Arlaeya Explores

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Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

Also Murk'atath, a pet which... well yes of course it is!

A battle pet in World of Warcraft called "Murk'atath" which is Xal'atath as a murloc.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

BlizzCon 2026 mount dropped! Behold! Rabbit'ath! I love it. I love it so much! The nose does that bunny nose thing! And yes it FLIES TOO! #warcraft #WoWMidnight #BlizzCon2026

Screenshot of the mount window and the player mounted on a giant rabbit that is full of blue and purple void energy and wearing Xal'atath's accessories

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

Rhealyn D&D: Ranger/Druid patrols and protects home but is pulled far from it due to circumstances. Home is same as Arlaeya WoW: Was NELF is now Worgen druid. Cousin to Mieryk and Kerrid BG3: Druid wood elf. See D&D

Wood elf female druid in BG3 with green eyes, black hair, vine tattoos.

Worgen female in human form with blueish black hair and violet eyes

Female worgen in worgen form. Grey and black fur with violet eyes. Two long pony tails hang down on either tied tied in leather and metal rings.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

Syralae D&D: A flighty priestess of Eilistraee who was part of a secret sect that remained in the Underdark for most of her life until she had to flee. WoW: Sister of Arlaeya. Extremely loyal to her people. HATES being in SM right now. BG3: See D&D but more experienced

Drow cleric with long white hair and violet eyes.

Night elf priestess with long white hair with some piercings and purple facial tattoos.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

Kerrid/Cerridwyn D&D: Fighter subclass that hunts demons due to Tragic Backstory™️. Low charisma. This was my first character. Not friendly, but will protect those she care about even if they never know she does. WoW: Older sister to Mieryk. A lot more chill BG3: WIP but somewhere between the two.

Human woman in Baldur's Gate 3 with red, unkept hair and face scars. Piercing green eyes and piercings. This is very much the OG Cerridwyn.

Female human warrior in WoW with short red hair and piercings with green eyes.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

Merek/Mieryk D&D: Wizard (elementalist: fire-focused). Spent most of his time with his nose in books. Wants to be social, doesn't quite have that down. Overshares constantly. Loves fashion but taste is questionable. WoW: Fire mage. See D&D. Younger brother of Kerrid BG3: D&D but more experienced

Human male, black hair tied back into a ponytail, shaved sides. Bearded. Has a much more normal physique for a mage who barely left the tower which didn't have gym. And he would have used magic to lift the weights anyway. He's very disappointed in his starting attire and wants me to fix that asap.

Male human mage in WoW wearing a chainkini, which he would totally wear. He is way too buff but body options in WoW are limited to "I DO lift BRO, thanks for asking!"

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 20d

This is -as- close as I can get in WoW currently. First up: Arlaeya D&D: Loyal to her people but she wanted to see what else was out there. thief/mage. Shares birthplace with Rhealyn. WoW: See above except no magic. Sister to Syralae. Bestie is a tauren. BG3: See D&D w/ a smidge of magic

Arlaeya in BG3. Green-skinned wood elf with vine tattoos on face. Blue hair braided back with shaved undercut. Piercings.

Night Elf with violet-ish skin. Purple tattoos on face and arms. Blue short hair. Piercings.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· 28d

I just laughed so loudly at this. I'm expecting there to be a giant animated goblin-made mechanical arrow festooned with lights pointing at it by next week! But seriously, I do love a portal, especially in a city full of mages... ROMMATH! ahem, anyway...Ominomtime #warcraft #WoWMidnight

On a terrace in Silvermoon, a portal of arcane energy swirls next to a missive suspened in the air below a giant pink triangle with an exclamation point that says, "Magister's Missive."

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jul 9

New favorite NPC alert! Befuddled Amani Mask! #warcraft #WoWMidnight

A night elf from behind faces an Amani mask made of wood with a green gem set in the forehead, green fire coming out of the eyes and face painted in red.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jul 9

Dear Blizz, I once again implore you to please, please, PLEASE auto-dismount on quest-givers. Thx!

