The Sword of Oarwind: The Movie

100 Gnome Priest
10790
It comes without warning, illuminating the screens and holographic displays of all ApplePie devices, a ten minute preview of everything that is righteous, good, and smoking hot in the world--The Sword of Oarwind: The Movie.

The latest advancements in Glitter-Ray technology ensure the graphics are, simply put, orgasmic. The high definition is so high there should be an achievement for falling from it. And not to mention the state of the art--whoa! What was that?

Did you hear that?

That was the sound of like a bajillion panties dropping.

The camera spans slowly over a golden afternoon in Stormwind. The city shines especially bright: cobble gleams, glass fronts sparkle, and the rich blue of the rooftops dazzles, singing proudly of the might and glory of the Alliance.

The inherent dignity of the stronghold is a majesty to behold. The musical score underlines the sentiment with just the right balance between gusto and artful restraint. As the shot tightens onto a pair of children darting through the bustling streets, violins staccato their footfalls as a single, fluttering flute melody traces their path.

The boy in hunter green and pigtailed girl in pink are the picture of perfect health. Rosy-cheeked and bright-eyed, they shout back and forth as they make chase.

“I have your dolly, nyah nyah!”
“I’m telling mommy!”
“Crybaby! Crybaby!”

As the children pick their way through the ruins of the old Park, the orchestra screeches to a halt, a sour note lingering as a vast shadow looms over the children. The man who towers before them can hardly be called a man. He is a ragged and sallow mess stitched together from the brink of true death. He smells as foul as he looks, largely due to the giant sack of bear poop he drags behind him.

The children shriek. The boy named William covers his eyes and cries out, “Help! Someone help us! It’s Bear Poop Sack Man, the evilest necromancer in the Eastern Kingdoms!” While the boy cowers, the girl named Donna grabs William’s wind-up gorilla and hurls it at Bear Poop Sack Man’s face. "Noooo!" cries William, "Not Jum-Jump!" The abominable necromancer snarls and stumbles back. Donna takes the opening and grabs William’s hand to make a run for it.

Alas, the children aren’t fast enough. Bear Poop Sack Man recovers remarkably quickly and roars, “CHILDREN SHOULD BE EATEN, NOT HEARD!!!” before swinging his massive sack of bear poop to smash the children with.

A crescendo of brass heralds the entrance of our hero into the scene: a tall, broad-shouldered war machine in full regalia of the Watch, enter the one, the only--Sir Oarwind.

“Halt! I am Sir Oarwind, Champion of Justice! In the name of the Alliance, I will right wrong and triumph over evil… And that means YOU, Bear Poop Sack Man!” Sir Oarwind’s booming voice resonates as his magnificent armor glints in the sunlight. Lens flare. Lens flare everywhere. A metallic schwing slices through the music as Sir Oarwind brandishes his broadsword.

His sword is even thicker and longer than ever imagined. How one man can even bear a sword so big, so great, is a miracle of the Light to be sure. In spite of his sword’s girth, its immensity, Sir Oarwind fights like combat is a dance, a sexy dance, making moves so super sick and fast that Bear Poop Sack Man’s dark magics can’t possibly keep up. Defeated, Bear Poop Sack Man resorts to flinging handfuls of bear poop into William’s face before he flees the scene.

Sir Oarwind roars, but has to let the fiend go to tend to poor William. Sir Oarwind kneels down by William and rests a gauntleted hand gently upon the boy’s shoulder. “Worry not, citizen! I know just what you need!” With that, Sir Oarwind heroically pushes William into the canal to cleanse him of the necromancer’s wretched doing. Little Donna squeals her delight and flings herself at Sir Oarwind, shouting, “Thank you, thank you, Sir Oarwind! When I grow up, I wanna marry a hero just like you!”
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100 Gnome Priest
10790
From the distance, a woman runs towards the foreground. The camera fixates on her--uh--the finer details of her rustic costume, perfectly capturing the humble garb of contemporary peasant life--before focusing on her face. The actress is a legend in her own right, Crimson Johnson, a sultry blonde whose--uh--personality--really fills up the screen.

“Oh, Sir Oarwind!” croons the blonde. “My name is Lottie Melons, I’m the proprietor of the local bath house. Please, Sir Oarwind, it would be my honor to host you in our VIP room for a personalized sponge bath to show you my gratitude for saving my children! As a lonely single mother, my children mean the world to me, as you can imagine!”

