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All the World's A Stage: Plot points for members of the Kirin Tor
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
If you played WoW at all during Wrath of the Lich King or spent any time at all in Dalaran, you already know of the Kirin Tor — but they’ve been around far, far longer than one expansion. The Kirin Tor are an elite sect of powerful mages, and Dalaran is their city-state. A kingdom of sorts, all to its own, Dalaran’s been around for thousands of years. The Kirin Tor are strictly a neutral organization, adamantly unwilling to choose one faction over the other. Both Alliance and Horde are welcome in Dalaran, but fighting is not allowed, the city being just as neutral as the citizens that live within its walls.
In order to be a member of the Kirin Tor, you must be a mage. Non-mages can gain reputation and favor with the Kirin Tor, but they are not actually a member of the organization itself; membership is strictly reserved for mages. According to the RPG source guides, the Kirin Tor was originally made up of 120 members — however, since the RPG source guides aren’t “real” canon, they’re just sort of canon-ish, you can easily call your mage a member of the Kirin Tor if you’d like to.
The Kirin Tor saw a lot of action in Wrath, but they’ve been relatively quiet in Cataclysm, as the focus has shifted from the relocated capital city of the magi to the catastrophic events down south. This does not, however, mean that there isn’t anything for a member of the Kirin Tor to think about these days.
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All the World’s A Stage: Plot points for members of the Kirin Tor originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All the World's A Stage: Plot points for Cenarion Circle druids
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
The Cenarion Circle has had a presence in WoW ever since day one. Though the Cenarion Circle does have its own reputation grind that allows any player to join the ranks, the Circle itself is pretty much a druid-only organization. This has less to do with exclusivity and far more to do with the Circle’s original purpose. It’s that purpose that defines a druid, no matter what race that druid happens to be.
… sort of. The Cenarion Circle was originally founded by the Night Elves, thousands upon thousands of years ago. While they accepted the Tauren into their ranks, it wasn’t without some contention among the Night Elf druids. These days, the Trolls of the Darkspear are made warily welcome, as are the Worgen of Gilneas. It’s the Worgen who are the most interesting new addition to the Cenarion Circle, however, because without the Worgen, the Cenarion Circle simply wouldn’t exist.
In Cataclysm, the Cenarion Circle is just as active as ever, and for good reason — the looming threat of Ragnaros the Firelord and the devastation wrought by Deathwing have done much to unsettle the natural balance of the world.
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All the World’s A Stage: Plot points for Cenarion Circle druids originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for Argent Crusaders
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
Once upon a time in classic World of Warcraft, there was an organization called the Argent Dawn. This organization made its home in the heart of the Plaguelands ruined by the Scourge during Warcraft 3 and sought to fight back and cure the land of the plague that ailed it. But the Argent Dawn could not do it alone, which is where players both Alliance and Horde came into the picture. In the Plaguelands, both factions worked for the same cause, and the Argent Dawn oversaw it all.
Later, the Argent Dawn evolved into the Argent Crusade, setting its sights on Northrend and the Lich King’s throne. Those loyal to the Argent Dawn readily joined the Argent Crusade and traveled to the chilly peaks of Icecrown in the hopes of putting an end to the Lich King. After a long war, the mission was a success, and the Argent Crusade returned home — but what of those who belong to the Argent Crusade? What does an Argent Crusader have to do these days?
For roleplayers with characters who belong to this organization, there may be a little less to work with than there was in Wrath of the Lich King; the Argent Crusade isn’t really a highlight of Cataclysm. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t points to consider when playing your courageous hero.
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All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Argent Crusaders originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All the World's a Stage: Plot points for Blood Knights
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All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World’s a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the art of roleplay in WoW.
Many roleplay guilds run with a theme of some sort, whether it’s a group of heroes all thrown together with a specific cause, a family or noble house, or even a rag-tag group of mercenaries. Those aren’t the only themes available to play, however. World of Warcraft has several different organizations established in lore, and some players choose to place their characters in those organizations. It’s a good way to root the character in the existing lore, but it’s also an excellent way to help define the character you’re playing. Due to popular request, over the next few weeks I’ll be addressing some of Azeroth’s major organizations and taking a closer look at each.
The Blood Knights of Silvermoon are a relatively new organization by Azeroth’s standards, formed for one purpose and now practicing another. Though it could be stated that their story began and ended in The Burning Crusade, that’s not exactly true. There are plenty of plot threads left hanging that Blood Knights can play with.
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All the World’s a Stage: Plot points for Blood Knights originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 09 Oct 2011 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Well, I’ve certainly had fun covering the different plot points out there for roleplayers of any Warcraft race to pick up on. Keep in mind, though, that these articles are merely suggestions for relevant topics your character could potentially be interested in — they are certainly not the be all and end all of interesting things for your character to talk about. Hopefully, you guys were able to find a good idea or two in all that lore to sink your teeth into!
Today, I’m going back through the plot point series, checking out the comments and answering any questions you guys may have had about the various points brought up in this series. There are a lot of really good questions here, so let’s get started!
Possum asked, from Night Elf plot points:
In regards to the Night Elf mages, I was under the impression that all PC mages created were Highborne? To me this makes a lot more sense. Letting the Highborne back into society tentatively I can see out of desperation, but having them train/corrupt their youth?
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All the World’s a Stage: Roleplaying plot points Q&A originally appeared on WoW Insider on Sun, 02 Oct 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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All the World's a Stage: Roleplaying plot points Q&A
Joystiq All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. In World of Warcraft, that player is you! Each week, Anne Stickney brings you All the World's a Stage with helpful hints, tips and tricks on the … |