved him from level 8 to level 10. In the process I traded in his dagger for a 1-handed sword and upgraded some armor. Level 10 brought him some new powers including the ability to stun an enemy while cloaked.

Reity at Fargodeep

Aaron Ty's latest character is Reity. He's a human warrior. He had three quests all at Fargodeep mine. I helped him complete them and took out a few extra Kobold's to push him to level 7.

The first picture above is Reity inside Fargodeep mine where he had to explore it. The second shot is him in battle against a level 6 Kobold Tunneler pulling an awesome spin move with his sword.

While he was in the area, he picked up a few additional quests. After turning in the three Fargodeep quests, Reity is nearly halfway to level 8.

Caiggangrace is Back!

After several months of not playing my level 51 dwarf hunter, Caiggangrace, Aaron Ty convinced my to once again begin his quest to level 60. The reason I had stopped playing him was because I only had a handful of quests and they were all too difficult for him to complete. Aaron Ty convinced me to begin exploring all of Azeroth in search of both new lands and new quests.

Caiggangrace discovered both the Eastern and Western Plaguelands as well as Felwood. After completing several quests in those areas, Caiggangrace made it to level 52 and upgraded to the Swift Brown Ram pictured above. Now he can explore new areas even more quickly.

My goal now is to get Caiggangrace to that magical 60 mark by Christmas so we can ask Santa for the Burning Crusade.

Kyangrace Gets a New Mount

Finally, at level 42 Kyangrace had enough gold to purchase both the training required to get a new mount as well as a new mount. He chose the Swift White Steed. The new mount is covered in armor and has glowing cyan eyes. He travels at 100% of normal foot speed and easily outruns any enemies that try to attack.

Kyangrace still has his original Felsteed and pulls him out from time to time just for the coolness factor. Race on!

Kyangrace at Level 42

Kyangrace enters level 42 with a much more priestly look. He looks much like how he now battles - more mature. He is finally able to handle enemies at his own level and even a bit higher. The void has become almost his constant companion.

Kyangrace in Diving Gear

Even though Kyangrace has a power that allows him to breathe underwater for ten minutes, when he was given this diving headgear to wear for a specific quest, I had to try it on.

Kyangrace at Level 40

Kyangrace reaches a milestone at level 40 and also has upgraded his armor again. He looks like he's ready for a winter battle with the hood and long sleeves. On top of new and upgraded powers, he also can get a faster horse - once he can afford to pay about 50 gold for the training and the mount.

Kyangrace at Level 38

Only three levels later and the human warlock, Kyangrace, has changed quite a bit. Now he has a more swampy look with a hood instead of the hat.

Kyangrace at Level 35

So far, this is my favorite look for Kyangrace. I think he looks both mystic and powerful in this outfit. I wish we could upgrade their armor without disturbing the way they look, but new looks can be fun. Most of this outfit he got in and around Southshore.