Patch 4.0.6 was every bit as exciting as I had hoped. :D Visiting both the new additions and familiar faces of returning rares was a thrill, and Vephriel picked up the two pets I had been looking forward to the most.
First is Satak, one of the new grey wind serpents. I actually had him waiting for me in my stables as I had gone to Netherstorm prior to tame one of the changing ones. I am absolutely in love with this model! I knew I liked it from the previews, but seeing it in person is on a completely different level.
Features such as the spikes and wing membranes have an amazing blend of colours ranging from peach to orange to lavender. I find the vein details especially prominent on this model, the flesh-like hue of the wings lends itself to a very realistic appearance that the other Outland wind serpents don't seem to have. The body colour is almost a faded purple-black, and then the bright green eyes stand out vividly.
I seem to associate the Outland wind serpents with vampires (perhaps it's their fangs xD) ... not only does Shiki posess a vampiric personality and attributes, but I found myself seeing this grey model as yet another vampire. I settled on the name Satak by going through a translator tool and finding the words for 'vampire' in alternate languages. I seem to have lost my little note on which language satak comes from, but at least I'm certain of its meaning.
I took a bunch of screenshots in Silithus, a zone that Satak just happened to match perfectly, while waiting on my next pet. ^^
The camping paid off, after a few hours my NPC scan joyously blared that Rex Ashil had spawned. I rushed to locate and tame him, thus securing the final addition to my stables (for now).
I'm pleased to introduce you to Syntax, the beautiful blue wasp.
For some reason I had a heck of a time settling on a name for this bug, but luckily Syntax finally clicked for him. I was amused to notice afterwards that Satak and Syntax sound very similar by complete coincidence. xD
In any case, I'm so happy to have a wasp once more. I used to be very fond of my giant Sapphire Hive Wasp, Hypnotik, but at some point the bond just started to evaporate and I found myself struggling to stay attached. I knew I loved the concept of a wasp pet, but the faces always bothered me a bit on the large Boss models, and the smaller silithid types had no colours that interested me. (White came close, but was altogether too similar to Shiki). This dark, obsidian blue was love at first sight. ^^
Though I told myself I would keep this blog strictly related to Vephriel, I have to cheat and mention a very important tame that took place on my undead hunter. :D
After years of searching and developing a growing love (obsession?) for Rekk'tilac, he's finally come home to his proper place at Spiders' side. It was indescribably awesome to see him at his new gigantic size, traipsing proudly amidst his smaller brethren. Rekk is a special tarantula to me, I can't even tell you why exactly, but it's good to know I finally have the real him. :)
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