However, as I run out of the keep to find that the server is again having a bad case of the gremlins and everything seems to be standing still, I decide that combat might be a bad idea under those conditions. Luckily, there's another quest nearby: a medic who is trying to treat poisoned soldiers, but lacks the antidote to do so. Said antidote is conveniently in the cargo hold of a recently-arrived ship, so he asks me to go get it. I do, but upon descending into the hold I am set upon by members of the Cult of the Damned. Now, they're called "Clandestine Cultists," but there's nothing very clandestine about having a wicked altar with skulls on it right out in plain view and attacking anyone who comes down into the hold, now is there?
I mean, really. This is ostensibly a cargo ship that has come delivering badly-needed supplies to war-weary forces in Northrend. Cargo ships generally use their cargo hold to carry cargo (how bizarre, I know) ... so one would think that there would be at least some traffic in and out of the place, right? You'd think someone would have reported that there were Evil Death Cultists down there with an openly visible Evil Death Cult Evil Skull Altar of Evil Doom. Pretty sure that wouldn't be on the cargo manifesto.
Having slaughtered these Evil Death Cultists, I take the news to the ship's captain who acts genuinely surprised. He maintains that the cultists must be sneakier than expected, and worries that they've infiltrated some of the other ships. I maintain that he should probably realize that "If the Lich King commands it!" is probably not proper naval speak.
As the server teetered towards another crash, I decided that it was probably a sign that I should get some shut-eye, because that particular Fatigue debuff is a doozy. I'd also forgotten how long these things can get ... so I think here's a nice place to pause for a while.
But don't lose hope, my friends. My tales don't end here! Coming up next, well ... there are dungeons to be run, and we'll get to introducing the rest of the team - this time, I'm not alone in adventuring! As I said last time, anyone in the Beta is perfectly welcome to join us ...
... but we'll get to that later. The journey is just getting started, after all.
See you next time!
-TMTCJ(z)
