Reflections From The Pond

with a plaque commemorating  Archbishop Alonsus Faol.

Apparently he is not buried in the cathedral though but rather in Tirisfal Glades, in the cemetery called Faol’s Rest outside Scarlet Monastery.
 
Sometime during his busy days he found himself in Dalaran tossing a coin into the Eventide Fountain and making a wish.  The Three Virtues he wished for were respect, tenacity and compassion.

Wish granted? I’d like to think so.

Attumen the Huntsman was also in Dalaran once and made a  coin wish. Anyone who has ever done Karazhan and seen his skeletal undead steed Midnight can surely understand his wish for the bliss of a well-padded saddle.

Wish granted? Well if Attumen was too cheap to buy himself a softer saddle for his tender behind, he can only blame himself.
 

Dornaa is a Draenei orphan who turns up during Childrens Week, when she is dragged all over Azeroth and Outland by Alliance players doing the childrens week quests. Apparently she sometime even got into Dalaran, where she tossed a coin into the fountain and made a truly heartfelt wish!
 
It has been suggested that she actually got her wish granted in a way because a pile of magnataur doody may have been the secret weapon used by Grand Apothecary Putress in the battle at Wrathgate, almost choking Arthas with the stench.

Nowadays, Elling Trias, Master of Cheese,

is the owner of the Trias cheese shop in Stormwind which he runs with his wife Elaine (Mistress of Cheese) and son Ben (Apprentice of Cheese), but besides his cheesy business he appears to have many contacts still with his former employers as he is involved in many alliance questlines,  for alliance rogues in particular.

Sometime in his early career he was in Dalaran tossing a coin into the fountain and making a wish.

Wish granted? If his life’s true passion involves cheese in any way, I’d say he got it.
 

Genn Greymane was the leader of Gilneas, a human nation south of Silverpine. He believed in the true superiority of Gilneas and was not interested in taking part in the affairs of the Alliance nor the Horde. Thus he built the Greymane Wall to keep Gilneas isolated.

Damn the orcs, damn the Alliance, and damn you! The last thing Gilneas needs is sponges from other nations drawing from our resources, Dalaran wizards meddling with our affairs, and someone else’s enemies killing our soldiers! Gilneas is its own nation and it always will be.

Despite this he found himself in Dalaran at one point, but even though he popped a coin into the fountain he didn’t deign to make a wish.

Krasus is the name the red dragon Korialstrasz  uses when in his high elven guise, and nowadays he resides on top of Wyrmrest Temple with his queen Alexstrasza.

Once upon a time he made a wish at the Eventide Fountain and chucked a coin into it.

Grim Batol is a fortress located in the mountains in eastern Wetlands. During one of the wars, it was the main center for the Horde’s dragon breeding program and Alexstrasza (Krasus wife) was held captive here and forced to breed Red Dragons that the orcs used as mounts. Eventually she was freed by and band of heroes led by the mage Rhonin and destroyed every orc she could find.

Apparently there is still something sinister at Grim Batol, the place is guarded by dragons and there is a huge iron door that is locked.

So did Krasus get his wish granted? I’d say yes, no more are red dragons being held captive there.

Although Landro Longshot was passing through Dalaran once in his life and  wished upon a coin in the fountain there, he can now be found in Booty Bay where he redeems loot from the trading card game. He is also a playable card in that very same game, and apparently one of the few cards whose outcome depends on a coin flip or dice roll.

Wish granted? No, he obviously didn’t get his coin back since I just fished it out of the fountain! (But maybe I can get a wish granted if I bring him his coin back, maybe he would give me the coveted Fishing Chair!)

 
Murky is both an achievement and a pet. The Murky murloc is usually standing around in Ironforge but, like so many others, he has apparently been in Dalaran sometime before, where he too made a wish upon a coin. I suppose that the Northrend icy seas is a real cold shock to a little murloc used to the mellow waters of California, but usually cold water makes people the opposite of sleepy…

Wish granted? Not yet, but in time maybe the increasing population of Northrend and the increase in air pollution etc that comes with it will cause some greenhouse effect and raise the temperature of the waters. Not sure  if a murloc would live long enough to notice this though.

Once upon a time a young soldier named Private Marcus Jonathan happened to be in Dalaran and he took the opportunity to make a wish and toss a coin in the beautiful marbled Eventide fountain, with a  wish that seems to have come straight from the heart. Now, many years later, the young soldier is a scarred veteran known as General Marcus Jonathan, High Commander of Stormwind Defense.

And I’d say that’s a definite yes, he got his wish granted.

Squire Rowe is also part of the illustrious crowd that has wished upon a coin in the Dalaran fountain. Back before the King came back to Stormwind you talked to Squire Rowe on the quest Stormwind Rendezvous to get Marshal Windsor to come forward so you could escort him to the Stormwind Keep, where he exposed Lady Katrana Prestor for the black scheming dragon she was, namely Onyxia.

Well, if that is the kind of action he wants no wonder he feels Stormwind is a bit dull at the moment.

Cersei Dusksinger whom he wishes to meet again is a Blood Elf  in Stonard, the Swamp of Sorrows, who seems to be pretty full of herself and the other residents of Stonard seems to be rather scared of her and whispers behind her back. She is perfecting a weapon to use against the Draenai and she offers a quest for Horde players to assist her in this. In this quest she specifically refers to feeding a stupid human caged by the Lost Ones in the swamp as “a waste”.

So is the Squire’s wish granted? Not yet, he is still in Stormwind and judging by what I have seen of the Cersei he wants to meet up with, he might be better off staying put.

The last copper coin found in the fountain is a rather special one, and it merits a post of its own, so

To be continued…

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