Preface

Four years ago I became interested in role-play in World of Warcraft. On the "World's End Tavern" Blizzard forum a co-op story titled "Shallow Grave" caught my eye. The first poster was calling for other authors to participate and I thought it was be a fun way to see if I was capable of becoming a character in my favourite game. I honestly did not expect to last more than a week.

As it turned out, a year later we had finished our saga and I had fallen in love with Tiponi Darkmane, the young Sunwalker (tauren paladin) who got herself into trouble. I was eager to roleplay Tiponi in-game, however at this point it was still over a year before the Cataclysm expansion allowed Tauren to be paladins.

So I decided to play Tiponi as a young Warrior before she went on her journey in "Shallow Grave". I had a lot of fun and I documented my experiences in a first-person journal.

My fellow co-op author and I had often spoken of continuing our story, but over time I believe she left for other things and when Blizzard updated the forums our story was lost.

Last year I decided to start posting my Tiponi collection. It is a motley set, hence my need for a preface.

Part One consists of Tiponi's journal, documenting my in-game experiences as a young Tauren warrior (italics for first person entries)

Part Two is Shallow Grave where I will give credit to my fellow authors on each post

Part Three is Kwahu's Journey, my first attempt at my own story to finish Shallow Grave

Part Four consists of a mixture of Tiponi's in-game experiences as a new Sunwalker as well as story elements that I have not yet planned to end.

Tiponi's Journal can also be found on the Blizzard forums; because each chapter was intended as a forum post they will likely be shorter than usual for this website.

Well, here goes. I hope you enjoy reading Tiponi's Journal as much as I have enjoyed writing it!