Well, *That* Was a Learning Experience

So, it turns out that if you die in Icecrown, start flying back to your corpse, leave to make a sandwich, and come back running in place against a wall in Wintergrasp, it is impossible to get back to Icecrown.

Instead, one must find the waterfall over Icemist Village, fall, run through the village and all of Dragonblight, and then navigate the Crystal Vice to get back to Crystalsong Forest, where one regains the spectral gryphon.

It was a learning experience. A very long learning experience.

The moral of the story: Don't go AFK on a spectral gryphon.

Irony

So.

I love the new achievement system on World of Warcraft. I've had loads of fun trying to get random achievements.

But for the longest time, one achievement was eluding me. I tried and tried and tried, but I just could not get the last requirement.

The achievement? Defeat all the bosses on Heroic Violet Hold. Well, that's easy, right? Just go do Violet Hold. Wrong.

Only two out of the six bosses spawn during any given run. For the longest time, I had five of the six. I just could not get Erekem. He never spawned! My frustration grew.

Then, one day, my husband did Violet Hold without me. You know where this is going, right?

Yep.

Erekem.

I could not believe it. All this time, and he finally shows up while I'm cooking??!?!?

I knew I would never get that achievement.

Then. The very next run. The portal keeper heads in that direction. But there's more than one boss on that side. He won't go to Erekem.

But he does! And I joyfully announce "FINALLY!!!" in party chat.

Ah, that beautiful achievement. It's so pretty. After at least a dozen runs of Violet Hold, I have the achievement. Twelve runs, and Erekem spawned ONCE.

Wouldn't you know it, he showed up the very next run.

Screw you, Murphy.