Poison Cured, Waters Mastered, Four Falls
Nanaki crossed half the Horde's lands, earned the sea lion's shape and mastery over poison, and fell into darkness four times along the way.
The Road
I began the day in Thunder Bluff and took the flight master's mount to Orgrimmar, where I rested a while. Out on the road I found Jaggedswine Farm, and then the long way north opened up: Tirisfal Glades, the Ruins of Lordaeron, and the great Undercity beneath them. I met the flight master in the Trade Quarter, then went on to Silverpine Forest and the Sepulcher, where I met another. From there I flew back to Undercity and rested in the sewers.
Later I came to Moonglade and met its flight master too, then flew on to Orgrimmar. In Silverpine I stood on the Dead Field, North Tide's Hollow, North Tide's Run and the shore of the Great Sea.
The Barrens took most of the day. I found the Sludge Fen, the Merchant Coast, Northwatch Hold, the Raptor Grounds, Boulder Lode Mine, the Mor'shan Rampart and Bramblescar. In the afternoon I went north into Ashenvale, to Nightsong Woods, Splintertree Post, the Falfarren River, Raynewood Retreat, Astranaar, Maestra's Post, the Zoram Strand and Zoram'gar Outpost. I met the flight masters at Splintertree and Zoram'gar. I ended the night at the Sepulcher in Silverpine.
Battles
The Razormane were the bulk of it: eighteen Flesheaters and ten Berserkers, all elite and hard-fought. Among them I slew Chol'aruk, a towering elite of their kind, and later the rare Gesharahan. The Venture Company gave me plenty to do. I cut down nine Mercenaries, eight Overseers and six Enforcers, and Boss Copperplug fell twice. Eight Oasis Snapjaws, five Thunderheads and three Stormsnouts went down as well. I also felled Ishamuhale the great raptor, a Thunderhawk, four Southsea Brigands and three Cannoneers, with a scattering of Kolkar, Drudgers and hyenas.
The darkness took me four times. I fell in Thorn Hill, on the Merchant Coast, at Lushwater Oasis and in Tirisfal Glades, each time to something I never saw. Each time I woke as a spirit and went to find the spirit healer.
Deeds
In Undercity, Varimathras was pleased with my work: "You have done well in serving the Dark Lady." A hurried alchemist asked me to run a potion across the slime canal to Doctor Martin Felben in the Apothecarium. The doctor said I had made it "just in time." In Silverpine I laid a worthless pendant on a grave at the Sepulcher, and Tabitha Heartweaver asked me to find her husband, who had not returned from the ruins of Lordaeron. I have not yet answered her.
In Moonglade, Dendrite Starblaze set me the trials of my aquatic form. I finished the Trial of the Lake for Tajarri, then the Trial of the Sea Lion. Back in Thunder Bluff, Turak Runetotem rewarded me with "permanent power over poison" for curing the sick gazelles of the Crossroads.
At the Crossroads I helped Wizzlecrank's stolen shredder get away, and Sputtervalve paid me for it in Ratchet. Gazlowe's bounties were mine too: the giant shark Bruuz and the pirate Baron Longshore. Wharfmaster Dizzywig said of the Cats Eye Emerald, "We're going to be rich!" Gur'ak praised the killing of Chol'aruk as "grim proof" for Orgrimmar.
The guards at the Crossroads got their silver back from the raptor lair, Sergra Darkthorn sent me on to Camp Taurajo, and Tonga Runetotem accepted the shells I brought. Arch Druid Hamuul and Nara Wildmane set me against the Druids of the Fang in the Wailing Caverns. I also took a sealed crate and a shipping label to Dokimi, finished Jorn Skyseer's hunts of Ishamuhale and the thunder lizards, and delivered a lunch for Borstan and Thatog. Migi found it "really good."
Fellowship
My words aloud were few. Near the Undercity I greeted a Forsaken crowd with "sup dawg," and I mooed at several strangers, as a tauren will. Parties formed and dissolved all morning: shamans, mages, priests and a paladin, none of whom stayed long. At the shredder I stood with a rogue and a warrior who were after the same task. I asked "wtf where is he" while we waited, and answered "yeah" when they asked if I had it. The rogue said the one we waited for had stepped away. Later, while the fighting dragged on, I murmured, "i fel myself fading...."
In the afternoon I joined the guild Blacktide as a Grunt. I answered "really?" to someone not long after. In Orgrimmar, tail itching, I said, "Mine tail doth itch," and then, "Scratcheth it, wolves."
Spoils & Craft
The road gave me several uncommon pieces: Dredgemire Leggings, Prospector's Mitts, a Flaring Baton, a Big Bad Basher, a Veildust Medicine Bag and Rambling Boots. Turak Runetotem's reward was an Aquarius Belt and an Idol of Shifting Tides. Sputtervalve and Dokimi each said they would pay me for my trouble, and Dizzywig split the emerald's sale with me, half and half.
At the work table I crafted Light Leather several times and cured Light Hide. My skill in leatherworking grew, and so did my skinning.
Growth
I felt stronger twice today: once after the trials of Moonglade, and again beside Turak Runetotem. Cure Poison is mine, and I can shift into my aquatic form to move freely through water. My trainer also taught me better ways to fight: Entangling Roots, Nature's Grasp, Maul and Regrowth, each to a higher rank, and I learned Faerie Fire and Hibernate.
The dagger and the mace both felt steadier in my grip, and I got better at turning aside blows, with the feral arts sharper for it. Thunder Bluff now holds me in honor. The Defilers and Durotar Supply and Logistics know my name too, as neutral friends.