“Madam,” said Sir Oarwind, kneeling before the peasant woman. At last, our hero removes his plumed helm, revealing a lion’s mane of golden hair to frame the face of a statue, if that statue is like insanely hot, like oh god foaming at the mouth speaking in tongues hot. Sir Oarwind is played by none other than the masterful actor renowned for his profound character studies, Channing Datbum. Sir Oarwind takes Lottie Melons’ hand and kisses it. “Truly,” he says, “The honor would be mine, I assure you.”

As the scene fades to black, gold letters scroll with flourish across the screen:

THE SWORD OF OARWIND: THE MOVIE
COMING SOON

The onslaught of promotional material infiltrates the lands indiscriminately, only after the preview is debuted unannounced on PieTunes. The unorthodox marketing strategy pays off in heaps as the Steamywind Cartel amasses a fortune from the sale of movie posters alone. While the main poster showcases Sir Oarwind and Lady Esmeralda dressed for a formal ball, there are just five hundred limited edition prints featuring Sir Oarwind in his heroic warforged loincloth.

Rumor has it, one such print was auctioned for a tidy six figure sum just yesterday at the Dwarven District auction house. No doubt the collector wanted the item because, uh, such a depiction of Sir Oarwind is more true to the books. Yeah.
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100 Gnome Priest
10790
[ This film is dedicated to Mr. Corduroy, because he asked. Also, let us not forget where it all started: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/8156836059 ]
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100 Night Elf Druid
PBT
12425
OMG! I'm laughing so hard I have tears in my eyes. Thanks for the fun, Khromie!
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100 Gnome Priest
10790
Shucks, thanks Shiny Penny <33
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100 Human Rogue
20045
The old dwarf stared up at the poster now adorning his workshop wall and then to the contraption beside it. When the boy had told him what he wanted the smith had thought he was joking, that was...until he pulled out the mockup. Shrugging to himself he turned back to the forge and got to work making the pieces he needed to.

Meanwhile somewhere deep in tinkertown a gnome was staring over his desk at the flustered young dwarf who had been sent on the errand. "You want /WHAT/?

"Ah wan' wha'ever phosphawhatsits ya go'. Says right' 'ere to get all o' i'." To emphasize this order he placed a rather large sack of gold on the counter. It didn't take long before he was making his way back towards the smith's garnering odd looks along the way at the glow from his pack that was vaguely reminiscent of a rave gone bad.
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100 Goblin Warlock
10650
Mormel's jaw dropped after watching the ten-minute preview of The Sword of Oarwind: The Movie on her bootlegged ApplePie service. The blinding display of excessively flashy and over-engineered gnomish glitter technology nearly made her color blind.

With a groan Mormel leaned back in her seat within the crowded confines of Ratchet's tavern. As she rubbed her eyes to regain her senses a sinking suspicion began to weigh upon her mind. There was something... familiar about the style of this movie and its visuals.

"This... this almost seems like somethin' cream puff would make..."

After Mormel muttered aloud to herself she began rubbing her pointed chin. It was then her gobliny ears twitched as she heard a nearby tavern patron mention the name of the movie along with something about "limited edition poster" and "loin cloth".

That was all Mormel needed to hear as she stormed outside, made her way to the docks and waited for the ship to arrive that would take her to Booty Bay. While getting a hold of Alliance goods had always been a bit tricky Mormel knew exactly who to call upon to obtain any hot collectables.

"This sounds like a job for the All Alliance Monopoly Smugglers! I bet Kezzy can get a hold of this loin cloth poster in no time!"
Edited by Mormel on 4/7/2014 9:36 AM PDT
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100 Undead Warrior
10155
Eyesockets unmoving in their unnatural gaze, a hundred Maggots of Eyesight and Screaming Head Pain shriek and die. The Maggot Lord nods to no one around him in the Gobbo-Vision Picture Time Theater, though many patrons think to themselves that they are glad they choose to not sit next to him.

"Thisss cannot ssstand, yesss."

A maggot personal secretary takes down his thoughts, and slithers away to his offices.

She Goblin secretaries type out the memo, some silently weeping over it's contents.

"Do ya think da boss is alright inna his head? I mean, really, comeon, why's he gonna kidnap this human actor?" one of the secretaries says.

"Don' talk too loud, da boss' little guys be everywhere. Besides, mebbe he'll bring him here!"

Cooing and giggling in excitement, the She Goblin's begin planning for the actor's arrival. Notices are sent out to nefarious agencies and characters. Plans are afoot!
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100 Human Warrior
19095
Orwyn was signing various documents at his desk when he heard a tentative soft knocking on his office door. Without looking up, he raised his voice loud enough to be heard and answered, "come in."

