I was assigned the blue raptor!
Upon looking my assignment up, I noticed that Tethis, the quest mob raptor in Stranglethorn has this skin. So I decided that would be my tame. And boy, was this more of an adventure than I expected!
For example... I completely forgot about Fort Livingston, and that I was on a Hordey.
DOH!
It took much longer than I anticipated to find Tethis. At first I went behind the Arena to look for him, because that's where I remember him being. But nope, just kitties were prowling around over there. I ran around and around that whole area, tracking beasts and not having any luck. I was about to give up, when I finally saw his dot on my radar.
There you are! FINALLY!
Where's his buddies? Didn't he used to have two little purple raptors walking around with him?
Anyways, a quick tame later and he was mine. It was then time to give him a good look over.
Hmmm...
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
HMMMMMMMM...
Haha, what a googley face. Despite my urge to name him Googley, I named him Scythe instead, because that's a cool raptor name and is much more IC for my little belf.
I love dinosaurs. They are a passion of mine, and I do paleo art as a job. But for some reason, I can never really click with the raptors in game. I love their huge feet, bright colors, and the way they move. I think they are one of the better looking older models. I love that they jump and attack with their kill claws. But I always had a problem with them wearing jewelry. Are they THAT intelligent? If so, why can I tame them? Maybe someone decorated them? I've tried to pretend my hunter decorated them, but the style seems more suited to a Troll or Tauren. Of all the raptor models, I've had more succeess bonding with the green ones, since they only look bandaged, and that's easier to pretend my Hunter(s) did.
Still, he is quite pretty (even if he does have raptor breath *cough cough*) - the pattern and colors on him are really nice looking. I never noticed the streak going down from his eye before.
I do love the way they look when they run.
We went out to the Plaguelands to start questing there, and immediately got attacked by three mobs at once. Scythe was a trooper, and though he died, the instant rez Ferocity pets get saved the day (love that rez).
There's that little hop I love so much...
We quested for a little while, but I eventually abandoned Scythe. I might go get him again, because I do love his color, but he just doesn't look like he belongs next to Kaeshen. I'm not really sure what my belf's color scheme is going to end up being, since I haven't decided on a mog outfit for him yet. I ran around the world afterwards, trying on different raptors, and the red ones looked ok with him (especially when he had on his Orgrimmar tabard). But even though Scythe was not a match, this Challenge did get me interested in running around with a raptor.
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I'd like to go again, please.
Name: Kalhoun (Kaeshen)
Lvl: Let's go with 40 since I can get there pretty fast.
Exotics: Not yet!
Restrictions: Raptors