Unadulterated Awesomeness2009-09-21 00:00:00The one where Thrall decides to make his triumphant return to Outland.... And then decides not to go because he's got far too many enemies in Azeroth. Prudent decision, if a rather anticlimactic way to end the quest chain.
The guild I'm in on the beta server is undoubtedly a zerg guild. Anyone who wants in, gets in. It's great for finding groups, but it also means that the same questions like "Where's Krun Spinebreaker?" or "Is 'Kill The Messenger' bugged?" get asked a few dozen times per day. Still, it's a small price to pay.
As I'm merrily questing along, our guild leader (shout out to Fenriz!) says, in guild chat, "Hey, um... I think Thrall's going to Outland." Not knowing that he's level 67 and has already DONE that chain, there are a bunch of people who respond with "Nah, he's not, he changes his mind, it kinda sucks," and the like.
"No, guys, I'm serious. I think Thrall is going to Outland."
Now I, myself, have not yet done this chain. All I know for sure is that it's very long, involves almost all the quests in Garadar, and ends with gathering herbs for the Greatmother-though it can only delay her death, not prevent it. You talk with the Greatmother, and she reveals that she is, in fact, the mother of Durotan.
Yes, that Durotan.
Greatmother Geyah is Thrall's grandmother. She asks the player to go to Orgrimmar and tell her
grandson what is happening on the other side of the Dark Portal. Tell him about his heritage.
For Thrall, then, there is only one option.
I'm just reading the conversation, intrigued, a little confused, and not paying too much attention when I read one of those zone-wide emotes saying "war drums echo in the distance."
And then, I read a zone-wide y...
