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not a RPG? allow me to prove you wrong
paranoidpvp
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I've gotten sick of all the people complaining about how this is not a roleplaying game so I decided to post the gameplay storyline for all to see.
Players begin the game as recruits in the Ascalon Academy. The nation of Ascalon has just come out from the Guild Wars and seems to be returning to its never-ending struggle against its savage neighbors to the north, the Charr. This area is a tutorial area that allows players to get used to the game. Following a short mission, the actual events of the story begin to unfold.
The Kingdom of Ascalon
A terrible magical event conjured by the Charr, called "the Searing," kicks off the actual story of the game. The Searing rains fire and giant crystals on the beautiful land of Ascalon turning it into a desolate landscape. King Adelbern of Ascalon believes his kingdom can still withstand the Charr with the help of the Great Northern Wall, while his son Prince Rurik disagrees and believes Ascalonians should take the initiative and take the fight to the Charr.
The king's estimates are soon proven false as players discover in the Great Northern Wall mission that the Charr are amassing a great army to overtake Ascalon. The forces of Ascalon are thrown into chaos at the sight of the approaching forces and a hasty retreat to Fort Ranik is needed. There, with the aid of the players, the assaulting Charr forces are pushed back.
During their retreat, the Charr take many prisoners and Prince Rurik, determined to teach them a lesson, decides to free those captives. In the Ruins of Surmia mission, he frees many such prisoners with the aid of the players. While fleeing the Charr, the Prince finds the mouthpiece of the legendary horn Stormcaller.
Rushing back to the capital of Rin, the Prince and the players are distraught by the sight of an invading Charr army burning and ransacking the great city. With the help of Stormcaller's magic, the players are able to stop the onslaught and save the city.
This victory is shortlived, however, as it is ensued by a confrontation between the Prince and his father. Prince Rurik begs his father to accept an offer from Kryta for shelter, having seen the abilities of the Charr first hand, he is convinced that Ascalons need to pull back and regroup. His father refuses any cooperation with Krytans, and after arguments, the king banishes his son from the land.
The Northern Shiverpeak Mountains
Prince Rurik decides to leave Ascalon and head for Kryta and a new home free of the Charr. He is joined by the players as well as many Ascalonians who believe in their prince. The journey to Kryta, however, would not be an easy one. For between the two nations lies a great mountain range known as the Shiverpeak Mountains.
The Shiverpeaks are home to the Dwarves, and the players arrive at the most inopportune moment. The Dwarves are caught in a civil war between the Deldrimor Dwarves and a new faction called the Stone Summit. Unlike the hospitable and traditional Deldrimor Dwarves, the Stone Summit seek to drive all strangers out of the mountains and believe dwarves are superior to all other races.
This does not bode well for the Ascalon refugees traveling through as the Stone Summit tries to prevent them from going through the mountains. Through the Borlis Pass and the Frost Gate missions, players make their way through legions of Stone Summit to clear the path for the refugees. This is not without a price as the brave Prince Rurik meets his demise at the end of the Frost Gate mission leaving the Ascalonians to an uncertain future in Kryta.
The Kingdom of Kryta
Arrival at Kryta offers little rest for the players as they discover that the land of Kryta is beset by the plague of an undead legion led by a figure called the Lich Lord. After helping the White Mantle (the order that rules Kryta) repel another wave of undead in the Gates of Kryta mission, the Mantle extend a welcome to the Ascalons offering them a settlement north of their capital Lion's Arch. The White Mantle also enlist the players' aid in defeating the undead hordes. While at Lion's Arch, Mhenlo receives a request for assistance from Master Togo in Cantha. Mhenlo asks some of the players to make a detour into Cantha to help him in the Factions Campaign.
While assisting in one of those expeditions, the players end up saving Confessor Dorian (the leader of the White Mantle himself) from an undead mob in the D'Alessio Seaboard mission. In that mission, they also help him secure the Scepter of Orr (an artifact of great power) from the undead seeking it.
As a reward, the players are enrolled into the White Mantle and given the honor of administering the Test of the Eye and finding the Chosen among the people in the Divinity Coast mission. The Chosen (people deemed by the Eye of Janthir to have great talent/power) are selected by the Eye each year and lead away by the White Mantle to presumably study and become great scholars. After the players administer the test and lead the Chosen to their destination, they are surprised to find out that those Chosen were kidnapped after they left them by a small rebel group opposing the White Mantle. This group is called the Shining Blade.
