This entry is mostly wishful thinking. :)
I've had a soft spot for hydras every since I first saw one ambling around the Zoram Strand on my original baby night elf character. They were such a unique looking creature, and I remember wanting to tame one so badly (only to discover later that it was not possible).
Since then they had mostly remained a pipe dream, a passing fondness that would emerge whenever I saw one in the wild.
In Wrath of the Lich King there was a brief period where a ghostly hydra could be tamed by mistake, thinking itself to be a crocolisk. A thrill of excitement went through me at the prospect of owning one at long last, so I tried to hurry and reach the point in the dailies chain where I could summon the Spirit of Atha. Sadly I was unable to win against the deadly hotfix date, and the hydra dream slipped through my fingers once again.
Hope is returning now in Cataclysm, however, with the promising change in pre-tamed Spirits of Atha gaining their own hydra family classification and special ability. Though there is still no definitive news on the tamability of the beasts, my obsession has been steadily rising and I'm hoping for the best in a future patch. :) *crosses fingers*
Anyways, all musing aside, I do have a planned tame should they miraculously become hunter pets at some point. The black Strashaz Hydras of Alcaz Island were love at first sight to me. I've found myself visiting them rather frequently, just sitting up in one of the towers or on the docks and watching them path around. I'll be naming mine Unagi should the day ever come.
I decided to take my aspiring friend on a journey to Durotar, so here are the photos from that trip:
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