# Travels through Azeroth and Outland

**URL:** <https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435>\
**Category:** Media Forum\
**Created:** [August 14, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435 "2009-08-14T19:32:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/1 "2009-08-14T19:32:23Z")

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Hello, a friend directed me to this forum. I figured that since there’s a fanfiction section, I would go ahead and share my own efforts in that area. This is a first-person, in-character travelogue for the World of Warcraft.

Much of the travelogue deals with my own conjectures about the cultures in Warcraft. I try to avoid contradicting canon. However much of the travelogue deals with issues that have never been explored in the actual game. For instance, I write about the differences between night elf and goblin literature, the economy of Andorhal during the Second War, obscure heresies of the Holy Light, among other things.

> **[Introduction](http://destron.blogspot.com/2007/10/introduction.html)**
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> Picture of Destron created by Mitch Death for the WoW.com art contest My dead hands dragged across the crinkled parchment, over letters ...

Please tell me what you think, either in this thread or on the blog itself. I’ll also check out the other threads here, and add commentary to those when I have time.

Note: I wanted to let everyone know that you don’t have to read the entire travelogue from beginning to end. I know it’s a very long work, so if you’re just curious about one or two zones, you can skip straight ahead and read what you want. There might be a little bit of confusion, but I think it will generally be comprehensible.

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**Author:** ![pokefreak\_85](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/pokefreak_85/32/35_2.png) [@pokefreak\_85](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/pokefreak_85)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/2 "2009-08-14T21:51:17Z")

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I’ve only read the Tirisfall Glades so far, but I must say that (from what I’ve seen) this is one of the two best Warcraft fanfics I have ever read.

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**Author:** ![TrkJac](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/trkjac/32/99_2.png) [@TrkJac](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/TrkJac)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/3 "2009-08-15T20:31:21Z")

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I Like it - especially the dialogue.

Definately good enough to be in the fanfiction section of the main site. (If you’d like to submit it to be there, just let me know!)

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/4 "2009-08-15T23:35:48Z")

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> [@TrkJac](#):
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> I Like it - especially the dialogue.
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> Definately good enough to be in the fanfiction section of the main site. (If you’d like to submit it to be there, just let me know!)

Thanks, and I’d definitely be happy to see it in the fanfiction section.

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**Author:** ![Lex](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/lex/32/80_2.png) [@Lex](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Lex)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 9:15am UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/5 "2009-08-18T09:15:44Z")

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I’ve only read Tirisfal Glades and I like how you’ve added more depth into the lore of Warcraft. Quests were integrated nicely into the storyline.

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/6 "2009-08-25T21:20:34Z")

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I put up a self-serving mini-update today.

[http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/08/temporary-update.html](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/08/temporary-update.html)

If any of you are TVTropers, I’d definitely appreciate the help. As always, thank you for reading.

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**Author:** ![Weiila](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/weiila/32/28_2.png) [@Weiila](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Weiila)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/7 "2009-08-26T03:25:05Z")

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Ah, this is another one on my To Read list 🙂 Welcome to the board.

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2009, 7:30pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/8 "2009-08-27T19:30:21Z")

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Thank you, Weiila, I’m glad to be here.

I’ve finished the Howling Fjord.

> **[The Howling Fjord: Part 3](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/08/howling-fjord-part-3.html)**
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> I awoke to the snap of flint as flames came to life in the hearth. Getting up from the shoveltusk hide on which I’d slept, I turned to se...

The part dealing with the taunka ended up longer than I intended, but I think it works out. Also, my earlier request regarding TVTropes still stands. Here are the relevant links for those who are interested.

> **[Travels Through Azeroth and Outland / Fan Fic - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanFic/TravelsThroughAzerothAndOutland)**
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> In this World of Warcraft Fan Fiction epic, begun in March of 2006 and completed in April of 2011 (and resumed in August 2012, then ended once more in June 2013), Destron (a Forsaken mage who can still pass for a living human) sets out to explore …

If you are not a troper and you still want to add examples, please familiarize yourself with the site first. These might help:

> **[Text Formatting Rules - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TextFormattingRules)**
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> Note: This page was cut for reason: Unused Main/ redirect to an Administrivia page, sole wicks are archived. \[StFan\] Creating red links in 2 articles.Abandoning 4 inbound links.You may want to ask in Ask The Tropers about whether it's safe to …

> **[Good Style - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GoodStyle)**
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> Note: This page was cut for reason: Main page redirect with a completely different title and very little inbounds. \[MegaMarioMan\] Creating red links in 0 articles.Abandoning 2 inbound links.You may want to ask in Ask The Tropers about whether …

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**Author:** ![Lex](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/lex/32/80_2.png) [@Lex](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Lex)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/9 "2009-09-01T13:31:41Z")

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I just finished the Tauren chapters and I like the legend of the lightening and copper you put in there. i never saw the parallels between Tauren and Native American culture until I read this.

