Sunstrider Isle to the Ghostlands

[MongoJerry]

But first came the duty of killing the Springpaw Cubs and Springpaw Lynxes in the area, which like the mana wyrms had once been controled by the Blood Elves. As the Magistrix Erona says, "It gives me no pleasure to ask you to destroy these beasts. While in times past we have lived in relative harmony with woodland creatures, these are different times. The first order of business for all sin'dorei is survival; make sure you remember that." When turning in the quest, she continues, "You have done well in providing us with a buffer of security, but we will need to reassert control over the entire isle if we are to survive here in the long run." We see the establishment of themes here that pervade all Blood Elf dealings -- the concepts of the need for control and survival at all costs.



While hunting lynxes, Neriad came across a Blood Elf family playing along the beach. The two girls, Nova and Jane, seem to comically echo comments that the two boys in Stormwind City with comments like, "I think I can see the Sunwell from here!" However, the father, Jessel, wakes up periodically and says, "Was... Was it all a dream? Azuremyst. Bloodmyst. Zangarmarsh. Shadowmoon... even Zul'Aman... Jane! Jane where are you!" Jane then reassures him by saying, "I'm right here, daddy. You've been asleep all day long. You sure must be tired!" He replies, "Ah, wonderful. It was all jsut a dream..." and falls back asleep. I don't know the full history of the High Elves / Blood Elves, so I don't know who these names refer to.



When Neriad reports back to Magistrix Erona regarding all the lynxes she killed, Erona tells Neraid to head out west and report to Lanthan Perilon regarding "a more pressing matter" at the Falthrien Academy. This works out well, since Neriad was heading west to get Solanian's belongings and find the Shrine of Dath'Remar anyway.

At about this time, Neriad also got another quest in town to find "Arcane Slivers" off the creatures in Sunstrider Isle as well. The quest giver, Arcanist Ithanas, says, "Many of the creatures here on the Isle were at one point bound into non-aggression and complacency by our magical skills. When the Scourge destroyed the Sunwell, our hold over these creatures shattered. Arcane slivers are the remnants of the control we once had, and as such might be usable in fashioning a new device to aid us in regaining their control. Better still, perhaps the slivers could be used to see what malaise the isle truly suffers under." The themes of control and domination over creatures is again repeated.



Along the way to meet Lanthan Perilon, Neriad stopped by one of the Burning Crystals. It's kind of pretty with all the mana wyrms floating about it.



And what do you know? Solanian's journal was there just as Solanian predicted.



Lanthan Perilon greeted Neriad and told her that she would be leading the effort to recapture the Falthrien Academy to the west from one of the Wretched -- Blood Elves who have lost their way and "succumbed to their basest cravings." (Introduction of a new motif).



But first, he wanted Neriad to kill some trees -- trees who (say it with me) were once under the control of Blood Elves but have grown out of their control. I like Lanthan's very Blood Elf way of saying, "surivival is survival" and "I'll mourn later."