Pardon me, have you seen my cat?

My first hunter pet ever was a Ghostclaw Lynx named Lolz. Thus began my lolcats theme of naming pets. Lolz is the reason that I now have Roflz, Ohai, Kitteh, and Goggie. Being a lynx native to the Blood Elf starting zone, she was an appropriate and beloved companion throughout Jag's early levels. Even after I tamed Roflz, who became my official sidekick for the remainder of my journey to 80 and beyond, I would often bring Lolz out of the stables to play.

Jag, being a cat person, used to keep a stable of five cats. Then Spirit Beasts came along, and the allure of their rarity and sparkle-shiny-moonfire-prettiness necessitated that I make some tough decisions. With each new patch, and each new Spirit Beast added to the game, I reluctantly released one of my kitty friends into the wild, until only Roflz and Lolz remained. Then came Arcturis, and after much deliberation, I sadly set Lolz free. I like to imagine that she returned to her home in the Ghostlands, welcomed with purrs and pounces by her lynx family and friends.

So the very best thing about Patch 4.0.1: with twenty stable slots, I can have all my kitties back! The first thing I did was go looking for Lolz. I found her waiting for me just across the bridge, on the banks of the Elrendar River, playing in the water by the lily pads. Yes, this is the exact, specific mob spawn of the original Lolz. First lynx on the left, when you cross the bridge into Ghostlands. I always remembered. When she saw me, my old lynx friend pounced on me joyfully. To an outside observer, it might have appeared as though she was quite angry and attempting to rip my face off, but I know it was all in the spirit of affection. She had a very nice visit with her wild cat friends in the forest, but she's delighted to come home.

So, it is to be war between us

See that dog in the screenshot? I’m shunning it. The hunter is Sola, my guild leader. She’s a traitor. She used to raid with her beloved brown lynx, Caliban. As a fellow attack-cat, Caliban is one of my posse. We look awesome paired up together on a raid boss’ butt, clawing and mangling our way to victory. Sometimes we’re even joined by a third cat, usually Seishou, a pretty ghost saber who owns one of the guild’s other hunters. We have kitty power. JOHN F^#*ING MADDEN.

That dog puts a serious crimp in my style. When Sola began bringing it to raid for the dps boost, I made my disapproval abundantly clear. I gacked up an epic hairball in one of her favorite +120 Agility boots. I clawed up both sides of the guild sofa. I practiced the above-pictured shunning ritual each time she summoned the mongrel. When she betrayed Caliban, she betrayed one of my own. Caliban deserves to be Caliban the Kingslayer. The dog deserves a flea dip.

I do have to confess, though, that part of my vehement Caliban defense is motivated by guilt.

Cast of Characters

I feel it might be useful to introduce some of the names I'm likely to mention frequently in this blog.

My Characters:

Lynxr – My first character, and my main until WotLK. She’s been a feral kitty spec since day one, or at least since day one of level 20. She’s my primary pet collector, keeper of 127 of my 132 vanity pets.

Jagwyr – My co-main, a beastmaster at heart who runs as marksman for raids. Her companions are Roflz the lion, and four Spirit Beasts: Ohai, Kitteh, Goggie, and Lynxr.

My alts – Phasers (Draenei elemental shaman), Raevynn (Blood Elf frost/blood death knight), Kyttyn (Blood Elf discipline priest)

My Boyfriend:

Thulgasta – Usually I’ll just call him “Thul.” He’s an enhance shammy. We’ve been a couple for five years, and playing WoW together for three. We co-lead my guild’s 10 man raids. He’s a lot wittier than I am, so I will frequently demand that he provide me with humorous one-liners which I will shamelessly publish here and claim as my own.

My Pets:

Koda – My dog. Main spec is goober, off spec is booger. Leet solo raider of The Trash, known loot ninja of empty Starbucks cups.

Gwyn – My cat. His name means “white.” He got lucky, cause my previous cats were named Fido, Spot, and Rover.

My Guilds:

WOW Cave – I lead this guild with Jagwyr, on Malfurion. The name is pretty literal… we started as a group of six real-life friends squishing into one room to play WoW together. Three years later, we’ve grown a little bit, but we’re still a tiny close-knit bunch. We raid 10 mans, one night a week, and recently we downed the Lich King.