Is the legend your original work or is it part of Tauren lore?

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/10 "2009-09-01T16:37:07Z")

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The legend is of my own creation (though it took some cues from various Native American myths).

EDIT: Generally speaking, if you can’t find it on Wowwiki, it’s probably (though not necessarily) something I made up.

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/11 "2009-09-13T14:44:31Z")

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I finished the first part (of three) of the Grizzly Hills.

> **[The Grizzly Hills: Part 1](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/09/grizzly-hills-part-1.html)**
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> As if angry at me for fraternizing with their taunka foes, the spirits of nature conspired to halt my journey. A long-runner returned to ...

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**Author:** ![Lex](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/user_avatar/discourse.rpgclassics.com/lex/32/80_2.png) [@Lex](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Lex)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/12 "2009-09-16T06:49:52Z")

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I just finished Silithus. I know this story isn’t meant to be linear but what happens to Destron? The travelogue just picks up again in Azuremyst Isle. How’d he get there?

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/13 "2009-09-16T13:22:36Z")

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There is actually a linear progression to the story, at least in the order of the zones visited. Exodar comes before Azuremyst, and the first few paragraphs of that chapter explain what the narrator did between Silithus and the Exodar. Sorry for the confusion.

I wrote the Exodar section at about the same time I transferred the travelogue from its original PDF format to the current blog format. I hadn’t yet started writing intervening chapters, like “Preparing for a Journey,” or “Return to Orgrimmar.”

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/14 "2009-09-30T18:55:52Z")

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The second part of the Grizzly Hills is now ready.

> **[The Grizzly Hills: Part 2](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/09/grizzly-hills-part-2.html)**
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> “Talus Corestiam? Yes, I think I remember that name. You’re the itinerant mage who helped us for a while during the Defias Uprising.” ...

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/15 "2009-10-15T17:30:25Z")

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Here’s the last section for the Grizzly Hills.

> **[The Grizzly Hills: Part 3](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/10/grizzly-hills-part-3.html)**
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> Lieutenant Dumont, the commanding officer of Amberpine Lodge, was a man prepared for many things. I do not think he expected the weary an...

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/16 "2009-10-31T19:28:25Z")

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I’ve just finished the first part of Zul’drak. Given the preponderance of undead, it should be appropriate for Halloween.

> **[Zul'drak: Part 1](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/10/zuldrak-part-1.html)**
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> Millennia of brute labor has reshaped the very landscape of Zul’drak. Unaided by sorcery or technology, the Drakkari built an empire on t...

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/17 "2009-11-14T20:27:53Z")

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I just finished the latest section. Enjoy!

> **[Zul'drak: Part 2](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/11/zuldrak-part-2.html)**
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> Never before had the terse chatter of a military camp sounded so warm and welcoming to my ears. Facing the Scourge on one side and hostil...

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2009, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/18 "2009-11-29T14:02:52Z")

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Zul’drak is done.

> **[Zul'drak: Part 3](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/11/zuldrak-part-3.html)**
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> The pounding of kettle drums reverberated through the clearing, an echo of hot island nights far to the south. Fantastically garbed and m...

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/19 "2009-12-26T23:42:30Z")

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Here’s the latest section, after a rather lengthy delay:

> **[The Storm Peaks: Part 1](http://destron.blogspot.com/2009/12/storm-peaks-part-1.html)**
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> Words cannot describe the grandeur of the Storm Peaks. The supreme size of these lofty mountains defies the imagination, a realm of icy w...

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**Author:** ![Destron](https://discourse-cdn.rpgclassics.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Destron](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/u/Destron)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 1:07am UTC](https://discourse.rpgclassics.com/t/travels-through-azeroth-and-outland/21435/20 "2010-01-14T01:07:58Z")

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I just finished another section.

> **[The Storm Peaks: Part 2](http://destron.blogspot.com/2010/01/storm-peaks-part-2.html)**
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> Keening cries of rage echoed in depthless valleys, the drake twisting beneath me as I gripped the reins with all my strength. The world a...

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