Previously, on my last playthrough I visited Ironforge for the first time, hunted down a killer bear and manage to complete the exploration of the whole map of Dun Morough. That being said, I will still visit Ironforge, for any extra quests and the auction house. So, in order to enter the Loch, I had to leave through the North Gate Outpost, as I left the tunnels I saw a very impressive entrance, a marvel of Dwarven architecture. Though I would love to know who they represent. Its is an interesting zone, the loch was formed due to the construction of the Stonewrought Dam, which I got to visit much later on my exploration while preventing Dark Iron Dwarves from blowing it up. I might take a better picture eventually, but you can take notice of the Dwarf faces carved into the dam itself. Ironically enough, this feat of Dwarf engineering was created by a Dark Iron called Franclorn Forgewright, same dude who made Blackrock Spire for all you Warcraft lore nerds out there. Made a small stop on a dwarf settlement called Thelsamar, killed yet more Throggs who were more nastier than the previous zone. It´s at this point I have to be extra careful even with my pet bear at my side. Otherwise I´ll have to brace myself to die a lot. When Nostrum was still around, there at least enough people around that I could party with and do with this easy, but Project Alterac has a much smaller population and most are moving on to level 40, so going Solo it is. Speaking of Partying, luckily the lower level dungeons are still active so I managed to find my first group, with an Elf named Tolkien (not Legolas for once), not suprising that I had also found a dwarf name Gimli shortly after. To be honest while I was joking around with someone in chat about the movie Labyrinth I´ve decided I migh make a Blood Elf Alt under the name Jareth just for a change. Got to explore some of the classic like Blackfathom Deeps and the Ragefire Chasm, Wailling Caverns and the Deadmines. That being said maybe being a hunter is a mistake, turns out I might be much quicker to be a healer or as tank as they are in very high demand, specially for a low pop server. Because this is a modded server, doing Heroics here is pretty much a thing. Finally, I made yet another stop at Thelsamar, and I got a dwarf asking me to deliver a list of promising mining students to Ironforge to comission special picks for them as an award. (Good to see they take education and learning the trades seriously) And thus I get to activate my very first flight path. I gotta say its always cool to fly through the area before entering the capital city, it never gets old. And with the that I leave you all at Level 17, until next time. Special Blaugust Mentions A Brief History of Blaugust - The Ancient Gaming Noob Blaugust #5: I’ve Outgrown Fandom. Not Being Fannish. - Agnes The Alien Eldritch Empathy Interview: LUAL Games on Lovecraft, Empathy, and “Combat” Inspired by Papers, Please - Indiecator Shadowlands - MMO Casual #Blaugust2026 Day 16 – Recovering Dirtbag - Words Under My Name More Movies Without Chris Pratt - West Karana Weekle Wrap Up - Divergent Rays Blaugust 2026 – Past Half Way, Creator Appreciation, and What I Write About - The Ancient Gaming Noob Elder Scrolls Online - MMO Casual Hunting Dragons, Surviving Covid - The Friendly Necromancer DRI and a path not taken - West Karana