Introduction

For years I have been heavily involved with the online game World of Warcraft. I have several characters (toons) at max level and have become invested in the raiding community. One of the things in the game that has roped me in is the story. I watched my father play Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and later Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. He installed the game for myself and my brothers and we played LAN matches as a family. I enjoyed the story of the game the most. I liked to, as a young boy, cheat through the missions so I could get in to the briefing for the next mission. It was here in these briefings that the story was told and I could get a sense of what was happening.

World of Warcraft has expanded on that story, and after many years and countless hours spent on this game I made a decision back in November 2010 to write a story of my main toon at the time, a warrior named Zuljynn. This warrior was name changed to Shrimpiclese shortly after the launch of Cataclysm, but the story continued for quite a while afterward. The peripheral non-Blizzard canon characters were all based on characters of my friends who were playing with me.

This story was originally posted on the Frogpants/Extralife/AIE forums in their RP section. I'm consolidating it here so that I may continue the story and start others for other characters I'm now playing. Hopefully you enjoy!