The Maguuma Jungle
The White Mantle ask the players to go into the Maguuma Jungle and find where those Chosen were taken, bring them back and inflict justice upon the Shining Blade. In the Wilds mission, players are able to discover how the Shining Blade traverse the Jungle so easily. As such, they are able to catch up to the group that kidnapped the Chosen. Upon confronting them, the players discover that the Shining Blade kidnapped them to save them from the White Mantle.
As proof, players embark upon the Bloodstone Fen mission to find out what exactly the White Mantle do to the Chosen. At the end of that mission, players discover that the White Mantle kill those Chosen in cold blood to serve their masters, the Unseen Ones. Along with this discovery, players confront and kill a prominent White Mantle leader, Justiciar Hablion.
With the death of Hablion and the exposition of their true identity, the White Mantle go on a rampage to destroy the Shining Blade and the players who are now seen as traitors. What is most troubling about this assault is that there seems to be an agent within the Blade betraying their secrets to the Mantle. The Shining Blade leader Evennia is able to find a magical portal to open the ancient Henge of Denravi and asks the players to activate this portal in the Aurora Glade mission. The Shining Blade would use this fortified location to make a stand and wage war against the White Mantle.
Emboldened by their new base, the Shining Blade seek to enlist allies in their fight against the White Mantle and find an ally in Vizier Khilbron. In exchange for his aid, the Vizier asks Evennia to acquire the Scepter of Orr from the Mantle, which the players do in the Riverside Province mission. Unfortunately, while delivering the scepter to the Vizier in the Sanctum Cay mission, the players discover that the Shining Blade were indeed betrayed by one of their inner council members named Markis. They succeed in delivering the Scepter to the Vizier and fleeing with him, but the Shining Blade are scattered by the White Mantle.
The Crystal Desert
Vizier Khilbron suggests that players head to the Crystal Desert to try and achieve the feat of Ascension (gaining the attention and blessings of the Gods of Tyria). Only through Ascension, the Vizier believes, will players be strong enough to face the White Mantle's masters and true source of powers, the Unseen Ones.
The Desert is a pause in the story as players no longer interact with Ascalons or Krytans, but ghosts of long forgotten nations. The ghost of Turai Ossa guides the players through the Ascension process which takes them through three missions:
- In Elona Reach, the players gather the Vision Crystal to focus the gaze of the Gods on themselves.
- In the Dunes of Despair, players help Turai Ossa take over the Throne of Pellentia and control the Temple of Ascension.
- In the Thirsty River, players defeat six teams of Forgotten (the serpent-like inhabitants of the desert) to prove themselves worthy.
After completing these tasks and passing the final test of facing the Doppelganger, players are brought to the Dragon's Lair for an audience with the dragon prophet Glint. There they face multiple facets before finally gaining an audience with her. Glint tells the players about the Flameseeker Prophecies which describe the events that had unfolded in the world of Tyria so far. She also informs them about the treachery of Markis, and about the true identity of the Unseen Ones: they are a powerful race of spellcasters known as the Mursaat. She sends them to the Southern Shiverpeaks to face the White Mantle and rescue what remained of the broken Shining Blade.
The Southern Shiverpeak Mountains
Players arrive at the Southern Shiverpeaks to find the remains of the Shining Blade fleeing into the mountains to escape the wrath of the White Mantle. The Mursaat have come out of hiding, and are helping the Mantle in their fight and all the major forces in the mountains (the Deldrimor Dwarves and the Stone Summit) are reeling before their advance. Players start working with the Deldrimor Dwarves to save the Shining Blade and put an end to the White Mantle's rampage.
Players first rescue Evennia from the grasp of the White Mantle during the Ice Caves of Sorrow mission. They also discover that the Mursaat posses a devastating ability known as Spectral Agony against which they have no defense. Evennia and the dwarves instruct players to seek out an ancient creature known as the Seer deep in the mountains which might know of a way to counter this powerful ability. The players are able to get to the Seer in the Iron Mines of Moladune mission and with the help of infusion, they are able to face the Mursaat and kill Markis for his treachery.
