I was thrilled when I saw her. I had to kill two mobs near her then I aggro'd her, disengaged into the deep lava pool in front of her, hit my deterrance/tame beast macro and she was mine before I knew it. I can't get over how pretty she is. The jewel toned yellow contrasts beautifully with the grey on her body. She looks like a walking crystal, like a piece of jewelry. I don't care that she's not a unique skin. She's stunning and she's mine! I named her Aranea, a version of the order spiders belong to, Araneae.


I'm editing to avoid making an entire new thread but I just tamed Deth! All by myself! I kited him for about 20 minutes from his spawn area around to where the quest givers are and then I jumped through the little hole in the wall back to his spawning area. I was worried this would reset him but it didnt. When I got him to the quest givers they were a huge help with roots and damaging him. He did aggro on them a few times but a distracting shot brought his attention back to me. I died twice, I think, but once I figured out the max distance I could go from him to have time to rez a pet without him resetting it was just a matter of kiting, res'ing, and kiting some more. I'm proud that I did it alone with no help!!
I was torn between naming him MrBeth just for fun and Anansi, the African trickster spider god, but it wouldn't let me name him MrBeth so Anansi it is! I decided not to camp for either Anthriss or Deth since they were the last two rares I really wanted. I wanted it to be a spontaneous find and after waiting for weeks with no sightings of either I ended up with Anansi the day after I got Aranea. Funny how that works! Npcscan didn't even go off, he must've been cached, I just happened to catch the tip of lavender leg and was like OMG! Here's Anansi in all his purple crystal glory:



