For those who don't know, Suhli wasn't always who he is today. Suhli started off on the Llane realm as a Blood Elf female named Kelenya. Kelenya had a long and storied history. I spent a lot of time in a guild over there named Requiem of Decay. Eventually, Kelenya became an officer of Requiem of Decay. It was a challenging part of my life where I was dealing with being recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and then separated.
There came a point where it was relevant to have control of the guild situation (due to an expansion and increased capability of the current raiders). Kelenya left Requiem of Decay and formed a guild named Perseverance. (This was around the time that Paola and I became an item and she subsequently got pregnant.) Kelenya lead Perseverance for a long time, but as fatherly duties and work became more demanding, I realized that it was time for a change. I had been listening to The Instance for a long time and it seemed like alea iacta est would be a good home for Kelenya because I would have a good chance of finding a group of people to play with since the guild population was astronomical.
I decided to go to an event the guild had that was essentially a memorial for people they had lost in real life. I'll always remember that day. That was the day that I realized how much more this game could be than just a game. I had already forged some life-long friendships, but I had no idea how close an online community could be. We marched through The Barrens into Thrall's (he was still the Warchief) room in Orgrimmar. I don't know how many people there were....there were at least a hundred. A hundred individual people walking (not running) unarmed in honor of those who had passed. I didn't even know these people. This was just a trial. I had only been around them for a day or two, but the sincerity of the moment cut straight to my heart. It was a sad event, but also a happy one. I left that night knowing that Kelenya was leaving Llane to come to Earthen Ring and join alea iacta est.
And it was so. Unfortunately, to this day, someone has the name Kelenya parked on a level 56 Death Knight who hasn't leveled in two years. That meant I had to change it up. I decided that I didn't have room for another woman in my life (my wife and I had a little girl, two was enough) so I paid to have Kelenya "re-imagined" into a male character. I had to change the name, so I went with "Suhli". I was also fortunate enough to find myself a team that raided once a week. Suhli joined Insane Horde Posse as an "alternate" but quickly found himself raiding with the team full-time.
Playing a rogue is like second nature. Half the time, I don't even realize which buttons I'm pushing, it just happens. A week or two ago, I was having a really tough time because of the medicine I take for MS and I raided on Suhli that night. I don't even remember thinking, I just remember I did well and it was all natural. The rogue hasn't changed much over the years. A few things here, some number tweaks there, but very few major mechanic changes have plagued the class.
I had a good time playing Suhli these last few days. It makes me feel normal and less anxious to be able to focus on the aspect of the game that I'd focused on for so long. :) I'm looking forward to getting back into the stabby-stabby game with Insane Horde Posse. It's been far too long since I got to relax my way into bloodying up some daggers.
Also, to boost my confidence, I got into Well of Eternity. The final fight in there is a major DPS boost. Talk about an e-peen inflation. :P I threw the recount from that one fight up on the picture for this post. If I wasn't already missing Suhli...I was after that!
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