More than a year ago, Mugwen had overcome his challenge. He and his friends had bested Ulduar in their low-level gear, and achieved true greatness. Now, years later, the panda was resting on his laurels when a whisper reached his ears. A further challenge: "You must tame the great white Devilsaur."
Mugwen had never known where these strange whispers came from. All he knew is that whatever else, this whisper was to be obeyed. Taking the time to honor the dead in Stormwind with his pet sporebat, Mugwen set off for Dalaran. ... because that's where he was hearthed, and the portal to Tanaris would take him closer to Un'goro.
His senses were re-tuned, preparing to begin the Devilsaur hunt. (Read: I have a macro for targeting devilsaurs to make them easier to hunt for leather). And as the creatures share spawns with one another, soon there would be much slaying.
Even with the macro, devilsaurs are almost impossible to find when one is looking for them. It took nearly 10 minutes to find his first, and it was a Tyrant, thus necessitating its slaying (and skinning). Undaunted, Mugwen continued his journey. Knowing that it could take a long while before he found the right one, Mugwen settled in with mining and flying. Following the ancient game trails on the mystic tome 'Wowhead'.
Two kills and an hour later, he was finally rewarded with a ping. Taming the creature quickly, Mugwen flew his way to a place with better light so as to better inspect him.
The major colorations on him are violet and white. A very lovely lavender, if I might say so myself. The brilliantly pink eyes are intimidating... sort of insane, but a nice coupling with the white body, giving him an 'albino' appearance.
As with the scorpid, it was the up-close details that I had never noticed before that really caught my eye. The scales on his tail, in particular, fascinated me.
However, while the teeth looked amazingly detailed, they were... *too* amazingly detailed, looking out of place and 'pasted' on his face. Almost like putting human eyes on a cartoon.
Another thing that was noticed rather quickly: unlike many creatures, the devilsaur's idle animation was so infrequent as to be impossible to photograph. I must have sat for at least five minutes before giving up on it. And that's really a pity, as the sound effect when it finally does come makes the glorious creature all the more dangerous and intimidating! RAAAAWR!
On the other hand, his reticence to show off for the camera helped me come up with a name for him: Shyguy.
Checking out his movements, I was quite enamored with them. The difference between 'walking' and 'running' is really noticeable, unlike some pets.
Walking is a head up, rather casual looking stride. You can almost hear the thundering footsteps.
Meanwhile, running involves head down, mouth open, looking all the world like he's chasing down his prey.
Swimming is absolutely, positively, gloriously hilarious: the gigantic hind legs paddle in big, smooth strokes, while the tiny little front legs waggle around helplessly. It. Is. ADORABLE! Thee are no way pictures can do it justice, but at least I try:
After paddling around for longer than strictly needed to giggle and glee at the swimming, Mugwen sobred up. It was time to quest. A chance to see how his friend handled the rigors of work.
A check to his journal revealed that he had cleared out all his old quests, bar the intro to Cataclysm content. So a quick trip to Dalaran picked up some breadcrumb quests, and then it was off to Howling Fjords, to clean up a few old quests, even if they were grey now.
First thought is that there is no better way to quest with Shyguy than with the sound on. That bellowing roar just sets the blood pumping, and makes me smile every time. Absolutely brilliant, and there's no better way to say it.
After a while of questing, I have to give this fellow the big thumbs up. He's handsome, energetic, noisy in the best ways, and all over well worth the time spent to find him. Kura already has his Fanged Lime (AKA Krush), but for Mugwen, I will give an enthusiastic thumbs up on this beauty!
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He's already shown me his personality and has captured a piece of my hunters heart. 
if not, that's fine.
