Today’s comic is a very special guest strip from our amazingly talented friend Walks! The Dread Wastes are so horrifically mutated and ugly (I personally think they feel like the Ghostlands, except on acid) and Walks totally nailed the vintage travel poster look. Thanks Walks! 😀
I think of all the factions in Mists, the Dread Wastes’ Klaxxi are my favorite. Well, okay, maybe the Tillers take the cake but that’s more because I AM ADDICTED TO CULTIVATING MY PRICELESS PRODUCE than any particular love for the faction itself. The Klaxxi though? They’re so creepy, yet awesome and fun! Their military mentality, communal loyalty and no-nonsense attitude really appeal to me, and MY LIFE FOR THE KLAXXI is posing a serious threat to replace POWER AND GLORY TO THE FORSAKEN as my favorite war cry.
(Also, they get bonus points for being a faction who you actually gain rep with during the leveling process instead of hitting 90 and starting from scratch. Looking at you, GOLDEN LOTUS.)
I love vintage travel posters for modern locations 😀 But I actually thought the dread wastes were quite pretty when I first set foot in them, with their blue grass etc.
I’m still questing in the Dread Wastes. Like Ghostlands on acid is a very apt description of the place! My Night Elf hunter has totally gone native Pandaren, so she’s a little leery of the Klaxxi, but I like them. The little guy who sends you out on all the quests to bang a tuning fork on amber crystals is the best NPC I’ve encountered in that zone. Poor guy, click him enough times and he starts crying and asking you why you’re a mean person for poking him repeatedly. Plus he sounds like Zim and I have such a soft spot for that cartoon.
All I’m saying is tuning forks are not supposed to CLANK.