Gizzybiscuits

gizzybiscuits — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 17:17:27 GMT

These people make snark communities look like fluffy balls of fluffy fluff.

Truly the pinnacles of how to make people feel welcomed everywhere.

gizzybiscuits — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:01:31 GMT

Okay this isn't it but still.

One day, a person you do not like logs into the channel. Do you:

a) Leave?
b) Use the ignore list?
c) Sit and simmer at whatever it is they are saying this time, perhaps calling them out on any stupid crap in the channel right as it happens?
d) Get your friends to gang up on them and tell them how unwanted they are for an hour or a half until they leave?

If you didn't answer d, congrats. You're not these people and odds are I'd find you tolerable to talk to unless you have kicked puppies or something. This happened liek, last night.

YEAH HOW DARE YOU COME ONTO A CHANNEL AND TALK ABOUT STUFF YOU MONSTER

Pay close attention to how I ask the channel mod person to do something.

You know you've failed at demonising when you make yourself look worse.

Yes Mattiaus, ineffectually ask them in a Fluttershy-esque tone to stop, that'll work.

Aaaand then we have ableism.

Y'know what fuck it, even Fluttershy is more assertive than you (In season 1 at least).

...

YES, THANK YOU MATTIAUS. I AM CERTAIN YOU WILL BE A FINE EXAMPLE OF A GUILD LEADER WITH YOUR HANDLING OF COMPLAINTS.

I know I'm super apologetic to the people telling me I'm an unwanted shitstain for half an hour.

Its different if his friends do it. Somehow.

...

Can I call victim-blaming?

Its funny that they think he's being the dramatic one when they ask for his alt.

YES I AM VERY UNDERSTANDING SIR shut up.

Come back and say that when you're Native American and not talking about a guild.

I know I am super sympathetic for the plight of these poor poor people laying into and emotionally abusing someone. Won't someone think of the bullies ;n;.

Some suggestions for runeblade designs.

gizzybiscuits — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:00:19 GMT

Note: Since a lot of links go to WoWhead I'd recommend having firefox with noscript and adblock on before proceeding. Keyloggers like to hide in ads.

What the fudge is a runeblade?
A vampiric runeblade is the weapon that Death knights use. It is required for casting their class-related spells. For third generation (Player-made) Death knights there can be several runeblades - all it requires is runeforging them, turning a simple sword into a more potent weapon of death and destruction.

What makes for a weapon that looks like a runeblade?
A pattern on the blade that could resemble runes or something that is otherwise gothic works.

These are the runeblades you can achieve through the Death knight starting zone, Runed Soulblade, Greataxe of the Ebon Blade and Greatsword of the Ebon Blade. They can be bought from Quartermaster Ozorg by Death knights that are out of the starting area.

They don't necessarily have to look runed, runeforging can make up for a lack of rune-ish patterns on swords like the runed soulblade. As long as the weapon has a blade and looks somewhat dark/not mundane/cool it should be fine, though your Death knight can technically runeforge whatever has a blade on it. You're free to pick something like the Skettis Curved Blade if you want.

Here are some good designs I have compiled.

Themes by Spec
Frost-themed Runeblades
Frostguard

A patterned blade that can be dual-wielded and comes with its own moving frosty enchantment, this would be great for a dual-wielding frost Death knight to transmogrify.
Pros: Looks awesome and can be crafted. You can apparently transmog two of your weapons with just one.
If you move the enchant trails behind you like swirling frosty white ribbons. A bit trivial but it looked cool enough for me to mention, it looks better with two of them.
Cons: This is a very expensive item, with the recipe costing eight gold initially or being dropped by a rare being the least of your problems. You will need an alchemist, miner, enchanter and ideally a jewelcrafter to make/grind all of the mats and require 300 blacksmithing to make it.
Your runeforging will not be visible on this item.

Crystal Sword

Looks like Frostguard but paler.
Pros: Can be dual-wielded.
Cons: Its a random drop.

Hailstorm

Pros: Has a unique design and can be dual-wielded.
Cons: Given the light colours you may not find an awful lot of gear to match it.
This has a low droprate from a WotLK raid.
Given that it has agility as a stat you may need to lay claim to it in advance for a raid.

Fang of the Leviathan

Pros:
Cons:

The Unbreakable Will

Pros:
Cons:

Sonic Spear

Pros:
Cons: Looks more like a polearm.

Seethe

Pros:
Cons:

Mourning Malice

Pros:
Cons:

Unholy-themed Runeblades
Blade of the Wretched

Has the same model as Frostguard.
Pros: Unlike the Frostguard it comes with no enchant so you can runeforge it however you want apart from the two-hander runeforgings.
It can be dual-wielded.
Cons: Its green. You might not find so much green plate sets to go with it.

Sword of Nefarian's Hand

Pros:
Cons: The quest is apparently a pain to get ahold of.
You may be hard-pressed to find an armourset that matches a white and green colourscheme.

Brutality Blade

Pros: Molten Core can be kind of fun to grind if you bring some higher levels along to steamroll everything.
Cons: You cannot dual-wield two of them.
Low droprate.
Molten Core is a raid that takes a week to reset.

Soul Cleaver

Pros:
Cons:

Despair

Pros:
Cons:

Quickening Blade of the Prince/Millenium Blade

Pros:
Cons:

The Willbreaker

Pros:
Cons:

Bonereaver's Edge

Pros: Somewhat unique design.
Cons: 5% drop from vanilla Ragnaros.

Blood-themed Runeblades
Warmonger

Pros: Going by screenshots, runeforging should show up on it. It also has creepy faces on the handle.
Cons: The droprate is abysmally low and from random mobs. You might have to blow a lot of money on the auction house for this one.

Firebreather

Looks like Frostguard but red and without an enchant.
Pros: As it is not unique-equipped it can be dual-wielded to make up for the relative lack of size for those overcompensating types.
Cons: Very low droprate from the Sunken Temple, though it does drop off several of the bosses.