Sheep Nova – Lynxr’s guild on Farstriders, the other bunch of lunatics I play with. This is where I take a vacation from guild leading. Although my responsibilities in Sheep Nova are limited, I do take my role as “guild cat” very srsly.

I like kittens. And also WoW.



Hi, I'm Christie--more commonly known on the internet as Jagwyr or Jag. I’m twenty-six years old, college educated, and mostly unemployed. I live in my mom’s garage, which I share with my dog, cat, and many stacks of cardboard boxes. Half the garage is my domain; the other half is storage space. It was never my intention to become a basement-dwelling nerd, but here I am, so I may as well fess up to it.

This blog will be (mostly, most of the time) about WoW, from my perspective. That is to say, the perspective of somebody who loves the game for its plethora of digital animals, pretty fantasy outfits, and because it’s an interactive social hobby to share with friends.

In this blog, you are likely to find many screenshots of pets, mounts, and RP outfits. You’re likely to read my opinions about the facts that Worgen do not have tails, and that the Alliance guild mount is a majestic golden lion, while the Horde's is a disgusting bug with pincers.

You are unlikely to find any discussion of class mechanics, raid strategies, or damage meters, unless they happen to relate directly to something theme-appropriate—like the fact that I am so excited about the Worgen Running Wild ability that allows them to drop to all fours and sprint at mounted speed.

By way of introduction, I will share the story of how I became a WoW player.

Sparkle, sparkle!

Spectral Tiger Cub, gift from Thulgasta. And Celestial Steed, gift from Zeiseit. <3

OMGWTFProto-Drake

Yesterday, the Blue Proto-Drake dropped off Skadi during Phasers' heroic UP pug. I won it with a roll of 97.

Last night, I decided to cruise around Storm Peaks for a few minutes and do some herbing with Jagwyr, since I hear they increased the drop rate of Frost Lotus. Picked four herbs, no Frost Lotus... suddenly there he is in front of me, the Time-Lost Proto-Drake.

Two uber-rare Proto-Drake mounts in one day. Wowhead has the blue one listed as a 1.2% drop rate. I know I've never seen it before, and I've never heard of any of my friends seeing it drop, either. The Time-Lost Proto-Drake... quite possibly the rarest mob in the game. Odds of catching them both in the same day... ?????? Holy proto-drakes, Batman.

I will say that I've been keeping an eye out for the Time-Lost for over a year. I've never actively camped the thing... that seemed like it would be insanity... not to mention that honestly, it's not that pretty, being kinda poo-colored, and it doesn't even go 310%. Nevertheless, I like rare beasts, so I have been prepared...

I kept a single Snowfall Lager in Jag's bags, and on my action bar in a handy location. When I saw the drake, I sprung into action, just like I'd always imagined... I flew above it, chugged my Snowfall Lager, and dismounted. As I was falling past, I shot it once with Arcane Shot to tag it... or at least I think I did. I also saw Ohai's Spirit Strike (kitty moonfire!) hit the drake, just before my pet despawned due to plummeting through space. So now I'm floating downward with this pissed off dragon chomping at me. But I'm giddy because I have successfully tagged him... as long as I don't die, he's mine. So now I'm just praying that I land somewhere "safe" before the slow fall wears off. I touch down on a ledge of the frozen waterfall at Bor's Breath, and the drake lands with me. Call pet, pop Bestial Wrath, hit Intimidate, Rapid Fire... drake is dead very quickly. Woah. Of course I'm shaking and my heart is pounding about a million miles a minute.

So suddenly I have this unexpected Proto-Drake collection. I got my Violet drake for What Long, Strange Trip It's Been on Jagwyr last month upon completing Lunar Festival. About a week later, I finished my last achievement for Glory of the Hero and picked up the Red drake. And yesterday I added both Blue and Time-Lost (still... again... wtf?!). From zero to four in about three weeks. Guess I'll have to start picking up Mysterious Unhatched Eggs from the Oracles again to try for Green.

Pride Rock

I finally got the right pet for this screenshot. Pride Rock, Nagrand. The Wind Rider Cub is a Valentine's Day gift from Thul.