Thunder Bluff Lessons and Leather Gloves
A morning at the Crossroads gave way to Thunder Bluff, where Nanaki learned a new druid skill and worked leather until his hands knew more.
The Road
I woke at the Crossroads with dawn over the Barrens and rested there a while before heading out. Before long I arrived in Thunder Bluff, climbing to Elder Rise and later passing through the other rises of the great mesa.
When my work there was done, I took a wind rider from the flight master back to the Crossroads. The flight carried me over Hunter Rise, the Golden Plains, Stonebull Lake and Galak Camp in Mulgore. Then came the Barrens: the southern reaches, Agama'gor, Lushwater Oasis and the Gold Road. By morning I was back at the Crossroads, where I rested again.
Fellowship
At the Crossroads, a troll rogue thanked me for the campfire. A windshaper druid of the skyborne called out something playful and nonsensical. A Forsaken paladin said something about standing back from the fire I was about to start, and addressed me with a name that was not mine. I let it pass. A tauren shaman in Thunder Bluff kept shouting an offer of free enchanting on chests, but I didn't take it up.
Spoils & Craft
In Thunder Bluff I turned to leatherworking. I made five pairs of Embossed Leather Gloves and five Fine Leather Belts. Later I made Light Leather Pants, three Medium Armor Kits and a length of Medium Leather. My skill climbed to 70, then 75, then 80. I learned Light Leather Pants, Cured Medium Hide, Medium Armor Kit, Gray Leather Boots and Medium Leather along the way.
Two patterns turned up while I worked: Mystic Medium Armor Kit and Forceful Medium Armor Kit. Both were uncommon, and I learned both at once.
Growth
Turak Runetotem greeted me in Elder Rise as a brother. He spoke of the Great Balance and of keeping our minds clear and our hearts strong, and offered to teach me. I learned Feral Charge from him. Tarn, the leatherworking teacher, said he was pleased with my progress and that the Earth Mother must have inspired my hands.