This is yet another short-lived victory... The presence of yet more non-dwarves in the Shiverpeaks arouses the Stone Summit ire and the players find out that the capital of the Deldrimor Dwarves, Thunderhead Keep fell to the Summit. In that mission, the players, along with King Jalis Ironhammer the king of the dwarves, are able to drive off the Stone Summit invaders, kill the Stone Summit leader Dagnar Stonepate and then make a stand against the Mursaat invaders. They slay Confessor Dorian and send the White Mantle forces reeling.
The Vizier re-appears to tell the players that the fight is not over yet. They must now travel to the Ring of Fire Islands to take the fight to the Mursaat and unleash the only weapon that can destroy them.
The Ring of Fire Islands
As players arrive to the islands, they discover that the Mursaat have gone to great lengths to prevent one and all from approaching the Door of Komalie where this secret weapon is locked away.
With the help of the dwarves, players are able to make it past the initial defenses of the Mursaat in the Ring of Fire mission and on to the base of the great volcano Abaddon's Mouth. In that mission, players are finally able to get to the Door of Komalie and break the seals around it to unlock it. They are surprised however to learn that they were betrayed.
The door unleashes terrible creatures known as the Titans. With the help of the Scepter of Orr, the Vizier is able to subdue these creatures, but it is then revealed that he is the evil Lich Lord. He used the players to gain access to the Scepter and to the Titans. With the Mursaat defeated and the Titans under his command, the Lich Lord hopes to rule all of Tyria.
In the Hell's Precipice mission, players put a stop to the Lich Lord's plans and are able to once again close the Door of Komalie and bring an end to the Vizier's treachery.
Vision of Glint
Free of the Lich Lord's control, the Titans seek to crush the centers of human civilization. They mobilize massive armies against the major cities in Tyria.
Aided by a vision of Glint that the players receive at her shrine in Droknar's Forge, the players embark on a series of quests to rid Tyria of the Titans. They begin by staving off a pressing Titan assault on Droknar's Forge. They then help fend off assaults on Ascalon City, the Henge of Denravi, and Lion's Arch.
With a little luck and plenty of skill, they are victorious and the Titan armies are decimated. Glint advises the players to seek this opportunity to strike at the center of the Titan high command, which lies deep in the Charr-held lands north of Ascalon. The journey is long but eventually the players carve a path through the Charr forces and reach the Titan Source, whereupon they defeat the three Titan lords and free Tyria of the Titan menace.
Aftermath
- Ascalon: The Kingdom of Ascalon still fights the Charr, though their success is unknown. With Prince Rurik's death, the kingdom is most likely adamant with King Adelbern's policy of defence.
- The Lionguard: With the defeat of the White Mantle, the Lionguard will eventually regain most of Kryta, though it is unknown if the royal family regains control.
- The Deldrimor Dwarves: By defeating the Stone Summit in the battle of Thunderhead Keep,and the death of Dagnar Stonepate, they will most likely regain control of most of the Shiverpeak Mountains.
- The Stone Summit: With the loss of their leader, Dagnar Stonepate, they have definitly lost a lot of morale. They continue to rule areas such as Grenth's Footprint and Sorrow's Furnace, but they are now only a shadow of their former glory.
- The White Mantle: With the death of their leader, and the three inner council members, they are now scattered and hated. Their strongest point is now D'Alessio Seaboard, and Riverside Province.
- The Undead: The Undead are still about in areas such as the Black Curtain, and the Cursed Lands. Though they were abandoned by the Lich Lord for the Titans, they have most likely found some other leader. They continue to hassle travelers in Kryta.
- The Shining Blade: Having (for the most part) defeated the White Mantle, they will most likely will help the Lionguard reinstate the royal family to the throne of Kryta, along with populating the Maguuma Jungle to create their own nation.
- The Ascalon Vanguard: They are spread between Ascalon and Kryta, one half still pushing against the Charr, and the other half defending the Ascalon Settlement. They are now under the command of Duke Barradin.
- The Titans: Though the heroes of Ascalon (arguably all of Tyria) defeated them, it is very improbable that they were entirely annhilated. It is likely that most of the Titan are once again holed up in the Door of Komalie. Their role in the future of Tyria is Unknown.
Unanswered Questions
Despite the victories at the end, there are some unanswered and unsettling questions:
- Will Ascalon fight off the remaining Charr and rebuild successfully?
