Around 8:58pm EST on Illidan this evening, Deth'Tilac was given a new home!
It really meant a lot to me to get him, for this was my second attempt. The first was sabotaged by a rowdy group of players that only wanted to see what poor Dethy dropped when he died. I had tagged it and was kiting flawlessly, but I made the mistake of bringing it around the wall into the open for those idiots to see it. All I was left with was the Tear of Loyalty, but it kept me motivated to come back again and again for Dethy.
So tonight after some BGs and an overall 3-4hr camp time, he appeared! I was alone so I was sure he'd be mine this time. Tagged and started the kiting process. Things were going well until I got myself caught in a bad corner and while trying to sneak past him, I got caught by Death Strike. On the way back to my corpse I was sure someone else had started the tame by now, and I deserved to lose my chance at glory after messing up the tame. But I rezzed only to find Dethy standing right where he started, reset and ready to take me on a third time. Wasn't gonna screw it up now.
We danced back and forth across the platform, me around pillars, him over my traps, (entrapment is a godsend for this tame btw) but I was starting to get back into the corner I was in before, so around 30% I brought him out from behind the pillar where some players were. This time, no griefing. They all just watched. One last Death Strike on my fodder pet and he was ready for taming. LONGEST 9 SECONDS OF MY LIFE! Was certain he was going to reach me and kill before the cast was up, but all was well; I conquered the challenge and welcomed DethT to my stable
