Islands

I was right about the Treants that I thought I'd seen south of Blood Watch; we found a camp of the things and almost every one dropped the crystallized bark that Kate and I needed to complete that particular quest, so that old quest was out of the way very quickly.

From there we went northwest to the Cryo-Core where Kate was able to clean up another quest, picking up cases of medical supplies (I'd already done this one). From there it's a short walk to Vindicator's Rest where we were able to capture Matis the Cruel. This was a lot easier than I thought it would be - you're given a flare gun when you receive the quest, and all you have to do is get close enough to Matis to get his attention (i.e. get him to attack you) then fire a flare. At that point another guy (an agent of The Hand) appears out of thin air and renders Matis unconscious after a few seconds, during which all you have to do is keep yourself alive.

We decided to go next to Wyrmscar Island to take care of the two quests we had there, so we cut northeast to the Warp Piston and swam across.

The first quest was simple - just pick up two mushrooms that a guy in Blood Watch wanted, and they're big and lit up like candles so you can't miss them. The tricky part is that the area is swarming with Veridian Whelps and Broodlings - little flying dragonlike creatures. The whelps aren't so bad but the broodlings spit poison; luckily I have the Purify spell that removes disease and poison curses.

The other quest involved finding the ghost of a ship captain - he turned out to be on the beach on the east side of the island and he gave us a quest to wipe ten of the Naga sea creatures in the area. That was made much easier by the fact that he hit us both with a spell that enabled us to breathe underwater for twenty minutes. With that quest done he gave us another, to collect the souls of four drowned sailors, then finally he wanted us to go south to Bloodcurse Isle to destroy a statue and take care of a boss Naga.

On the way to Bloodcurse Isle we bumped into Prince Toreth, who asked us to pick up a bundle of dragon bones from Ragefeather Ridge, an Owlkin camp back on Bloodmyst. We put that to one side while we took care of the boss Naga then swam over and picked up the bones and went back. Toreth then asked us to wipe a few of the Veridian Whelps and Broodlings, and with that done he wanted us to take the bundles of bones we'd collected earlier and throw them on a fire burning at the top of the hill in the middle of Wyrmscar Island; that would summon Razormaw, a level 20 elite Dragon. This was easier than I thought it would be.

With that all done we went back to Blood Watch and flew on to The Exodar for training and to take care of bank and auction house business. While I was there I was able to push my Cooking skill from 8 to over 100, first by making Spice Bread (which got it up to 40) then making a run outside to collect some Moongraze Stag meat and bringing that back to cook, which brought it up to 50, then finally cooking fifty-odd bits of clam meat that I'd collected and kept in the bank. The boiled clam meat gives over 200 health and adds 4 to stamina for 15 minutes - very useful.

So I now have just three quests remaining on my list, and there's one other that we have to go back to Vindicator's Rest to pick up that involves escorting a demolitionist to the Vector Coil (I think) which he plans to destroy.

Kate also has her Warrior-only quest that takes us to Redridge. We know how to get there, but because we haven't opened up any flight paths we'll have to walk the whole way; nevertheless we've decided to do that just as soon as we're done with these last handful of quests because it'll open many new areas. Once we're done in Redridge we can carry on where we left off at Auberdine.