Hellreaver

A large weapon with a lava-like animation, I would recommend runeforging it with Lichbane to add to the firey effect.
Pros: As well as looking awesome it does have good dps stats if you manage to get ahold of it whilst levelling a level 60-ish Dk.
Cons: The droprate from Hellfire Peninsula is low.
It might be a bit hard to explain the wavering lava-like animation for some Rp circles, as well as the wooden handle.

Endbringer

Drops in heroic Underbog.
Pros: It isn't used much so it may stand out. Also its kind of pink. Chicks dig pink.
Cons: Low droprate in heroic mode on the last boss of the Underbog.

Themes by Race
Blood elf
Apolyon, the Soul-Render

Pros: Definitely a validated runeblade design as one or two elven Death knights on the TGC cards use it.
Cons: Given the colourscheme it might be tricky to find any runeforging that would go with it.

Muramasa

Pros: Resembles the above, so it should be fairly valid for an elven Death knight.
Cons: Given the colourscheme it might be tricky to find any runeforging that would go with it.

Shivering Felspine

Pros:
Cons: Looks more like a polearm than a runeblade.

Twinblade of the Phoenix

Pros:
Cons: Bit dull in design colour-wise.

Greatsword of the Sin'dorei

Pros:
Cons: Requires doing the Argent Tournament.
Only available for Horde.

Draenei
Claymore of the Prophet

Pros: Does appear to have runes on it.
Cons: As with most of the weapons here, it requires your draenei character decides to go "Hey, know what would make this weapon resembling my peoples' crafting style even better? Granting it the ability to let me channel unholy spells.".
Requires doing the Argent Tournament.
Alliance-only; if you racechange it will change to Greatsword of the Sin'dorei.

Shaarde the Lesser

Drops in normal mode.
Pros:
Cons:

Shaarde the Greater

Drops in normal mode.
Pros:
Cons:

Greatsword of Forlorn Visions

Pros:
Cons: The colouring seems to change depending on the lighting. This could either be dandy or bothersome depending on your tastes and set.

Greatsword of Horrid Dreams

Drops in normal and heroic modes from Murmur.
Pros:
Cons:

Edge of the Cosmos

Pros:
Cons:

Axe of Shattered Dreams

Drops in normal mode.
Pros: Its a more runeblade-looking weapon that looks kind of draenic.
Cons: Its a low drop from Kael'thas Sunstrider in Magisters' Terrace.

Quantum Blade

Pros:
Cons:

Revenger

Pros:
Cons: Being a bit short and pink it might not come across as the most serious business Death knight weapon ever.
The droprate is low.

Tyrannical Beheader

Drops in heroic mode.
Pros:
Cons: I am not sure what an orange and purple axe matches exactly.

Forsaken
Slayer of the lifeless

Pros: Very Forsaken and Death knight-e.
Cons: A low droprate in Naxxramas, 10 man mode.

Bone Warden's Splitter

Pros: Can be dual-wielded.
Cons:

Dragon Wing Blade

Bryntroll, The Bone Arbiter

Comes in heroic and non-heroic versions. In this picture an enchant was added.
Pros: Good graphics and its made of bone, what's not to like?
Arguably suits a Death knight of either the Unholy or Frost specs.
Cons: It drops in Icecrown Citadel. Good luck with that.

Citadel Enforcer's Claymore

Pros:
Cons:

Blade of the Keening Banshee

Pros: It glows on and off. Pretty cool.
It actually appears to have runes on it.
Cons: You actually have to do Argent Tournament things.
Only available for Horde.

Gnome
Gnomeregan Bonechopper

Pros: Has a mechanical animation.
Cons: Honestly more of a Gnomish weapon than a runeblade.
Might be tricky to explain going to the efforts to make a runeblade a device.
Only available for Alliance; racechanging switches it to Blade of the Keening Banshee.

Goblin

Orc
Huge Thorium Battleaxe

Pros: Its cheaper to make in comparision to a lot of decent-looking weapons.
The recipe is easy enough to get ahold of from a vendor.
Cons: Its not as big as it looks.
Not the most runebladiest design out there.

Arcanite Reaper/Bloodied Arcanite Reaper

The first is crafted and the second is a heirloom.
Pros: Could fit almost any spec or colour-themed set with the right runeforging.
The axe with a skull on it really says "I'm a dead guy. Also I'm an orc." Hell, non-Dk orcs might like it.
Cons: The Arcanite Reaper recipe is a pain to get ahold of, having a low droprate on a rare mob in an instance.
You need twenty adamantite bars and six enchanted leather to make it. So that's an alchemist and an enchanter required.
The heirloom will cost you either 3500 justice points, 160 Darkmoon tickets or 95 champion's seals.

Human
Glaive of the Pit

Pros: The yellow/gold and blue can suit a more Alliance-orientated human Death knight.
Cons: Not the most runebladiest weapon out there.
Can look a bit daft.

Liar's Tongue

Pros: Can bring to mind vrykul.
Cons:

Night elf
Teldrassil Protector

Pros: Useful for a character still clinging to their elven life. It could work for a worgen ex-druid too.
Cons: Requires doing the Argent Tournament.
Only available for Alliance.
Is your elf willing to desecrate this nice elven weapon with a runeforge?

Tauren
Edge of agony

Has a heroic and normal version.
Pros: Would likely suit a blood-spec or red set.
Cons: Alliance cannot get ahold of it; if you racechange the character it will change to Reckoning instead.
Low droprate in Trial of the Crusader.

Gurthalak, Voice of the Deeps

Raid finder version is blue, normal is orange, heroic is purple.
Pros:
Cons: Good luck getting ahold of it.

Troll
Sul'thraze the Lasher

Has the same model as Warmonger.
Pros: Very definitely trollish given the backstory.
Cons: You need not one but two swords with a low droprate to make this item. You might be killing several hours trying.

Ghoulslicer

Pros:
Cons:

Hate-Forged Cleaver

Drops in the Halls of Reflection normal.
Pros: Can dual-wield them.
Cons: Low droprate.
Runeforging won't show up on it.

