Meet Suri Wintersong

Hello everyone! Suri here! I'd like to take a moment to more fully introduce myself and give a little bit of information about my background.

 

Me with Lacy in front of a snowdrift
in Grizzlehiem. Lacy is kind of hard
to see since she's mostly white.

I'm Suri Wintersong. My name holds symbolism, at least my first name does anyway. Suri is very similar to a nickname a dear friend gave me months before Suri Wintersong came into existence--SiRi. I'm not going to explain what SiRi meant to me a few months ago, that's very personal, however the name SiRi and now the name Suri reminds me that I am strong. I'm strong enough to take whatever damage or cruelty is thrown at me, however, I'm also strong enough to defeat the cruelty and to walk away from those who's only desire is to hurt me. That's why I'm ice. Ice can take a lot of damage--more than most schools. But when an ice puts dedication into questing and leveling up, eventually, when they reach a higher level, an ice is powerful and difficult to defeat. Ice is also a rather beautiful school. Who doesn't think that a blanket of freshly fallen snow, or clear, blue ice, isn't pretty? And now that I think about it . . . I didn't initially intend for my last name, Wintersong, to have meaning, but it does. Winter is typically a rather bleak time of year, dark, cold, and long. That's what bad times in life is also like, we just need to learn to sing through those times and not let it get us down. That's my goal in my real life: to become powerful enough to both take the damage that others try to inflict upon me, being able to take it without it breaking me again, and be able to "defeat them"--being able to walk away and escape from the damage before it really does damage. And as I pointed out, Ice school is beautiful. I want to remember that *I* am beautiful too.

Enough backstory. That's WHY I'm here, but that doesn't really describe WHO I am now that I'm here. As I said before, I'm a Journeyman Thaumaturge--also known as a student of ice. I'm level 18 and am working on the Krokosphinx in Krokatopia. I progressed with everything up to this point fairly quickly--I got this far in a month without questing being my only main focus--however now I'm a bit stuck. Unfortunately, the Krokosphinx is primarily ice and being a student of ice, its hard to defeat the creatures alone. Emma helps out when she can, but she's usually busy with something else. Once I get through the ice portion of Krokatopia, I plan to go back to questing quickly and effectively. I want to be finished with Dragonspyre before summer ends in a month and a half.

I recently became big on crafting. Although I'm only halfway through Krokatopia, I got the Marleybone crafting quest today. (Thank you, Emma, for taking me to Marleybone so I could get it!) I want to get through with at least the Dragonspyre crafting quest as quickly as I can so I can become a Master Artisan. I decided that I want to craft the Grizzleheim house, the Watchtower Hall. While I can buy the recipe now, most of the items I need to craft for the house require a higher crafting level.

Me with my first Dandelion! Isn't it
cute?

I also started gardening the other day. I've been told that gardening and crafting--and gardening and pet training--go hand-in-hand. And besides, having a growing (but fake) garden is fun! And the dandelions are SOO cute! :-)

I'm determined to become a Warlord, even if it takes forever (which, with my PvP skills, it probably will!). At least I'm not trying to do 1v1. I'm currently 2v2ing with Fallon Deaththief. Neither of us are very "good" simply because a lot of people who do ranked matches use Treasure Cards. We both feel that TC use is "cheating." But is it really "cheating" if "everyone" else uses it? Is it really "cheating" if that's the only way to win and become a Warlord? I don't know. I really hate having to decide on morality issues when I'm trying to win a PvP match. A friend once told me if the other team uses TC don't be afraid to fight back with TC. Problem is, its really hard to tell if they're using TC until too late. So, again I ask, do I just use it? PvP will probably be a lot easier once I get Frostbite and Ice Blade. . . .

I'll use Emma's 10 challenges as a way to summarize who I am.

1. I am Suri Wintersong, student of Ice, level 18.

2. I am at the very beginning of the Krokosphinx in Krokatopia. I just started the first quest that takes place INSIDE the sphinx.

I'm so excited to have finally earned
enough gold to buy a blue dragon
mount!

3. Currently I wear WHITE with LIGHT BLUE trim. I picked them . . . well they ARE primary Ice School colors, so they're not exactly "creative." But the light blue DOES match my ice blue hair. I used to wear light blue with white trim, but that was just too much blue! I may be changing my colors to white and dark purple soon . . . still not very creative since dark purple is an Ice School trim color as it is. . . .

4. My main pet is a Baby Dragon named Lacy. She, like my main colors, is white with light blue "trim" (mainly on her wings). Eventually, I'll start hatching and harvesting for a better ice school pet, but for now, Lacy is good enough. She's cute after all!

5. I don't have a secondary school of magic. . . . I'm debating between Life and Fire . . . or maybe Myth . . . Death wouldn't be bad either . . . but neither would Storm . . . or Balance. . . .

Casting an Ice spell in PvP.

6. I haven't been in the Spiral very long, but right now I LOVE PvP, even though I'm not very good at it. I also enjoy questing. Like I said, I want to reach the end of Dragonspyre before summer ends. I also recently started crafting which I LOVE. It's harder than I thought it would be though. . . . I wish myself luck to finishing Dragonspyre and crafting my house though!

7. Hmm . . . I don't know what my favorite spells are. I do rather like Mammoth and Snow Angel--both are pretty cool! But I think Frostbite is probably my favorite. I don't know why, I just like it. Maybe because its a simple, overtime spell. Overtime spells used effectively can inflict a LOT of damage! I think my favorite spell from outside my school is probably Sandstorm (Balance) because it's simple like Frostbite, but Emma can make it do a lot of damage. Plus, when I see it, I know the battle is almost over and I can move on questing. (Thanks, Emma, for all your help!)

Isn't the ice so pretty?

8. My favorite place in the Spiral? I don't know know. I haven't seen a lot OF the Spiral yet. . . . Okay, yes I have. Emma's taken me to a lot of places. So, even though I won't actually GET there for a while longer, I think WinterTusk is my favorite place, because it's cold and snowy . . . a PERFECT environment for an Ice Wizard!

9. My current main focuses are questing, crafting, PvP, and gardening (in that order!) PvP would be higher, but I've been told that it'll get easier as I get to be a higher level and apparently I can craft really good gear someday.

Kelvin--he's so tall! It was hard
to get a picture of him!

Me with Kelvin.

10. My favorite NPC? I have NEVER thought of that before! I also haven't met very many NPCs. Well . . . hmm . . . I guess I'll have to go with . . . hmm. I like Kelvin, the Ice Tree. I don't know why exactly. He's the Ice Tree and I'm an Ice student, so he helps me with spell quests sometimes. I also like the sound of his voice. That tree has a very nice voice!


Sorry I was so long-winded! I guess I had a lot to say about myself. I promise I'm not full of myself or anything! I'm just excited to introduce myself!

Love Suri