- Will the royal family and the Lionguard regain their power in Kryta from the broken White Mantle?
- With the fall of the Lich Lord, what is the fate of the Undead Army, and will future Tyrians venture to Orr and Arah to learn more of the Tyrian nation's fate?
- Will the Deldrimor Dwarves re-establish their hold on the Shiverpeak mountains?
- Will the Shining Blade populate the Maguuma Jungle with the rebuilding of the Henge of Denravi?
- Was there a more powerful moving force behind the Charr's Searing? What is the mysterious bond between the Charr and the Titans, and how are they connected to the Mursaat?
- Did the Titans scourge the Mursaat from Tyria, or will the enigmatic race pose future problems for the continent?
- What will become of heroes relationship with Glint?
If that isn't enough roleplaying for you I don't know what is...
Comments
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That way... Go get it.
"This is not a game to be tossed aside lightly.
It should be thrown with great force"
Something wrong with being the same level? Perhaps you're one of the noobs who can't handle other players your level.
Something wrong with having similar gear(in the sense that they are equal good)? The gear is a lot of different and choosing the right is imparative for the success of your character. Perhaps you're one the the noobs who can't handle other players that has equal or better gear than you?
Probably same skills builds? No. Just no. Obviously you know jack about the game. The skill builds are very different, and using somebody else skill build means you'll have to have the exact or extremely similar gear(stat and attribute wise)? For you to be successful in GvG, 8 players skill build must fit together perfectly. Each player must know how to use their skill build and how to play role he/she has.
Same maps? Not compared to other instanced PvP. Again you are wrong. Play the game yourself.
It's far more RPG that most other games listed on this site. It's less MMO though, there's nothing wrong with that.
If it was an offline experience then it was because the numbnut didn't play the game right. Interact with the other players and play some GvG and do missions together. This was far from a offline experience from me. Besides your contradicting your own statement with saying it's like a 3d chat room. If it's a 3d chat room then any online is a 2d or 3d chat room.
Far superior game. The coding in this game is also far better a lot of the other games listed on this site.
--- There's probably a lot of spelling and grammar errors, but I'm to lazy to correct them ---
Something wrong with being the same level? Perhaps you're one of the noobs who can't handle other players your level.
Something wrong with having similar gear(in the sense that they are equal good)? The gear is a lot of different and choosing the right is imparative for the success of your character. Perhaps you're one the the noobs who can't handle other players that has equal or better gear than you?
Probably same skills builds? No. Just no. Obviously you know jack about the game. The skill builds are very different, and using somebody else skill build means you'll have to have the exact or extremely similar gear(stat and attribute wise)? For you to be successful in GvG, 8 players skill build must fit together perfectly. Each player must know how to use their skill build and how to play role he/she has.
Same maps? Not compared to other instanced PvP. Again you are wrong. Play the game yourself.
It's far more RPG that most other games listed on this site. It's less MMO though, there's nothing wrong with that.
If it was an offline experience then it was because the numbnut didn't play the game right. Interact with the other players and play some GvG and do missions together. This was far from a offline experience from me. Besides your contradicting your own statement with saying it's like a 3d chat room. If it's a 3d chat room then any online is a 2d or 3d chat room.
Far superior game. The coding in this game is also far better a lot of the other games listed on this site.
--- There's probably a lot of spelling and grammar errors, but I'm to lazy to correct them ---
dont tell me i havent tryed this game plz, and yes this game is not even close an rpg, nor is it a "good game" like i said its a mediocre game, that only has players because its free...
If u have any doubts about my experience u ccan contact me ingame by:
Darth Tryklon lvl20 W/R - Finished both campaigns
Archdruid Malfurion lvl20 R/Mo - still playing Cantha
Fonseca o Coveiro lvl20 N/Mo - Finished both campaigns
Darth Varimathras lvl20 E/Mo - Finished Cantha
Tindr Dark lvl20 A/Mo - Finished Cantha
I will repeat again, its an offline game with glorified chat rooms that look like towns...but i guess all those people who cant afford anything better will allways play this.
(before u ask i play this as a free time game, not by far my main game)
Okay some people must be very young on this board and didn't grow up with RPG's. We all know where RPG's came from, the PnP games. There people created a character, went on adventures, leveled up through use of skills, bought or found or crafted better gear, and went on more adventures, all the while staying in their character role.