Edge of Ruin

Pros:
Cons: Low droprate.

Armageddon

Pros: Works for other tribal races too.
Cons: 1% droprate from Naxrammas, 25 mode.

Worgen

Lrn2Copyright.

gizzybiscuits — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:37:01 GMT

Because screencaps of them badgering me on an online game belongs to them I guess.

Sooo I contacted lj about it and they apparently don't really go through these things in detail. Fair enough, they would be there all day if they did and apparently this is a DMCA thing and I would have to potentially get the advice of a friggin' lawyer just to get the pictures back on. I might be spiteful but I'm not that spiteful and I frankly can't be assed going to court just to let my rage out.

So I am going to put the pictures back on in a nice hidden post because I am spiteful and have nothing better to do.

Just, ya know, so we remember how smrt this person is.

Not sure if to submit to wowbash,

gizzybiscuits — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:23:48 GMT

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gizzybiscuits — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:24:44 GMT

Originally posted by cantarina1 at post

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Read more about ACTA here: ACTA Fact Sheet
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Because I like to blacklist jerks.

gizzybiscuits — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:46:55 GMT

Yes you, Keshira on Steamwheedle cartel. European Steamwheedle obviously, not blacklisting someone in Americaland because I don't play there.

Picture has to be clicked twice to be viewed for some weird reason.

This is their friend. Their friend can go choke on sandpaper like a real man.

What do you do when you're gkicked? Why, show up to a guild meeting asking for an ic kick of course.

olololol boots

DON'T CALL ME CONNIE YOU FUCKLECOOKIE

Yes, imply you're a bully before you leave, that'll work. Genius.

In other news Constance is assailed by bees.

Yes, scream at the guild officer in whispers about your gkick, that'll work.

Also, if you are going to stealth near Erpers make sure you are 85 first.

Or um...This happens.

After some angry mail that got nuked by the ignore list, I told them I was ending the conversation and that they were lying about something or another. Because yanno, they were.

Too bad their friend is a guildie.

Laala I am the worst liar ever or something because I don't even lie.

...Bullspreader sounds like a dodgy sex move.

I don't want to be a dodgy sex move. 3:

I kind of laugh at 'GO ON THEN TICKET ME' coupled with ghi blocking the ticket, then :| at what they are saying.

Thoughts on worgen Dks

gizzybiscuits — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:57:09 GMT

Like worgen druids, the specifics surrounding this race-class combination are a bit foggy. Doubly so for the backstory considering a worgen Death knight character will not of gone through the Gilnean starting zone - at least not with the only backstory we have given for them.
Given the size of this guide in comparision to the last, I will say that undead, especially Death knights, can be prone to amnesia. You may create one first and digest the guide for a character backstory later if you wish, but at the very least you should take into account what being an undead entails. This is touched upon in The Death knight section

The Worgen Death knight origins
1) Pyrewood resident
Worgen Death knights have a given backstory that can be summed up by this text in the quest in which you execute an Argent Dawn member you once knew.

Lord Harford says: Come to finish the job, have you?
Lord Harford says: You'll look me in the eyes when...
Lord Harford says: <Name>?
Lord Harford says: <Name>, I'd recognize that face anywhere... What... What have they done to you, <name>?
Lord Harford says says: You don't remember me? We were both servants of Arugal back in Silverpine Forest. We put up with his merciless torture for ages. It was you who saved me on that fateful night when we escaped Shadowfang Keep.
Lord Harford says: Without you I would have died. YOU! The most noble worgen I ever knew.
Lord Harford says: What have they done to you, <name>? How could this have happened?
Lord Harford says: Remember the worgen you once were, <brother/sister>! You were our savior! Fight this!
Lord Harford says: Listen to me <name>. You must fight against the Lich King's control. He is a monster that wants to see this world - our world - in ruin.
Lord Harford says: Don't let him use you to accomplish his goals. You were once a hero and you can be again.
Lord Harford says: Fight, damn you! Fight his control!
Knight Commander Plaguefist yells: What's going on in there? What's taking so long, <name>?
Lord Harford says: There... There's no more time for me. I'm done for. Finish me off, <name>. Do it or they'll kill us both. <Name>... Remember Gilneas, our beloved home. This world is worth saving.
Lord Harford says: Do it, <name>! Put me out of my misery!

Now you might be wondering how your character can be a Gilnean and a somewhat-cured worgen that existed before the Cataclysm. Wasn't this impossible until Krennan had made a chemical 'cure'?
When the Greymane Wall was built in the years following the Second war, it was actually built in a way that cut off a part of Gilneas called Pyrewood to allow for a secure natural barrier around the wall. This was what enraged Darius Crowley, a noble of the land, into starting the Northgate Rebellion - an act that saw him jailed in Gilneas sometime after the Third War. A lot of Gilneans in Pyrewood remained there, outside of the Greymane wall, for whatever reason.
When the Third War came and the Scourge were attacking the Greymane wall, destroying the Gilnean soldiers sent down to fend them off, Genn Greymane had the necromancer Arugal summon the worgen to tear down upon the Scourge. This worked - but the worgen, being worgen, killed the humans as well. The traumatised mage Arugal went mad and somehow adopted the worgen as his own - likely bringing them under control with his enchanting-supported magic. He retreated to Shadowfang Keep with the worgen, falling under the command of a sentient one titled Alpha Prime. The worgen that was once a Kaldorei encouraged him to spread the worgen curse to Silverpine and elsewhere.
Arugal used the Council of Pyrewood to keep the villagers under his control whilst he tended to other matters, casting enchanted shackles upon the populace of Pyrewood. This cursed them in a way that would force them to turn into feral savages by night - but by day their free will and human forms remained, unless Arugal deemed them a more favoured servant, in which case they could be granted more free will and retained intelligence with their curse. Arugal's experimentation with the curse could explain how they change between human and worgen forms - Lord Harford shows up lucid and in worgenform before you kill him after all, his lucidity in the form granted by Arugal, though for Death knights it may just be that undeath dealing with the feral aspect of the mind grants the ability to shift forms, just like the Ritual of Tal'doren.
Pyrewood's Death knights escaped the enslaved town, died, and had their corpse taken by the Scourge to join the rest of the bodies mass-raised for potential Death knight candidates.
This means that, realistically, there would be very few worgen Death knights with this background. Pyrewood wasn't exactly a large settlement. It is also possible to imagine worgen that escaped Shadowfang Keep and/or Pyrewood's dictatorship not becoming Death knights - Lord Harford was one of them, a noble of Pyrewood.