An indistinct ball of colors which are many, many players on mounts on top of a quest-giver in World of Warcraft, an unfortunately common occurrence.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jul 5

They know their audience. 🦇 🤣 Is it fan service? Yes, and please please pleaaase keep it up! I thought I didn't still have an AMC+ subscription but apparently I do?? So FINALLY getting around to watching. Holy shit it's so much fun! #TheVampireLestat #undeadUndeadUndead

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 28

Finish lines in Silvermoon--both Midnight and TBC versions! #warcraft #TrollRun #DarkspearDash #pride

Trolls and rainbows gather in Silvermoon in Midnight for the Darkspear Dash run. Lots of trolls and lots of rainbows!

Trolls and rainbows gather in Silvermoon (Burning Crusade version) for the Darkspear Dash run. Lots of trolls and lots of rainbows! Main in the fountain!

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 28

...Dead game Seriously, Happy Pride all! 🏳️‍🌈 #warcraft

Screenshot full of players with rainbows and disco balls in the Echo Isles waiting for the Darkspear Dash/Running of the Trolls

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 27

Yes I made another rogue for the Darkspear Dash and his name is Psyonide. Pronounced Sigh-oh-need-day. 🙃 #warcraft

An Amani-green Darkspear troll that should have more character creation options. He's a rogue so he's starting in the classic black leathers and holding two daggers.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 25

Some days are harder than others and you need a box within a box within a box.

A cream and orange cat lays in a small box with one paw draped over the side. That box resides in a larger box, which in turn sits in yet another box.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 24

Vendayn just got him a frosty crown from Ahune and now he's strolling around SM absorbing all the hate like sunshine. So just another normal day, but now with a crown on his head. Really, if he could walk round with his middle finger up, he would. #warcraft #midnight

Void elf frost mage standing in front of the bank in Silvermoon, absorbing all the hate with his newly acquired frost crown on his head. He loves it. Because he's such a little...

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 21

NOOOOOOOOO! The one thing I never want to happen in Classic is for me to win something I never got in Retail. This dang pet. I farmed it forever. I still do if near the Timeless Isle. This is maybe only the third kill in Classic, which wasn't even for the pet. SIGH! #warcraft #MoPClassic

Loot window showing the player winning the Death Adder Hatching pet that drops from the Imperial Python rare in Mists of Pandaria

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 18

At least I got up to this part. Here's a fun look at Arlaeya in MoP Classic (we can pretend it's her past self) and how she looks in Retail now. I like that I managed to take the screen grab at the same exact moment. #warcraft #MoPClassic

Upgrading the legendary cloak in MoP Classic showing the old design of my main, a night elf rogue. A young Wrathion stands on the left and Lorewalker Cho stands on the right. Mantid and Mogu can be seen behind them.

Same scene as before only how it appears in Retail WoW now (if the quest was completed when MoP was current).

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 18

Li Li is a wonderful Lorewalker! I won't ruin what you'll get to see but there was that one point when I was turned into a bald Zandalari... (also GONK!) #warcraft

A night elf in explorer gear and sunglasses, who has been turned into a bald Zandalari troll stands in front of the Loa Gonk (a large raptor) and a golden archway.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 16

It's very, very amusing.

Chat window with the following NPC dialogue:

Wrathion says: Fools! Imbeciles!
Wrathion says: A complete waste!
Wrathion says: Idiot king!

The dialogue is repeated again twice more.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 16

As EVERYone is getting their final version of their legendary cloak now, the chat window is basically Wrathion losing it on repeat in the Tavern in the Mist. You don't hear it unless you're turning in, but like... this bit has lived rent free in my head since 2013 so... #warcraft #MoPClassic

Chat window with the following NPC text:
Tong the Fixer says: ...He destroyed my inn. He left no tip. He is not nice.
Tong the Fixer says: When the last emperor hid our land from the rest of the world, he also preserved the homeland of our ancient enemy, the mantid. Why did he do this?
Wrathion says: Idiot king!

Note, these are two separate parts of the turn-in dialogue.

Chat window with the following NPC dialogue:

Tong the Fixer says: Always you speak. Never do you listen! You ignore the lessons of Pandaria!
Wrathion says: Next time, I will leave nothing to chance.
Tong the Fixer says: You see, there is balance in all things. Wisdom etched into our very fur: Black and white. Darkness and light.
Wrathion says: NOTHING!