Since then RPG's has evolved into a certain style of gaming. This style can be described by being able to create a character of your choosing within the games limitations and being able to level that character up by gaining experience, which allows you to buy skills or gain new skills. Furthermore, you are able to upgrade your armor through various means. Whether you choose to play your role is your choice. Roleplayers tend to play their role in a RPG, while others just quest and do whatever the game provides for entertainment while they level up their character.
Note: Games have altered this basic formula to appeal to different people and gaming styles. An example of a modification would be a skill based system without levels.
So lets look at Guild Wars here.
Does GW give you a choice between different classes to play as? Yes
Does GW offer a system to where you can level up through experience points, to become more powerful through use of skills? Yes
Does GW offer character improvement by allowing you to get better items, weapons, and armor? Yes
Does GW offer quests with a backstory and a storyline to follow? Yes
So as we can see, GW is a RPG. You can't argue with facts. Well you can, but the rest of the people will just find you stupid or crazy.
That has nothing to do with a game being a RPG or not. If you take Baldurs Gate for example, which is a widely know RPG, and created a Warrior class; you would end up with the nicest set of armor in the game, because you want the nicest set. Now if someone else buys that same game and creates a warrior, chances are that they will have the same set of armor. What makes you think that every warrior in GW does not want the nicest set of armor for their build? If anything, that should tell you that your pick of armor is a good pick.
Another thing worth mentioning is that you shouldn't be worried about what other people has. Worry about yourself and the role you are playing.
but u can always continue, there is a new expansion on its way, i guess its called guild Wars: More of the Same (with the magnificient inclusion of 2 new classes).... just be carefull dont post to many times on the trade channel...lol
Originally posted by tryklon no i wont worry, even because that game is more than done to me.....authentic abandonware...
Alright one Dumbass/noob down, alot to go. Tryklon is one of the MMO's kiddies, That simply don't have the Skills or the Ability to Play GW
anyway back on Topic: Yes GW is a RPG, you plays a Role in a Story/lore, and Follows the Story/lore to the End and Finishs the Story. Cheers
Guild Wars Player:
A/Mo Sephis Shadowfang lvl 20
WoW player:
Sephis - Ravenholdt Server
yes...lol.... i can undestand your frustration about wow, it kicks gw ass, unfortunately for u, your arguments are not enought to counter the fact that wow is played by more than 6 million people with active accounts , guild wars sold 2 million, not counting those who already abandoned it. not to mention wow has monthly fee, imagine if it was free like this excuse of a game...
Guild Wars Player:
A/Mo Sephis Shadowfang lvl 20
WoW player:
Sephis - Ravenholdt Server
first of all, gw is not a MMO so it shouldnt even be on the list.
seconde, those scores are from players, not reviewers, i recommen a visit to www.gamerankings.com a site that collects all the scores given by review sites worldwide then presents the average, suffice it is to say that wow is the first an gw is not even in the top 10.
Just an addiction, if someone wanna check the best ten MMORPG, this are absolutely unbiased reviews made by many sites worldwide, u can check there.... direct link here : GameRankings MMORPG Top 10
first of all, gw is not a MMO so it shouldnt even be on the list.
seconde, those scores are from players, not reviewers, i recommen a visit to www.gamerankings.com a site that collects all the scores given by review sites worldwide then presents the average, suffice it is to say that wow is the first an gw is not even in the top 10.
a Yes, WoW had 300 Reviewers more then GW, and you Know why? Because Blizzard Spammed Every Gamesite/Gamestore in the world, While GW simply do whats its best to
. and that is to Be Something New to the MMO market. While GW only back with 2,5% with 300, While wow has 600? you see the Point kid? If WoW had 300 it wouldn't Beat Gw.
oh and Btw kid. GW is a MMO, just because you can't Gank any Player that Simply trys to Lvl up, in the Open Fields, It doesn't mean it Isnt a MMO. Don't waste my Time with Trolling kid, i beats you at Every Turn
P.S. Dont sleep in your English Lessons, its "You" not "U"
Guild Wars Player:
A/Mo Sephis Shadowfang lvl 20
WoW player:
Sephis - Ravenholdt Server
lol, ah yes, the excuse of blizzard...lol...i heard that before...lol...u can beat those reviews can u?