2) Other human
You may not necessarily have to be Gilnean - perhaps a weary adventurer or two came across Pyrewood in their time and fell into enslavement, having no other options for survival in a Scourge-wracked land.
Whilst Arugal, employed by the Scourge no less, was present in Northrend infecting humans with the worgen curse, it is uncertain when exactly he was ressurected as a shade and dragged off to aid the Scourge with his arcane knowledge. As cursing and enslaving a town takes time, it could of taken place before the battle at Light's Hope Chapel, in which case perhaps your Death knight was sent there with the undead giants and whatnot.
On the plus side, the Grizzly Hills Wolfcultists/slaves appear capable of free will and shapeshifting too. So if one is unsure of undeath granting that capability, it helps.
There are also still Death knights being made in the Plaguelands via a ritual. Though the Forsaken breaking free when Arthas' control was weakened could apply to the Lich King's death too and items like the sovereign rod exist to free undeads, they are not fullproof and anything outside of the Light's Hope Chapel event could be seen as quite a shaky foundation for a Death knight character.

3) Kaldorei
During the Third war, Arugal summoned the worgen in an attempt to combat the Scourge assaulting the Gilnean wall. Unfortunately, what he summoned were Kaldorei druids dating back to the War of the Ancients that could not handle the sheer ferocity of the worgen form and were 'put to sleep', so to speak. They turned on the human soldiers as well and the rest is history. It is not difficult to imagine the Scourge slaying one or coming across a dead one to drag to Acherus.
There are two major problems with this - Kaldorei are generally trickier to Rp, especially as Death knights, and the game mechanic shifting abilities will shoot immersion in the foot if you ever pop out of worgen form. Even if you play them as one that will not or can not shift, either from your interpretation of undeath's effects on the curse or the character forgetting how, the fact your non-worgen form can never apply to your character may be enough to put some off.
If you are serious about rolling one, I would recommend reading A Guide to Roleplaying a Night Elf character, it even has a section on Death knights. If they were one of the sleeping druids, such a character would be over 10,000 years old and most likely male - it would take some time before female druids and male priests were allowed. Or perhaps a Kaldorei adventurer went to Silverpine within the last five years, was bitten and died.

4) High elves
It is possible to imagine a High elf that passed by or came to stay in one of the above mentioned human communities, or one that sired a half elf there. However, High elves tend to snub humans, and after the Third War about a decade ago, the snubbing would generally worsen. They would need a real reason to stay in a place where they would be the odd one out.
You would need to decide roughly when your character died and why they did not join the Sin'dorei, as a human/worgen model is far more convincing than a Blood elf one that cannot shapeshift. Knowing the political differences between Quel'dorei and Sin'dorei is important, as 90% of the survivors formed the Blood elves. If your character died early enough to wake up one day to suddenly find a huge division within their race, what shall prompt them to rejoin the smaller one - or just the Alliance in general?

I would honestly just recommend the first example. The other three are more to cover the possibilities than anything and may come off as a bit too special-snowflakey. Even as recently as a few months ago people were outright saying the given worgen Death knight backstory was lorebreaking, so having to constantly back yourself up on anything else would likely get frustrating.

The Death knight
I would recommend reading this guide if you want a very in-depth look at Death knights. For the sake of this guide, I will try and give some brief but vital pointers that are a must-have for any Death knight character.

You are undead. No exceptions. No, you cannot get past this with the worgen curse being a potent nature-related form, Arugal experimentation or being a second generation Death knight(Which hasn't been seen with the worgen curse) seeing as they would of all turned dead by now anyway.
The holy Light can heal you, but it hurts. A lot. Because you're undead. Being healed by your death coil spell or a Shadow priest is a lot more comfortable for a Death knight. Nature magic would do nothing for them.
You are not perfectly intact to the point of looking on par with the living. The emotional state of the risen candidates that are deemed unworthy and eaten by ghouls is blamed on them not being dead long enough by Instructor Razuvious. Signs of looking dead set in quickly after death, and taking a corpse to a floating citadel takes time.
You do not have a sex drive. The Scourge are not going to bother instilling a distraction into their killing machines and sex drive is quite dependant on the state of your reproductive organs. Even if a necromancer tried to empower a corpse with this ability, a worgen is an unlikely candidate given that they are tricky to raise into undeath, and even Forsaken candidates for Death knights are killed and risen again anyway. Which brings me to...
Your emotions are stunted, to a degree. This doesn't mean that your Death knight cannot have any emotions at all (Hell, Koltira and Thassarian were enemies by faction in life and got along well in undeath) - literally no emotions would be dull to play. But any risen Death knight candidates that showed too much emotion were just fed to the ghouls. Think practical, negative emotions with less positive ones now that your character is undead.
You better be good at combat. It may seem comical or original to envision a weak Death knight character, but this is actually more sueish than the overpowered ones because at least it makes sense for an overpowered individual to of come out of the starting zone in (largely)one piece. Try and make your character one that was skilled with melee combat in life.
You have to cause agony or risk falling into a mindless bloodlust. It isn't clear how often, but this rules out a torture/killing-free unlife on a nice holiday resort.
Don't show your mindless ghoul to just about anyone! Performing necromancy is still illegal, regardless of the fact that you are legally welcomed into the Alliance. Save it for when no one is looking - or when no one that takes issue with it is looking.
You need your runeblade to use your Death knight-related spells. Game mechanics imply some could be cast without a runeblade, but this is perhaps just game mechanics. It is also possible to see a Death knight taking up alternative forms of magic in case they should drop their blade in a fight, but this runs the risk of looking overpowered and having to explain every time why your Death knight just cast a fireball.
You are welcomed, but not strictly wanted. By Varian's law, your character has rights on par with any ally of the Alliance. This won't make others forget the atrocities of the Scourge however, regardless of whether it was your fault or not. Undead have been a problem longer than they have been useful to the living, and your average citizen wouldn't of had enough exposure to helpful ones to change their minds. It is not difficult to imagine the people avoiding them in the streets, employers blatantly not hiring them out of discrimination, or Kaldorei trying to destroy them when the human authorities' backs are turned...

