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Steampunk Greymane for Halloween!

I saw this at the World of Warcraft website and had to say, “No, I am NOT prepared.” http://www.buycostumes.com/browse/_/N-/Ntt-warcraft/results1.aspx I really don’t have any words for these masks other than, “Why???” I am happy to say that the introduction of new races in the Cataclysm expansion (specifically the inhabitants of Greymane City) stirred my creativity for a Halloween costume in a different direction.

In Episode 6 of the Hearthstone Tavern RP Podcast http://hearthstonetavern.com/podcast/2009/09/hearthstone-podcast-6-part-i/ we talked about this new race, the Worgens. They will in available in the Cataclysm Expansion. Finally, the doors to Greymane city in the land of Gilneas will be open. These doors were once referred to as the Greymane Wall and stood in dead silence separating Gilneas from the rest of the world for many long years. Behind the doors contained a dire secret that the people there wanted to keep hidden from the rest of the world. The humanoid inhabitants of the once isolated city are inflicted with the taint of worgen blood. Taint or blessing? That remains to be seen. While the Worgen will be joining the Alliance, that is fine by me. I plan to be taking up residence in their awesome Jules-Vern-Victorian-esque city. Which brings me to why this city is very intriguing– in a word, Steampunk.

If you are not familiar with Steampunk, let me refresh your memory. It is a sub-culture of science-fiction fantasy that denotes a time-period, era, or world where steam-power inventions are widely used and has a Victorian England flair. (See Steampunk at Wikipedia for more information. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk) With the addition of goblin and gnomish engineering, I can see how the Victorian Gothic Greymane city and inhabitants fall under the spectrum of “Steampunk.” I enjoy the gaslight ambience of such city as Greymane. Thank you, Blizzard!

I have been creating my Steampunk outfit for a while now. Because it crosses over various genres, I can wear it to various cons, from Comicon to Dragoncon. I will be able to wear it to Blizzcon as it will fit in with the non-transformed human Greymane city dwellers. Yay!

What are you wearing for Halloween (and beyond)?

Oh dear! I saw this at the World of Warcraft website and had to say, “No, I am NOT prepared.” I really don’t have any words for these masks other than, “Why???” I am happy to say that the introduction of new races in the Cataclysm expansion (specifically the inhabitants of Greymane City) stirred my creativity for a Halloween costume in a different direction.

In Episode 6 of the Hearthstone Tavern RP Podcast we talked about this new race, the Worgens. They will in available in the Cataclysm Expansion. Finally, the doors to Greymane City in the land of Gilneas will be open. These doors were once referred to as the Greymane Wall and stood in dead silence separating Gilneas from the rest of the world for many long years. Behind the doors contained a dire secret that the people there wanted to keep hidden from the rest of the world. The humanoid inhabitants of the once isolated city are inflicted with the taint of worgen blood. Taint or blessing? That remains to be seen. While the Worgen will be joining the Alliance, that is fine by me. I plan to be taking up residence in their awesome Jules-Vern-Victorian-esque city. Which brings me to why this city is very intriguing– in a word, Steampunk.

If you are not familiar with Steampunk, let me refresh your memory. It is a sub-culture of science-fiction fantasy that denotes a time-period, era, or world where steam-power inventions are widely used and has a Victorian England flair or Gaslight district. (See Steampunk at Wikipedia for more information. ) With the addition of goblin and gnomish engineering, I can see how the Victorian Gothic Gilneas and inhabitants fall under the spectrum of “Steampunk.” I enjoy the gaslight ambience very much. Thank you, Blizzard!

I have been creating my Steampunk outfit for a while now. Because it crosses over various genres, I can wear it to various cons, from Comicon to Dragoncon.

I will be able to wear it to Blizzcon as it will fit in with the non-transformed human Greymane city dwellers.

Yay!

What are you wearing for Halloween (and beyond)?

Suzanna aka Stardancer/Stardancerelf
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Suzanna (aka Stardancer) started audio articles in the Epic Dolls Podcast in 2006. She has continued up to host Hearthstone Tavern RP Podcast with a fantastically talented and creative cast. Avid part-time gamer, musician, artist, and someone whohas been known to philosophize.