Easter Eggs from the Front

[Kalliope]

So there's an outdoor mockup of the Firelands raid just east from Deth's spawn. The highlight was the little alliance raid group stationed in a corner.







They have two feasts (!) and a mage table down, and are apparently waiting on the hunter to get back from being afk, since the rest are jumping around or sitting....and one guy is dancing.

They are in the guild <Wrynn's Raiders>. Here's a full raid list (from left to right, based on the first pic):

Dwarf Hunter: Garl Grimgrizzle + Bubbles <Hunter's Pet> (he's an engineer; he has the goggles - he also has an <Away> flag)
Human Paladin: Danric (he's dancing with crusader aura up; he looks to be ret, based on the tiny mana pool)
Worgen Death Knight: Dethbringer (it's already been brought! by Deth'tilac)
Human Priest: Peach (she's holy; she has chakra: sanctuary up...and keeps casting it repeatedly - also jumps occasionally)
Worgen Warlock: Victoria + Guz'tul <Warlock's Pet> (she's just sitting patiently with her imp)
Gnome Mage: Raena (she jumps quite often; can't tell whether she's arcane or fire, since she only has molten armor up)
Draenei Shaman: Aoewyn (she's resto; sitting and spamming water shield - love the play on AoE and Eowyn for her name)
Gnome Rogue: Cuddles (he's only wielding one sword, which is odd; jumps quite often - love his name)
Human Warrior: Tolv the Impatient (one of the tanks; looks very grumpy - just standing and staring at the raid)
Night Elf Druid: Astrylian (the other tank; standing at the ready, facing the trash)

And here's the horde group!







They are in the guild <Thrall's Thrashers> and spawned in the same location as the alliance raid. Their gear, placement, and movements are all duplicates of the alliance raid.

Blood Elf Hunter: Johnny Awesome + Dazzle <Hunter's Pet> (it amuses me so much that he leveled his engineering)
Tauren Paladin: Brighthoof (he alone is worth the visit due to the cow + bright yellow gear; he also has crusader aura up)
Orc Death Knight: Deathok (he actually flexes on occasion; I didn't see the worgen do that)
Troll Priest: Wish (also holy; it's kinda funny)
Blood Elf Warlock: Incinderella + Kazdum (her name is just pure awesome)
Undead Mage: Quincy (seems to bounce around a bit less than his gnomish counterpart)
Orc Shaman: Nezra (also resto)
Undead Rogue: Stabu (another win name - I was slightly surprised she turned out to be female!)
Goblin Warrior: Snizzle (seems a lot more patient than his alliance counterpart)
Tauren Druid: Hunaka Greenhoof (actually saw her take a stutter step forward toward the mobs someone is ready to pull! she also jumped once)

[Ikutai]

I'm glad I showed you this. ^_^

[Siliverin]

only one word comes to mind for this.. EPIC

[Kalliope]

Yes, thank you! Would have totally missed it otherwise. xD

[Gimlion]

Obviously Blizzard hasn't raided in a century and a half. Everyone knows Bear tanks have to go in ass first, as per Naxx 25, My guild leader/bear tank could not get into the Positive/Negative boss room without D/C-ing, unless she went in ass first. And I've heard similar jokes/stories about Bears. So, this bear is not very good at tanking.

[Vephriel]

Haha, what fun little easter egg. ^^

[TygerDarkstorm]

OMG they gave Astrylian his own NPC as well as a piece of gear! That is so awesome.
For those who don't know, Astrylian is the creator of Rawr. Used to be on the same server as him.

Edit: I wonder if the other "raiders" are notable players in WoW's history?

[Kalliope]

OMG they gave Astrylian his own NPC as well as a piece of gear! That is so awesome.
For those who don't know, Astrylian is the creator of Rawr. Used to be on the same server as him.

Edit: I wonder if the other "raiders" are notable players in WoW's history?

Ooooooooh, cool!!! I will rofl for ages if Cuddles is a reference to someone! xD

[Litlemouse]

Haha, that's great xD I'm gonna have to visit that place when I go there

[Kalliope]

Just eagle eye over to the big island across from Deth'tilac. First you'll see a crapton of spiders:



Then you can eagle eye your way past a buttload of trash into the field. The raid group is hiding just past a large corehound toward the right.

[TygerDarkstorm]

*shudders* Ew...that's a lot of spiders.

[Novikova]

The big dangly one kinda scares me, but the others I want to pet.

[Vephriel]

I love Eagle Eyeing to that spider area. It's so awesome!

[Wassa]

Garl Grimgrizzle and Danric (with "the Bold" title) where also two of the random NPCs that wandered around Dalaran.

You can actually get to these NPCs with rocket boots, slow fall, and a bit of luck. Hostile to Horde. They don't drop anything though.

[Nubhorns]

I remember seeing a Horde one as well since I bombed them several times on the PTR during the daily...but I don't remember where they are. :(

[TygerDarkstorm]

I was wondering if there was a Horde side one.

[Wassa]

Horde raid: http://www.wowhead.com/search?q=Thrall%27s+Thrashers

And the pet of the awesome hunter: http://www.wowhead.com/npc=54288#modelviewer:10+0

[Acherontia]

Ahahahaha, <Away> Johnny Awesome, that guy is win.

If only Orkus...

[TygerDarkstorm]

OMG Johnny Awesome is there! XD Those names are great! Even the pet is epic.

[Nubhorns]

If only Orkus...

No no no no no no-