Note: these are unrelated segments of the quest dialogue when you hand it in.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 14

While the decor search is better than, say, finding an icon for a macro, why I have to remember something other than "wine" when searching for a wine bottle because it doesn't work is... frustrating at times. #warcraft #WoWMidnight

Decor catalog in World of Warcraft showing a bottle of wine named 590 Quel'Lithian Red. A search bar on top has the word "red" as this item cannot be found using "wine."

Decor catalog in World of Warcraft showing all the items that show up if you search for wine.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Jun 8

It only took a week of waiting for people to not pile their largest mounts on top of the NPCs to get a clear shot of this exchange between Kairoz and Wrathion and even then it took three tries at 8am but here we go. I'm sure it's fine! I'm sure nothing bad will come of this! #MoPClassic #warcraft

Image from the Timeless Isle in World of Warcraft, Mists of Pandaria Classic where Wrathion is saying, "...I like the way you think!" to Kairoz, who just told him about the possibilities of manipulating time. Lorewalker Cho, Anduin and his Stormwind guards and Wrathion's body guards, Left and Right can also be seen around the same table.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· May 27

It does feel good to be in a theater again. I was not going to miss this. Also if Joshua Henry doesn’t win a Tony things will be thrown!

A darkened stage in a theater with a lone piano on the right. A white neon sign above says “Ragtime”

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· May 26

I was a little late getting started on this and there's already a new prompt but I tried something a little quicker.

A digital drawing of a radish, with many green leaves and a root trailing off to the right, laying on a hardwood floor. This image has been run through Glaze.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· May 23

Also, Apple Music is a little confused. Twitch is NOT Metal, ha hah! They had three phases before Metal: New Wave, Industrial dance and Indooostriul Metalarrglblargh. Twitch is actually my favorite (despite, or maybe because, how he sings Over the Shoulder).

Apple Music screenshot of the album With Sympathy by Ministry. Yes, THAT Ministry. It's classified as "New Wave" Which is correct. seriously no, trust me I was alive then and listening to it! The album is from 1983.

The album cover shows a hand with long nails painted in black reached for some roses cast on a black marble floor. Ministry is written at the top in red in an italic serif font with an extra curl on the M. I swear this IS the same Ministry!

On the bottom right corner in red cursive says With Sympathy.

Apple Music entry for the album Twitch by Ministry from 1986. It is listed as Metal, which is so wrong I would love to have seen all the faces of fans of... let's say Filth Pig from 1996 hearing this for the first time.

There's a yellow strip down the left side. In a boxy type font, it says "Ministry" in all caps. Below that it says 'Twitch' also in all caps in the same font. On the right is a grainy photo in black and white with greenish and yellow overtones. It looks like a statue of a man blindfolded and screaming, but is actually Al Jourgensen covered in some kind of powder with cap (sort of police-shaped) on. Which is funny to me.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· May 14

It always makes me sad to see hunter pets with the generic names they come with. Anyway, meet Augratin and Mango! #warcraft #WoWMidnight

A draenei hunter in sunglasses and dressed in blue, white and black stands in front of a staircase in Silvermoon. She is flanked by a grey and black pangolin-type creature and a purple and blue plant creature that looks somewhat like a toad.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· May 13

I needed a prompt to finally get me trying to adjust to the new tablet! And I don't hate what I did! That's an improvement. So here... world... see my art stuff! #OliveArt

Rendering of a green, Spanish olive with red pimento poking out. Two drops of liquid can be see on the left. Creating in Affinity Photo 2 using a Wacom tablet. This image has been run through Glaze.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· May 7

I may not get to play my warlock Piala this expansion much but I sure as heck was going to get her a new fren! (or a new color for an old fren) #warcraft #WoWMidnight

A purple-haired gnome with goggles on her head sits on a cushion In Wayfarer's Rest in Silvermoon. Next to her is her minion, an incubus with light blue, almost shimmering skin, black horns, wings tail and lower legs ending in hooves. He's naked except for a loincloth of sorts, a choker, and random belted straps. He's brandishing a cat o' nine tails which he occasionally spanks himself with. Just because.

Arlaeya Explores@arlaeyaexplores· Apr 30

So, I made a new starting soon screen, I guess I should actually stream at some point soon? 😅 It continues the long tradition of Arlaeya sitting in bars with some nods to previous starting screens. I mean, the Arcantina was right there... #warcraft