Are Worgen Death knights Lorelol?
Strictly speaking, no - they have been implemented into the game with at least one character validating their presence. The confusion regarding their validity comes about because the Val'kyr were unable to raise worgen-cursed bodies in Silverpine as Forsaken. This was answered in Ask CDev 2 as to why the Val'kyr couldn't raise them - they just aren't as powerful as the Lich King (And perhaps the human necromancers involved in raising Death knights) and the worgen's ties to nature makes them harder to raise.
Adding to the confusion is the fact that they weren't seen prior to Cataclysm's release - their existance was pretty much retconned in later. The playable races wouldn't of been the only candidates for being risen as the Scourge as Death knights, however - Vrykul ones are in game, and trolls besides the Darkspear are pretty widespread.
There is also the matter of them having free will once they break free of the Scourge instead of being a mindless feral without inbibing the waters of Tal'doren, however this could of been explained away by Arugal's experimentation. In Ask CDev 3, it was finally explained as the mind control over Death knights snuffing out the feral aspect to leave the human mind in control.
They are shoe-horned in, they are barely explained and raise questions with little information to answer them with as to their state - but they are not lorebreaking.

This entire excerpt is a fanfiction. What the hell did I just read?

gizzybiscuits — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:26:48 GMT

Ok I'm not good with stories but I'm gonna try for all you guys.

One day was walking along with Coco and Crunch since they were really the only familey he had Just then all 3 of them saw cortex And knew something was up and ran up to him.

"Stop right there bandicoots." Said Cortex

"Excuse me why have you instucted us to stop." Asked Crash.

"For this. now!" orded Cortex.

Cortex grabbed Crash.

Tiny grabbed Coco.

Dingodile grabbed Crunch.

Polar Came and saw this and was about to attack but grabbed him.

"What is the meaning of this?"Asked Coco.

"To put you in diapers." Laughed Cortex.

OOC dramas.

gizzybiscuits — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:21:35 GMT

Context: I had a debate/argument/whatever with the guild leader, and after I got annoyed by his hypocrisy-

Which was apparently loljustajoke but that's not their only problem anyway-

I left a few days later after having gchat turned off for a while. I don't recall giving the guild as a whole the ooc reason why I went. Later I found out from a friend that I had apparently said some things about...All of the active officers. And then I found out more of it from another friend.

And that the friggin' guild leader lied about me. Sooo, here's pictures. His irl name is uncensored but he's fairly careless about who he gives it to anyway (Like to anyone within the guild), so I don't feel too bad/most of this was done over RealID and I'd rather it didn't look fake. ...Actually what I said was 'someone seeing right through someone's arcane-based illusion without even trying would be OP' and 'why would he scry through it anyway'. Sensing magic or too much magic on a mage = big deal of suspicion, apparently. Okay lesseeee... I might of said things along the lines of 'x does z and that bothers me' but not 'really hurtful bitching'. And at least two of the people mentioned are my friends that I have no beef with/nitpicks about and another is someone that just doesn't come to mind a lot. I'd say 'and I don't know x' but you don't need to know someone to take issue with them, anywaaay...

Apparently I am stupid enough to call an officer a bastard to the guild leader's face.

Huh.
Sooo...The officers, possibly including the ones that supposedly reported me to him, would get annoyed and potentially alter their guild activity or outright leave if he started asking them about it. Despite the fact that the ones that didn't report anything wouldn't be involved in questioning and any that did would probably want to be involved. And inactivity is a huge deal despite the fact that Fgr is one of the largest Rp guilds on the realm.

...What. Anyway here's the whole screencaps, but I forgot to save them to .png first so they look kinda crap.
Okay I know the quality is crap but I love what I did with this guy's face. Tl;dr: Emeran is a pingas and I hope Ranknar sterilizes him with his foot.

Edit: Okay are you FUCKING KIDDING ME. :| My post there dissapeared, so I posted another but...The first came back and the second vanished. Either I'm a idiot with forums or the guy selectively deleted them.

Edit again: AHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAA I FEEL EVIL TODAY aaand its deleted. ;n;

Edit again: VICTOORRYYYY HE ADMITS sort of. Avoidantly. And on the forum thread. 'tis kinda hilarious.

~~Why is this still going and~~ why is my account banned

Nah scratch that, it seems done for now. Apparently he got himself booted from the elitest channel for lying about someone else as well. Way to destroy your credibility for nothing, dude.

Some thoughts on harvest-witches/Gilnean druids.

gizzybiscuits — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:59:39 GMT

NOTE: This is out of date until I update it according to Ask Creative Development - Round III Answers. A lot of what originally appeared solid is now contradicted.
Since their lore seems sparse as hell, I figured I would go and chase up every teeny bit of lore I could find (Namely npc quotes). From taking the quotes and running with them, I think I've actually managed to discover a bit more without just making up my own stuff.

