Lannia cradled the tiny form in her arms. A small child wrapped in a blanket cooed up at her and grasped at her hand. “You should come for her more often. It’s not right that a mother leave her child like this.” Lannia smiled sadly at the child.

“We each do what we must and sometimes that comes with sacrifices. Kendra is doing well with you and I am very grateful. I cannot stay home while others fight. There are injured to tend to.” Durmeth’s mother huffed slightly.

Walking to Lannia, she handed her a bottle of milk. “Well, I know that, but she cries for you, you know. It’s only natural for a child to want their mother. She misses you.” Durmeth’s mother places a hand on Lannia’s arm. “Be careful out there. She needs you and Durmeth.”

Lannia nodded. “We will be.” She feed the tiny form and burped the little girl with practiced ease. “I will come back as often as possible for you, Kendra…”

Lannia and Durmeth have a half-elven daughter named Kendra. She is concerned for the child since she can’t be there, but leaves her in the safe care of Durmeth’s parents who are farmers. Lannia continues to work in Northrend and with the Netherbane, but her child is often in her thoughts.

For such a happy couple with a new child, the only bad thing is spending a bit of time away from their child, what RP can I come up with? The child is the source of their unity and their happiness. It is the one thing that could drive Lannia to new RP quickly and easily, but how?

The thought had been brought up to me that maybe Kendra could be kidnapped. However, since a similar storyline for another RPer is already on the guild forums right now, I am loath to use that idea. Another idea struck me though… what if the dream of Ashen was a premonition, but one that she has a chance of changing.

The Dream

The child is slowly changing and Lannia must find the cure or else risk the dream coming true. A gift from Elune to change the future.

What are your thoughts? Any other ideas?

No matter how many alts I roll, I will always be Lannia. Lannia is my baby, my priestess, my first character. She is everything about WoW that I like. There is nothing like the thrill of knowing that group survived directly because of my skill, and nothing more disappointing than not being able to keep up.

There have been times that I’ve been frustrated and even tired of healing, but I know why I do it. I want to help move my group forward. I don’t just play for myself. I play for my friends and with my friends and all the people I meet. Lannia, the warpriestess, is the epitome of that role. I have attempted to DPS with her even, but to me… nothing felt more wrong than going shadow. That definitely isn’t to say that there is anything wrong with shadow, but it’s not for Lannia or for me, her player.

Last night in Naxx 10, I was pleased when we only wiped once and that was on Heigan (a pain in the butt). We made it through even the Military wing without a wing. I was proud… not only of myself, but of our entire group. I feel as if we were growing up as a raid. Now, I’m not a hard core raider by any stretch. Only Naxx 10 so far and only once a week. However, I love learning about my party members, their play styles, and progressing with them. No deadline. No stress. Just us, once a week.

Recently, I’ve been looking at Lannia in a new light. Seeing how far she’s come and how precious she is to me as a character, I wondered why I’d been neglecting her for alts. She doesn’t even have Epic flying. She doesn’t have the rep to get head or shoulder enchants. The only thing I grinded rep for… a penguin. That’s it. That doesn’t do the Warpriestess of the Netherbane justice.

It is time to wake up and look at her once more. Why did I step away from her? Was the RP boring? As a friend of mine told me, sometimes if everything’s all too good and happy to have a story… then break something. I plan on it. Lannia’s waking up and I can hear her muse once more. She says that she’s ready to come back and kick some ass. Was I truly tired of healing? Well, I decided to mix things up and get healbot. That has helped me so much. I’m going to work on Power Auras and a few other addons to really scale up my healing. There’s no reason for me to just sit back and say… meh, it works. Why can’t I push that extra little bit? There isn’t one, so that’s my goal.

Perhaps, I just feel better today, but I can tell a difference already. I’m spending hours doing dailies and quests (I had to open up the Hodir dailies). I’m working towards dual spec and that epic mount. If I want something in game… I’m going to reach for it.

Now, that doesn’t mean that I’m going to neglect my alts. In fact, this will help them. If I can get and epic mount on Lannia, then she can earn gold to help Serephim get her epic mount. Then between Lannia and Serephim I can fund my other alts more. If I raid more then I can get BOA gear for my alts. My alts will not be forgotten, and will still play roles when I need a break from playing a character. They will still have RP and I will still love learning about the class. All of my characters are enjoyable.

I just realized that I didn’t want to leave Lannia behind, just to be logged onto when I absolutely had to. I felt that her presence was fading and honestly, I had no idea what to do. So, I’m going to ‘wake’ her up. RP-wise and playing-wise. She deserves it. She’s the character that began everything I do on WoW. My figure-head. And I’m going to make her worth being the center of this webpage.

I am Lannia, Warpriestess of the Netherbane, and I will protect the Netherbane til my last breath. Hunt me, threaten me, torture me and I will fight, but touch my family and I will bring the wrath of Elune down upon you… and I will make sure there is nothing to resurrect.

I thought I would take a few moments and go over what some of my characters like to wear. This week, I’ll go over Lannia Winterstorm. Her style changes often., but she almost always wears a dress or a robe. Above is the image that I use on her information page. I created it to represent what she actually looks like rather than what I would like her to look like. Even now her style is changing in game.

Lannia is my level 80 priestess and her gear shows it. Many of the pieces she uses in from the later levels in the game about 70-80.

Head: Headdress of the Potentate

Shoulders: Merciless Gladiator’s Mooncloth Mantle

Chest: Shroud of Spiritual Purity

Waist: Hierophant’s Sash

Boots: Seafarer Boots

Weapon: Epoch-Mender