Warglaive, bitches

Weellllllpppp, you heard right. I am now the proud owner of a legendary weapon.

It was our business as usual transmog raid night, where a group of geared 85s go en masse into BC raids and basically fill our bags with all sorts of pretty purple BC gear.

Why BC raids? Well, there aren't many vanilla raids left anymore - Zul Gurub, Naxxramas, and Onyxia's Lair have all been converted to higher-level instances. All that's left is MC, BWL, and AQ20/40. Since AQ20/40 doesn't drop any tier gear, there is little interest in farming those. MC is easily soloable by almost any geared 85. BWL has a tricky mechanic that requires at least 2 people on the first boss, but the rest is pretty easy as well.

Northrend raids, on the other hand, are a tad bit harder to "farm". Sure, they're doable with a reasonable number of 85s, but it just takes a lot longer. Not to mention that most people didn't really love the look of Northrend gear, and it's still a tad too "fresh" in their memories to evoke nostalgia.

So that leaves us with BC. Plenty of un-nerfed, un-touched, un-revamped old raids to clear with just a handful of 85s. And lots of shiny, cool-looking loots.

BC is pretty famous, I hear, for brightly-colored, garish items. I have an epic screenshot somewhere of a level 60 priest wearing the quest rewards from hellfire peninsula and oh my...it's like a clown suit. Tight lavender pants, bright orange vest, black motorcycle gloves, a frilly gold cape and a glowing blue staff. The kicker was the purple-and-yellow fedora.

Anyways, so people love BC gear, and our guild has been organizing BC raid nights to get said gear. With 7-8 people we blow through Tempest Keep, Serpentshrine Cavern, Gruul's, Magtheridon, Sunwell Plateau, Black Temple, and Battle for Hyjal in about 4 hours flat. That's 7 raids, people!

I've been collecting some tier4-6 pieces just for shits and giggles (too ugly to actually wear, in my opinion), but I'm mainly there for capes and daggers. BC had some wicked looking daggers that you just can't find in any other expansion. And the capes are the same - the ornate designs and bright colors are just nonexistent elsewhere.

Anyways, so we're in black temple and we're about to pull Illidan. As usual, I say, "Come onnnnn, Warglaives!", which everyone chuckles at. Warglaives are probably THE most unique and badass looking weaponry in the whole game, and hence most sought-after. And what do you know, we kill Illidan and on his loot screen I see them - the bright orange name indicating Legendary quality. Warglaive. Of. Azzinoth.

I rolled a 65. A pally rolled 45. Then a warrior rolled 20. There was another rogue in the raid but he was a low level alt and didn't roll. A few agonizing seconds ticked by and I saw the message "You receive loot [Warglaive of Azzinoth]"

I'm ecstatic, of course! It doesn't look as cool without its twin, but I'm just happy to even own a legendary. Who knows, maybe the other blade will drop next time...must...farm...BT...