Quotes

"That reminds me, someone was asking about you. That harvest-witch, Celestine; she said the winds spoke your name.
You'd best hurry, <name>. We're going to need you to get back to the worgen-smashing once you're done conversing with nature."
Gwen Armstead (Within Gilneas)

"We have been blessed today! You are alive and well!"
Celestine of the Harvest (Within Gilneas)

"We were driven to the edge of extinction once before, <name>. But we druids, keepers of the old ways, saved our people from famine.
When we cut ourselves off from the outside world and our crops failed, it was our order who called upon the earth's blessings and restored the harvest.
Just as we did then, it is best to put our fate in the hands of a higher power. Join me now and learn what the wild has to teach us. "
Celestine of the Harvest (Within Gilneas)

"The earth speaks to us, <name>. It will not abandon us even in these perilous times."
Celestine of the Harvest

"Not bad at all. Perhaps there is still hope for the old ways."
Celestine of the Harvest (Within Gilneas)

"A beautiful city, is it not? As was Gilneas, in its time.
But such things pass, as shall we. Only the earth and her secrets will remain.
Are you ready to learn, <name>?"
Celestine of the Harvest (Within Stormwind when spoken to by a druid player character)

"You are not initiated in the old ways. There is nothing I can teach you, child."
Celestine of the Harvest (Within Stormwind when spoken to by a non-druid player character)

"<Name>, I am not surprised to see you here. I always thought you were my brightest pupil. I am honored to fight alongside you, my friend."
Celestine of the Harvest (Within Mount Hyjal)

Then the massive crows morphed. Genn was still getting used to seeing this transformation. He had heard that druidism was practiced among some of Gilneas's agrarian folk, but he hadn't been exposed to it until recently. The bird shapes twisted and jerked, wrenching their anatomies into their more natural forms -- those of Kaldorei druids, two males and one female.
Lord of his Pack (Chapter four)

"Merry met, <class>!
Hallow's End is a time for celebration and reflection, though many of us have forgotten why. Indeed some aspects of the festival, like the Wickerman, have been lost to time... until now, with the return of the Gilneans to the Alliance fold.
Travel outside the gates of Stormwind and speak to Celestine of the Harvest. She can tell you more about the Wickerman ceremony."
Alliance Commoner, during Hallow's End

"The Wickerman ceremony is a time honored tradition. It is good to see the Alliance celebrating it once again. "
Celestine of the Harvest (Elwynn, during Hallow's End)

"Greetings, <class>. The Wickerman you see before you symbolizes self. The flames that burn it are a cleansing fire.
Tradition states that we take our burdens and give them to the fires. We let go of our burdens as we approach the winter season and we gain clarity and peace. Join us in our tradition, <class>.
Take a branch from the nearby bonfire and hurl it at the Wickerman."
Celestine of the Harvest (Elwynn, during Hallow's End)

"Do not let your burdens trouble you any longer. Any time you are feeling burdened, remember the Wickerman."
Celestine of the Harvest (Elwynn, during Hallow's End)

Names and titles
    A Gilnean druid could have a name like any other Gilnean - one that brings to mind Victorian times. One named Gilnean druid, Celestine, has a name with Latin origins so Latin names could possibly come with their culture. You can find Latin names with English equivalents here and Victorian era names here.
    As Celestine appears to lack a surname, this may not be uncommon among other Gilnean druids, perhaps due to years and years of seclusion from society. The title 'of the Harvest' was granted to those druids who saved Gilneas from famine.
    They refer to themselves as druids and keepers of the old ways, whilst others called them witches. It is possible that the term witch could be resented by your character, as it is likely a slur brought about by misconceptions of their magic and the resulting genocide. Others may embrace it, perhaps in an attempt to reclaim it and have it and their kind associated with good.

General overview
    They most likely lived in the countryside or forests, closer to the wilds and with other druids in their order - and away from the people who harassed them out of suspicion. Some people working on the farms were druids, which may tie into their religion, such as tending to plants and the food chain.
    It is unknown if they had shapeshifting capabilities prior to joining the Cenarion Circle - in the starting zone Celestine can teach some forms shortly before you find the Kaldorei, and a quote in Lord of his Pack implies it could be possible, though as there is no quest surrounding this and shapeshifting is very time-expensive and specific to learn it may be just game mechanics letting you learn it before leaving Gilneas.
    Their skills are a possibly weaker form of druidism involving the Balance and Restoration-related abilities, definitely something that can fix up plants. You are taught the Rejuvenation spell in a starting quest so healing people should of been within their capabilities as well. They seem to have a bit of shamanistic-esque skill too, with Celestine claiming 'the winds' spoke someone's name.
    They revere 'the earth' which they refer to as her, perhaps a mother nature concept of a goddess similar to the tauren and the Earthmother. They believe she communicates with them, will not abandon them and they ask for her blessings, learning from what they see in the wild. They were likely lower class or working class people, living off of necessities - if all things shall pass except for the earth and her secrets, why live in a fancy house when you can stick around with nature?

History
    The Gilnean form of druidism has been around for a long time, evidenced by its closeness to nature and it being referred to as 'the old ways' by its practitioners. It could perhaps be related to the tauren's beliefs in the Earthmother from before the Sundering that separated Kalimdor, but this is a bit of a stretch to believe, lacks basis and would not come up in your druid's Rp.
    For a long time, they kept themselves secret to avoid being harassed or even killed by those who viewed them with suspicion. Being driven to extinction by starvation instead isn't likely as they could of tended to their own crops away from others in peace. As they have initiation rites or procedures before they are able to teach an individual their way of druidism, it is likely that their rituals may of came across as something akin to a group of shadowwy cultists or warlocks instead, which may of angered priests and townspeople into slaying them out of paranoia.
    The Gilnean druids saved their country from famine by aiding the failing crops after either the wall's construction or the connections with the Alliance being severed, closing off any potential imports from other kingdoms. This would of happened sometime within the last twenty years, either closer to twenty years ago (After the Second war where the opening cinematic states they drew inward and began construction, though this didn't stop Northgate Rebels storming the gates after the Third War) or perhaps ten years ago at the least - when the wall was definitely fully built and the Scourge were striking it in the Third War. After this act the people no longer tried to get rid of them, perhaps even hailing them as heroes. It is this act that got them dubbed harvest-witches instead of just witches by the non-druidic folk. The title 'of the Harvest' was likely granted after this act to Celestine.
    When the Kaldorei came with their ships they were able to learn more about druidism, perhaps learning how to take on animal forms. In present times they still practice their ways, working with the Cenarion Circle and joining their battles against anything that would threaten the natural order - or the world.