btw, iposted before my chars in gw, wich u can check at this moment if u like, i can logon, please post your char in wow so i can verify if u at least play it, or just a guy that cant afford other than free games, and then, to feel better, trys to fool itself to think gw is the best... lol
about the english, this is not my native language, my language is one that u couldnt learn even if u lasted for 200 years....
lol, ah yes, the excuse of blizzard...lol...i heard that before...lol...u can beat those reviews can u?
btw, iposted before my chars in gw, wich u can check at this moment if u like, i can logon, please post your char in wow so i can verify if u at least play it, or just a guy that cant afford other than free games, and then, to feel better, trys to fool itself to think gw is the best... lol
about the english, this is not my native language, my language is one that u couldnt learn even if u lasted for 200 years....
i don't play WoW anymore , anyway my last Fee i payed was about 11 months ago, my Character a Tauren Warrior called mordread, Lvl 42 if i remembers Correctly. Oh if you Read at Most Reviewers its says, under cons: "Bye, Bye Life"
a Yes the WoW's kids thats just because WoW got a MF, it is "Better". Parents pays your Bill, or do you got a Life, so you can work?
Yet WoW Freaks trolls any Forum/Board with has a MMO that is Better then WoW, Say by your Posting here, you are a WoW freak, Please try to be a Mature Kid and Talk with Other WoW Players Instead of trolling Us? Would you kid? or are you that Kind of Immature Person?
Don't waste my Time, kid
Guild Wars Player:
A/Mo Sephis Shadowfang lvl 20
WoW player:
Sephis - Ravenholdt Server
the constant use of the word "kid" shows clearly who is the kid here, then i wasnt trolling anything, it was asked a question i gave my opinion, if i remember correctly, and we can see this, the first person using the word "wow" and attacking wowas a game, let me see....it was you...who would imagine!
the constant use of the word "kid" shows clearly who is the kid here, then i wasnt trolling anything, it was asked a question i gave my opinion, if i remember correctly, and we can see this, the first person using the word "wow" and attacking wowas a game, let me see....it was you...who would imagine!
Ah yes, i Calls Everyone that is a Newbie to GW "Kid", Because i dont use the word "Noob" because its Insulting Most people, Only at Speciel Persons.
at yes Now it was ME THAT was attacking you, Blame me if you want, i really don't care Dude. Want a Piece of Advice? Go to the WoW Forum and talk with them and see the MMORPG's List, Because THE SITE IS MMORPG's Main Site. don't be a Shamed Dude, take the truth slowly. GW is Superior over WoW, WoW is for a Different Taste of Players, Those who Always Want to grind to the Best, and GW is for those with Skills, that know how to use them (see: EviL, Te or WM).
now we Gonna move on. You is Clearly a WoW player so Go to WoW Forum, because what you are Doing is Trolling, now for the English Part: My Main talk is Danish, Then English and then German
have a Good day
Guild Wars Player:
A/Mo Sephis Shadowfang lvl 20
WoW player:
Sephis - Ravenholdt Server
let me see...
Tryklon is one of the MMO's kiddies, That simply don't have the Skills or the Ability to Play GW
or:
these People choose WoW, because its "Leet" Game for those People.
have a nice life.....
just to let things clear about who attacked who first...
let me see...
Tryklon is one of the MMO's kiddies, That simply don't have the Skills or the Ability to Play GW
or:
these People choose WoW, because its "Leet" Game for those People.
have a nice life.....
ah Shall we Dance, ok then.
ah Shall we Dance, ok then.
plz, and yes this game is not even close an rpg, nor is it a "good game" like i said its a mediocre game, that only has players because its free...
its an offline game with glorified chat rooms that look like towns...but i guess all those people who cant afford anything better will allways play this.
they should change the name of the game to Clone Wars, that way, i would be fine..lol
just be carefull dont post to many times on the trade channel...lol
Insultings, These are some of the Reasons, i "Attacked" you, as you call it. so Dude are you going in Circles, or will you move on?
are you a Troller or a Mature Person?
Guild Wars Player:
A/Mo Sephis Shadowfang lvl 20
WoW player:
Sephis - Ravenholdt Server