With Blizzard nerf to Firelands and getting rid of Draezele (One-Who-Drives-Like-A-Grandma), Aegis Hestia blazed through the first four bosses in Fireland and was able to bagged our first Lord Ryolith kill.

P.S. We did soooo well because no priest (no names) was “Leap of Faith”-ing their tanks around…

P.P.S. Priest name starts with a H and ends with ………. ORISTIN

Congrats to Delleios and Bandaj on their new PHAT-LEWTAGE!
Delleios received Dreadfire Drape.
Bandaj received Heartstone of Rhyolith.

Having quickly cleared Bastion of Twilight, Aegis Hestia pushed into Fireland in our first “official” attempt at the new Fireland contents.  After spending a good hour or so clearing just about every possible trash in the area, Shannox finally decided to join us for a nice BBQ.  Our first two attempts at Shannox were far from perfect and with some minor tweaks to our strategy based on our group composition, we were able to finally put down Shannox.

Drops:
Draezele – Treads of Implicit Obedience
Diwtay – Scalp of the Bandit Prince

Also congrats to Draezele on receiving Eternal Ember, which is required for Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa’s Rest

With dedication and perseverance, Aegis Hestia achieved two guild firsts over the course of two nights, dropping both Atramedes in Blackwing Descent and the Twilight Ascendant Council in Bastion of Twilight.

Atramedes was a resource-intensive fight with only three raid members left standing when the blind dragon breathed his last. Great job to guild leader Gaijuu for reaching and ringing the last gong in the nick of time! Congratulations to Linesko for the shield, Kingdom’s Heart, and to Rakuen for the bow, Themios the Darkbringer.

The Twilight Ascendant Council was similarly challenging with a particularly difficult third phase. We emerged victorious, however, claiming the Heart of Ignacious for Balandor and Gravitational Pull for Macellarius.

Atramedes logs available here. Council logs available here.

Great job, everyone!

Aricand did not give me much to go on for this post besides the picture and the loot, so I figured a ballad dedicated to all the raiders involved would be appropriate. We shall sing your praises in the taverns and meeting halls for many generations!!!

Just a small town Drake
Living on Humans, baked.
She took the midnight train going anywhere
Just a city Dragon
Born and raised in South Deepholm
He took the midnight train going anywhere

A raid group in a smokey room
A smell of vent and cheap purples
For a wipe they can share the night
It goes on and on and on and on

{Refrain}
Guildies, waiting, up and down Stormwind Canals
Their shadows searching in the night
Alliance people, living just to find epics
Hiding somewhere in the night

Working hard to get my fill
Everybody wants a thrill
Paying anything to roll for need
Just one more time
Some will win, some will tire
Some were born to stand in fire
Oh the raid never ends
It goes on and on and on and on