Reception
The Gilnean druids no longer hold an outlawed place in society. Some may still view them with suspicion and distate, some with respect for their deeds and guilt over hunting them for so long - but either way they saved Gilneas' lives. Even if a Gilnean still distrusts their magic and practices they may view them as necessary at the least, and nowhere near as bad as actual cultists. They are very likely revered as heroes for saving everyone in Gilneas from starving to death.
    Asides from that, there is a bit of a culture clash - living closer to nature and doing agricultural work could get snubbed by people like nobles, and no proud Gilnean would want to hear them go on about how Gilneas won't last forever but their deity they can't even see or comprehend as being the entire world will.
Witch-hunting them would not be looked upon kindly anymore. Expect to be brought up on murder charges for it.

Rituals and Things
Initiation ritual - it is unknown what this consists of, but a Gilnean druid cannot actively mentor someone in the Gilnean way of druidism until they have undergone it.
Hallow's End - this time of celebration and reflection on the past is of Gilnean origin, with Celestine playing a part with the Wickerman ceremony suggesting a druidic origin. Though the fact that the witches were being hunted at the time can rule that out, there is nothing stopping them from getting involved now. A twig is thrown onto the burning wickerman to symbolise letting go of burdens. The Alliance had forgotten the holiday's origins until the Gilneans were welcomed back into the Alliance.

Filling in the blanks
    Though I hope the above is informative, a lot is still left blank regarding this race/class combination. This can make any Rp that centers around your class difficult as questions are left unanswered.
It is acceptable among roleplayers to make up your own sub-groups and small factions to an extent, else any Rp guilds that do anything as a group would be deemed lorebreaking. It is not unreasonable for an individual to strike out and form their own gang, after all - just not, say, an entire kingdom.
    You could imagine what your own druid's order or sub-order in their given area were like - did they keep in contact with the rest of the Gilnean druids? Did they not? Were they stricter than most? A family group? What were their own initiation rites and rituals like? Were they working on a farm and hidden right under the public view's nose or living in secrecy in an obscure place closer to the wilds?
If you do choose to get plotting about it, just bear in mind that they are druids and it is mainly the other Gilneans who were calling them witches(Though perhaps yours chooses to go by harvest-witch or witch to reclaim the title in a sense?) - cursing people, necromancy and other spells more befitting a darker class like a warlock do not make sense for druids.
Possible inspirations for sub-groups/covens/guilds/whathaveyou are:

Wiccan religion - likely what the harvest-witches were based off of, at least in names, historical victimization and stereotyping. They believe in magic, balance and deities. This FAQ helps debunk stereotypes and misconceptions, though your mileage may vary on the rest of the site. This one is helpful too.
What to avoid: running around cackling in pointy hats and cursing people. You can't do curses with nature magic anyway. I wouldn't go making up your own deities either as an entire deity made up for your Rp is really taking liberties with the lore. If you like the concept of revering a deity, go for the planet Azeroth (Which harvest-witches are pretty much worshipping anyway), parts of it or leave the deity's actual existance as ambiguousity leaning towards a 'no'.
Romani - not a religion but an ethnicity with loads of subgroups spread worldwide, originating from India and areas that are now Pakistan. Some caravan models ingame validate the possibility of nomadic groups in general existing, some being distinctly Gilnean in appearance. Historically Romani have been nomadic to escape persecution that still thrives. Some stay nomadic, some don't. They have traditions and rules like anyone else, some aspects of Hinduism like the concept of karma, etc. There is an FAQ on Romani and the word gypsy here and a load of links here (Trigger warning for racism, rape and genocide as topics), including links to things like traditional dress, though apparently not all wear traditional dress.
What to avoid: the word gypsy, crystal balls, child-kidnapping, thieving, bellydancing, dog-eating...There are a whole load of misconceptions and stereotypes going about that hide away what they are actually like. If you plan on basing your group off of any nomadic people then please do some research, as the whole eats-crystal-balls-for-brekfast tropes leads people to believe nomads are actually like this or that they're just a thing of the past and fairytales.

What what?

gizzybiscuits — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:45:00 GMT

Note to self: when the friend sitting behind you says 'go and emote clap do eet' do not do it.

This song maaaybe makes me feel better.

gizzybiscuits — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:21:09 GMT

Sad as hell, but maybe it does.

Also piano, I dig piano.

Why is the kids' show taking acid?

gizzybiscuits — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:31:30 GMT

Game show presented by Les Dennis, in which teams compete to avoid being eaten by giants.

...Wait, what?

Lore updaaates

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:58:38 GMT

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/1008430853 The first one.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2721372142 The second one that points out that THE RPG BOOKS ARE INVALID AGING LORE IS NOW SLIGHTLY LESS OF A CLUSTERFUCK YAAAAAAY

How not to troll.

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:43:49 GMT

When called out on being a forum troll's alt, should you deny it?  Yes, yes, great idea, let's not spoil the trolling...

...Only there's that little issue of forum ignore detecting that as being your alt.

How do you get around that and still look totally innocent?  Deny it and say you'll take a screencap of your lack of Dk (Because yanno, no one deletes level 58 Death knights) of course! And say that the call-out person must of put them on ignore by accident.

You know what else helps?  Your guildmate posting to say she totally couldn't of did a forum post at that time because she was levelling ingame. Its not like people can multitask or anything.

Well that didn't work, how about asking them how they could of seen it was your posts if they had you on ignore? Its not like you can click Show Post if you put someone on forum ignore - oh wait.

But her friend was on Skype with her and didn't tell her she was making a trolling post, she must be innocent!  Its not like people lie or anything!

