#IntPiPoMo – The Last Hours of Pandaria

Pandaria whilst beautiful has never been one of my favourite expansions. I’m much more a frozen tundra, fractured ice or burning broken land sort of girl. That said, I still have favourite bolt holes dotted around and I thought on the last day of the expansion that it was only fitting to show you a few of them.

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The fertile fields of the valley have always been one of my favourite places to relax #8

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#IntPiPoMo 2014 – Theramore before and afterwards

Once again November has rolled around bringing with itĀ IntPiPoMo which was originallyĀ started byĀ AngelyaĀ ofĀ Revive & RejuventateĀ but is now hosted by Jojo of Admiring Azeroth. The idea behind IntPiPoMo is to post fifty screenshots/pictures across the month with no set themes or rigid rulesĀ however given that we are a week away from the latest Warcraft expansion, I suspect the vast majority of mine will be WoW related.

TheramoreĀ 

Before.. there were tradespeople bustling around and guards watching, their hands brushing their sword hilts.

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Before.. there were buildings, white stone tamed into Inns and Keeps. Wood carved into lintels and doorways, everything serving a purpose.

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Before.. there was life. Vivid green grass trapped between cobbled pathways Ā and bird song fluting down from the walls.

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Afterwards.. there were graves, so tidy hiding the truth about those entombed below the earth, none of those who lie beneath were ever this neat in life.

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Afterwards.. there was broken rock and twisted wood, the remains of the buildings shattered like the bones of those who inhabited them. Spiral staircases rearing up to the sky like jagged spines ending in emptiness and burns smeared across the pale stone.

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Afterwards.. there was death. Craters tinged with blood and raw angry magic bubbling up with hatred.

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With thanks to Zidormi who lifts the veil between past and present so that we will not forget and we will not forgive.

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IntPiPoMo – With Pleasure Domes and Sunless Seas

So I’d almost decided that I wasn’t going to bother posting my last shots because December had all but snuck up on me but a chance remark in guild chat provided the inspiration I was lacking. On route to kill the Lich King someone started quoting Coleridge and in that moment, this post was born. So with apologies to the poet and thanks to a guild mate, I’d like to present the Azeroth version of Kubla Khan which takes me from picture number 40 all the way to 50.
 

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
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A stately pleasure-dome decree:
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Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
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Through caverns measureless to man
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Ā Ā Ā Down to a sunless sea.
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So twice five miles of fertile ground
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With walls and towers were girdled round;
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And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
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Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
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And here were forests ancient as the hills,
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Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
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IntPiPoMo – War(craft)

Today’s edition of IntPiPoMo is sponsored by the first syllable of Warcraft.
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#Picture 34 – The tent of a Troll serial killer

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#Picture 35 – A country graveyard

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#Picture 36 – Stormwind after Deathwing

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#Picture 36 – Cover her face, she died young

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#Picture 37 – The Green Mogu

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#Picture 38 – My what big bones you have

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#Picture 39 – Red Mist in the Morning…

IntPiPoMo – Trees and Plants

Today’s installment of IntPiPoMo is loosely categorized by plants and other such foliage.

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IntPiPoMo – the Sparkly Edition

The theme of today’s IntPiPoMo post Ā is sparkly shiny things in honour of the Enchanted Fey Dragon which I intend purchasing the second it becomes available on the Blizzard store.Ā 

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IntPiPoMo 2013 – Wetlands

Inspired by the new lush and vibrant zones presented at Blizzcon, the next installment of IntPiPoMo is brought to you by the swamps and marshes of Warcraft.

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The Sublime and the Beautiful: IntPiPoMo

Since it’s still the 30th of November I thought I’d get a little closer to the 50 pictures.

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Rogers Pass to Banff 107

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Who knows I might even “borrow” another time zone to post my last 9.

Painted Skies: IntPiPoMo

It is with horror that I hold up my hands on the last day of the month and admit that I have only managed to post 26 screenshots so far forĀ IntPiPoMo. However by the time the trees start going up to celebrate Winter Veil, I will be finished, I promise. Today’s theme is loosely based on sky as I fell in love with the backdrop to Mists as soon as I got the Beta installed also the theme to Skyfall is constantly being played at work so it’s semi burned into my brain.

A more peaceful time

A more peaceful time

A foreshadowing of what is to come

The Darkness above the Gate

The Gathering Storm Clouds

The Gathering Storm Clouds

A Light in the Darkness

A Light in the Darkness

Hope

Hope

This brings me to 31 out of 50 (and the moral of this story is… next time count as you go!).

IntPiPoMo: It’s a jungle out there

Today I though I’d share some of our photographs with you rather than posting screenshots. So here are some of the real life versions of my favourite Hunter pets (and a shoal of shiny fish).