The Watch's animal control officer, a Pandarin named Tomini stepped cautiously into the room. She held a rolled-up poster in both hands straight out in front of her, as if it were a weapon that she was deathly afraid of having explode at any moment.

"Commander Orwyn, sir. I....er....well...I..."

Orwyn looked up and stared at the officer. The increased scrutiny unsurprisingly did nothing to ease her obvious discomfort.

"We...er...drew straws downstairs. To bring you this. Uh..."

Orwyn sighed. "Officer, unless you're an expert forger who can help me sign all these documents, you had better speed things up so that I'm able to get these done, and, Light-willing, actually sleep tonight."

Tomini jumped slightly and rushed to the desk to hand Orwyn the poster. "One of the patrol officers found this, sir! It's...it's...well, you should look! Prob...probably," she finished lamely. She backed away from the desk with an eye on the escape route through the door.

Orwyn frowned and unrolled the poster to examine it.

Several minutes passed in silence.

Shuffling back and forth on her feet, Tomini finally ventured to break the silence. "Sir?" she said in a voice barely above a whisper. Thus prompted, Orwyn re-rolled the poster and placed it carefully in his wastebasket, his face showing no emotion what-so-ever. Very deliberately, he said, "thank you, officer, but I fail to see how this has any more bearing on me or the Watch than any other entertainment poster."

Observing Tomini's confused look, he rose from his seat and continued in a voice of deadly calm. "Like any work of fiction, this is about a character who doesn't exist, doing things that aren't real, in an imaginary world. There is nothing, I repeat, nothing, relevant about this poster." He finished by giving Tomini a look that definitely signaled that the matter was now closed. "You're dismissed."

"Of course sir!" Tomini said, a bit too loudly. In one quick motion, she saluted and fled out the door, which swung shut behind her.

Another moment passed. Orwyn let out a very long sigh, and sat back down. He regarded the poster with a look of displeasure usually reserved for heinous criminals on the verge of execution. He slowly slid the wastebasket out from under his desk. He felt around in his pockets for a match, and finding one, permitted himself a grim smile.
Edited by Orwyn on 4/8/2014 9:49 PM PDT
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90 Human Mage
0
Ariccan Halconis, Officer of the Watch, Mage-Captain of the Alliance Sixth army, Lakeshire Battalion, 17th regiment, and Veteran of every campaign since the fall of Stormwind. Upon the return of Tomini, he drew a sigh of relief. Finding that poster made him more afraid than any orc or forsaken had ever achieved.

"Light preserve us..."
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100 Worgen Warlock
15695
From Rakeri Sputterspark's room at the Gilded Rose Inn in Stormwind's Trade District, the loud slap of a palm impacting a forehead is heard, and a loud voice crying out, "ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING ME?!" Followed by choice curses in Gnomish that are not suitable for all audiences.
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100 Human Death Knight
14875
Des and Tom walked out of the catherdral, argueing as usual, headed for the tram to Ironforge. As they passed the Watch's office, Des stopped, blinking.
"What the fel is wrong with you stopping? I'm too old for sudden changes in motion !" Tom berated him, as usual.
Des stood there, staring at the posters, completely covering the outside of the office . " Tom... I think we need to get out of here..." he trailed off, then bolted past the old man, trying to get as far away from the Watch's office as he could.
Tom turned, his old eyes focusing on the many, many posters, " Hey, a new ApplePie movie... That man has such a striking resemblance to Commander Orwyn." With that, Tom hobbled after Des, who had already taken the first tram to Ironforge.
Edited by Des on 4/8/2014 11:48 AM PDT
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100 Human Rogue
20045
It was finished. The dwarf stepped back to inspect his masterpiece before jumping as his assistant flipped the power switch. The sight that greeted the two left them staring in awe, it was a testament to all that was bright and shiny...and even perhaps a bit insane in the world. From a height of 10 feet Sir Oarwind grinned down at the duo slowly swinging his sword up and down.

Later that night a young boy, a street rat from his clothes, scaled the side of the tower above the stocks. On the opposite side from him two more slid over the sides and hid in the shadows. Soon the unsuspecting guard made their way around on the nightly patrols only to be greeted with the sight of bare rumps and giggles as the boys hitched up their trousers and fled into the night. While they were off chasing the hoodlums a lone drake spiraled down out of the sky carrying an odd framework in its claws. After it had hung the frame over the side pointing to the cathedral the figure on its back quickly set to work with its part.

Rounding the corner with a smirk at having caught the boys and given them a good talking to the guards stopped and simply stared. Greeting their return was a glorious image of the latest Sir Oarwind poster swinging his sword and lit up in bright neon colors behind 3 feet of solid clear ice.
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