Hmm, let's seee, any excuses left...Oh, I know!  CLAIM IT MUST OF BEEN A FORUM GLITCH. ONE THAT CONNECTED ALL OF YOUR ALTS THAT POSTED ON THE FORUMS TO THAT ONE DK.

Okay look, if you want to troll then do it on your main like a manluh man or don't bother. In fact just don't bother you look like a sick son of a goldfish.

Edit derp:
At around half 6 on the 22nd Ral was lvling a human with me. O.o

The changes of the authenticators recently allowed that person to do, same location and IP address, we even use the same laptop at the moment, theirs burnt out so they are using mine – Well, not anymore, after last night.

Suuuure.

Caffeine pills.

gizzybiscuits — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:35:04 GMT

Do not take them unless you like doing a batshit amount of grinding until 6-ish in the morning.

...Though getting two Elixir of Giant Growth recipes, 30 mithril, a heap of iron, gold, some truesilver, leather and hides feels kinda worth it. Also a Dart hatchling and rare mobs. Eeeeee.

wat

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:30:33 GMT

I just wat

GUYSGUYSLOOKIHAVETOSHOWYOUTHIS

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:22:34 GMT

Also happy birthday Crowmoor.

Sheer unadultered(?) hawtness.

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:58:59 GMT

Ohyesh.

Caaan someone explain to me...

gizzybiscuits — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:43:48 GMT

...What Blizzard were thinking?

Found this uh...Thing in Ahn'quiraj because flying over a portal for Rp is fun.

Carmen started crying and had to be put to bed early because of this.

gizzybiscuits — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 01:34:34 GMT

...I barely know this guy's 'comedy' act and wtf he does, only saw one vid after seeing him being referenced in a youtube poop (And squashed by that fat shopkeeper guy) and even I know after seeing this pic (Or something similar) on a bus advertisement that this is not going to end well. Who the fudge thought this was a good idea?

Oh for the love of Gizzybiscuits

gizzybiscuits — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:36:04 GMT

Jamal2019 has joined the chat
Jamal2019: heyy
Guest_misztwerksum has joined the chat
Jamal2019: hey twerk
Guest_misztwerksum: heyz
Jamal2019: i am ur teacher
Guest_misztwerksum: okz
Jamal2019Jamal2019 Whisper: 2day class we will learn how 2 suck dick if u dont like 2 suck dick den dis is not da class 4 u
Jamal2019: ms twerk do u no how 2 suck dick
Guest_misztwerksumGuest_misztwerksum Whisper: yea
Jamal2019: would u mind showin me
Guest_misztwerksum: ok....
Jamal2019: come here
Guest_misztwerksum: yes
Jamal2019: -takes my dick out-
Guest_misztwerksum: -jumps off desk-
Guest_misztwerksum: -turns around-
Jamal2019: -rubs my dick-
Guest_misztwerksum: wat now teacher...
Jamal2019: suck my dick
Guest_misztwerksum: ok :D
Guest_misztwerksumGuest_misztwerksum WhisperGuest_misztwerksum Whisper: -sucks his dick-
Jamal2019Jamal2019 Whisper: mmmmmmmmm
Guest_misztwerksumGuest_misztwerksum Whisper: u like dat huh.
Jamal2019: yeaa
Guest_misztwerksum: i figured u wood
Jamal2019: -puts my hand on ur head n stick more of my dick n ur mouth
Guest_misztwerksum: mmmmmm
Jamal2019: -fucks ur throat hard-
Guest_misztwerksum: mmm.....
Jamal2019: -slaps ur ass hard-
Guest_misztwerksumGuest_misztwerksum Whisper: :D
Jamal2019: -fingers ur ass-
Guest_misztwerksumGuest_misztwerksum Whisper: :)
Guest_SolestiaL: ((Dude, this is a GA room.
Guest_SolestiaL: ((Knock it off or I'm reporting you both
Jamal2019: lolz
Guest_SolestiaL: ((If you really wanna Erp then take it to a one-on-one chat, not a room where any bint and their mother can walk in
Jamal2019: >.>
Guest_misztwerksum: O_o i cant understand her language
Jamal2019: me either
Guest_SolestiaL: ((Erp = erotic roleplay or cybor, i.e what you were typing above
Guest_misztwerksum: if u aint talkin about money i dont understand ya language
Guest_SolestiaL: ((Okay, enjoy your abuse report and potential ban
Jamal2019: moeny or sex she doesnt under stand u lolz
Guest_misztwerksum: solest let me ask ya a question.... r u half horse cause u must not under stand me?
Guest_SolestiaL: ((Reported. In future don't type nonsense like 'sticks a finger in your butt' in a room where a) someone else is already present b) where anyone who doesn't want to see it can walk in.

I was just tabbin' around without paying attention then came back to...Well, this. In a 'learn how to Rp' chatroom. The 'r u half horse' comment comes from my avatar on IMVU having horse legs and a tail.

I mean, really? I wasn't even looking for Erp-related lolwut this time. And whyyy oh why the chatspeak @_@. I have a feeling these two are trolls who think leaving 'sukz ur pickle' for someone else to come back to or that parodying Erp in a public room is ~ttly hilarious~.

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:48:09 GMT

The Free Character Migrations (FCM) below are available until the end of December 7, though it is possible they may close before this date. To use an FCM, please login to your Account Management and select Free Character Migration, or click on the following link:

http://www.wow-europe.com/character/character-move.html

PvP Realms

From: Frostmane, Grim Batol, Outland, Sylvanas

To: Genjuros, Xavius

Alliance only

From: Ravencrest

To: Genjuros, Xavius

RP Realms

From: Argent Dawn

To: Darkmoon Faire, Steamwheedle Cartel

Non-srs answer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Srs answer: Weeeell it won't be so crowded and we might gain new blood...Maybe...? I mean dayum the place is full.

Man eats authenticator and requires medical treatment.

gizzybiscuits — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:34:42 GMT

No, really.