Children’s Week – Part 2

Hey there, everyone.  Sarra back to tell you about the rest of my adventures during Children’s Week.  After I returned Grunth to the Orgrimmar Orphanage and Orphan Matron Battlewail, she told me that there was an orphanage out in the Outlands at Shattrath City and they might be able to use my help too.  So I decided to make my way to Shattrath and see if I could be helpin’ out.  I hopped the zepplin, Iron Eagle, to Grom’gol in the Eastern Kingdoms and then took a windrider to Stonnard in the Swamp of Sorrows.  From there it was a nice ride into the Blasted Lands and the Dark Portal to the Outlands.  On the other side of the Dark Portal, I talked with the flight master and got another windrider into Shattrath.  It was a long journey, but the Horde transportation system is very efficient and it seemed like no time at all before I was making my way to the Lower City in Shattrath.

A slow canter around the Lower City found me at the doorstep of the Shattrath Orphanage.  Orphan Matron Mercy was there watching the children playing on the steps and she was more than happy to let me know that they could use any help I could offer and she had a little Blood Elf girl that could use some company for a bit.  Orphan Matron Mercy gave me a little whistle to blow to call the girl to me.  When I blew the whistle, a little Blood Elf girl came running up to me and introduced herself as Salandria and made no bones about letting me know what she’d like me to do for her.  She is really a rather forward little thing and seems to think she is being all sly and sneaky about something.  ~Shrugs~ I came here to help and this is what the Orphan Matron asked me to do, so there is really no need for Salandria to try to be sly about her requests.  I guess it’s just in her nature though, being one of those blood elves and all.

The first thing Salandria wanted to do was go and visit one of her friends from Sporeggar.  Hch’uu was at the Shattrath Orphanage before one of her relatives came and got her and took her back to Sporeggar.  So off we go to Sporeggar.  Salandria and I went up to Shattrath-proper and found the Flight Master and caught a flight into Zabra’jin in Zangarmarsh.  What is it about kids and their need to lean out off anything high?  I had to grab her by the ribbons more than once to keep her on the beast…especially when we were flying over the huge mushrooms in Zangarmarsh.  She insisted we should be able to walk on their tops! When we finally landed in Zabra’jin, the flight master there got a real good laugh over the fact that Salandria was tied to the windrider harness and we had to take time to undo the knots before she could dismount.  Thank goodness the beast was good natured about the whole thing.

We rode west out of Zabra’jin over the road across the marsh to eventually make our way into Sporeggar.  Of course it wasn’t quite as simple as all that.  There were Marshfang Rippers, Sporebats, Fireglow Stingers and Fen Striders to terrorize along the way.  Salandria was curious about them all and what magic they may hold.  She was especially interested in the Fen Striders with their odd ways.  I must say though, Salandria was much more well behaved while we were on Kar than Grunth was.  She was just more convincing when it came to requesting stops to “study” things.  A reminder of our mission to go and see Hch’uu usually convinced her that we should really continue on.

Once we reached Sporeggar, she found Hch’uu easily in the center of the village.  I let the two of them visit a bit while I took a look around the village and caught up on any news with Msshi’fn.

When the girls were done with their visit, we were off again to take a Trip to the Dark Portal.  It seems that Salandria was not convinced by the stories she had heard of the demons and dangers of the Stair of Destiny and the Dark Portal.  We rode back to Zabra’jin and procured a flight directly to the Dark Portal.  Once there, Salandria seemed awed by the sight of the swirling nether of the Dark Portal itself and the majesty of the Stairs of Destiny.  I really don’t think she was expecting what she got on that trip.  She was especially surprised when a soldier of the Horde came through the Portal in front of her.  I think that after seeing the on-going battle for the Stair of Destiny, the constant sacrifice of soldiers of both the Horde and the Alliance as they try to keep the demons away from the Dark Portal, she will not be so skeptical of the stories in the future. 

I need to go and help Zy with something for a bit now.  But I’ll get the rest of this adventure to you right away. 

- Sarra

Tags: A Trip to the Dark Portal, Hch'uu and the Mushroom People, Salandria, Shattrath, Sporeggar