This is my first WoW post on the blog. I will go over the two factions, Horde and
Alliance, at a later time. For this
first post, I am going to pay tribute to my friend Icywiz, and to one of the
cutest races in all of the game, (don’t tell my Horde friends I said this),
Gnomes. Not only are they cute, but
being a short person myself, I hardly ever get to hear, “My. You’re a tall one.”, so running into Gnomes
while questing is a plus.
When I first started playing World of Warcraft, it was
Icywiz who showed me the ropes. It’s
funny, looking back, how much of a clueless noob I was compared to now. Icy played a Gnome Mage (Mages are the
Wizards of the WoW world). Icy’s main,
though, is a Draenai Hunter named Ajira.
Hunters are real fun to play. You get to shoot things with bows and
arrows, you can tame the wild animals and make them your hunting
companions. I am pretty sure Icy would
have a Gnome Hunter but that’s where the problem lies….Gnomes are the ONLY race
in WoW that cannot be Hunters. I now
know why they cannot be, but have an idea for a solution. That idea is why I decided to write this post.
First, a little (pun intended) description and history of
Gnomes. Gnomes are the shortest race in
World of Warcraft topping out at around 3’ in height. They are also technical geniuses. If it is Alliance and mechanical, a Gnome
probably made it. They even built an
underground tram that runs between two Alliance cities. They are also one of the most difficult races
to find lore for. Even the Gnomes
themselves aren’t sure of their exact origins.
I was able to find some things regarding Gnomes in WoW Wiki. Here is an excerpt regarding them.
“Apparently, the first gnomes that
came into existence were "mechagnomes", small clockwork-creatures
created by the Titans. It is unknown why the titans created them, though
most likely they were created to help shaping Azeroth along with
the earthen and the sea giants. What is known is that
the mechagnomes, like many other beings created by the titans, were affected by
the Curse of Flesh. This gradually turned mechagnomes into the fleshy variant
seen today. Also for unknown reasons, this knowledge has been eluded/lost by
the gnomish race. Information of this evolution can although still be found on
various locations, gradually explaining how the gnomes appeared on Azeroth.”
That very paragraph could explain why Gnomes are not
Hunters. I was playing on an RP (Role
Playing) server and some of the players were discussing this. They started out as a mechanical being. There was no emotion, no empathy, nothing
natural, there was just programming and parts.
Even the Dwarves started out as something natural, stone. Hunter pets could only bind to something
naturally made.
That being said, I think it would be Uber cool if WoW would
make Gnomes Hunters and they make their own pets. They could even use the creation of a pet as
a special quest for Gnome Hunters only for a time. After all, Engineers in WoW can make their
own mechanical pets, such as squirrels, rabbits, and even a dragon.
That is it for my first Warcraft blog post. I am going to leave you with a picture of
my favorite Gnome, Chromie. Technically
she’s not a Gnome but I will go into that at a later post. Since I cannot take credit for work I did not do, I got this picture from a website called "The Lightbringer.com" I am not sure who the artist is, but they did a fantastic job.
See ya around the Spiral or Azeroth
~Heather/Tappa
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