(Happy Birthday to the) Dust Devils - 4 whole years of action adventure!

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Hello forums!

I have to go to bed in like, literally 40 minutes ago, so I’m here to quickly remind you all that yes, the Dust Devils are still a thing you can join!

And yes, they still have adventures you can partake in!

In fact, if Kaitylinn isn’t out on adventure, the mysterious figure known only as “her player” who controls Kait’s every move finds himself staring silently at his bedroom wall, wondering how he ended up at 30 years old pretending to be a cowgirl on the Internet instead of being successful like his friends.

But for the low low price of two hours of your time, you can keep this mysterious figure occupied enough so that he doesn’t have to linger on his many regrets and anxieties - a small price to pay for a good cause I’m sure!

Sign up to the Dust Devils today! (Or at least come roleplay with me please, I’m good at it now I swear)

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I want to super thank Kaity for the awsome mini-campaign she had to haul us through! Can recommend 11/10!

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Thank you gamer; youre far too kind! :sob:

It was a pleasure as always; but I never had to haul you! Hauling implies I pulled you along- in reality I pushed you through that portal wormhole and the rest is history ;D

But yes - the campaign might be over; but the Dust Devils are still active and recruiting! Sure, we saved the world from being invaded by a parallel universe - but since the badguys have literally no concept of a day off, in the week since the campaign ended we’ve ALREADY being flung back onto the beat, saving Azeroth no less than four times from such varied villains as:

A giant mutant bug worm with a detachable brain!

An ancient bird monster erupting from the sands of Uldum (and the Loyalists who unearthed it!)

A giant Joy Divison mobile super lazer; and more besides!

Basically, if we’re not saving the world, we don’t know what to do with ourselves - come hang out some time, at least it’ll never be a dull day!

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Our paper work…

looks at the giant papermental

… never mind, we have a sentient administration.

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And now, thanks to mucking about with portals, we know what happens if we don’t! :pensive:

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Is Kaitylinn a genius or a madwoman? I am not entirely sure, but one thing I do know is that there’s few people who are as OOC passionate about what they do as Kait and her events are always a full on and super enjoyable spectacle. If you are longing for some outrageously funny adventure style RP DMed by a super creative DM, check out the Dust Devils!

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Aha bless you gamer - as ever, you’re FAR too kind! :sob:

I can only say that I try my best; though usually I just roll my face across the keyboard and hope for a good result! If in doubt, detonate the scenery - at least the explosion will be a distraction from my DMing! ;D

Still though - from one DM to another (the Forlorn Order are the best of the best when it comes to slice of life forsaken RP, so I hear!), here’s to another year of doing what we do, even though our parents wish we’d go outside for a change!

(Also stop recruiting all the forsaken roleplayers this is a threat :gun:)

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Hey gamers!

Before the rush sets in dashing between relative’s houses to deliver the various gifts Santa wasn’t able to fit on his sleigh due to newfangled aircraft weight restrictions, I’d like to wish everyone reading this (Dust Devils or otherwise!) a slightly early season’s greetings!

Like every year, I asked Santa for the latest PlayStation - though either he’s losing his sight in old age or my handwriting is awful, because I always end up with socks instead: so I at least hope he’s more accurate with your own wish lists! But, since the one thing not even Santa could deliver to me is an active social life, I’ll be stuck here throughout the holidays; so if you’re around and feeling lonely, give me a poke and I’ll be happy to fling you across Azeroth on adventure!

Either way, however you’re spending the holidays, I wish a very Merry Christmas to one and all!

(Who knows, maybe Blizzard will be visited by 3 ghosts this year and turn over a new leaf for 2022?! Here’s hoping!)

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I’ve experienced some of my best RP moments when adventuring alongside Kaity.

Events are always well thought out (I still can’t believe this whole operation is managed without a single raid marker) , dynamic, witty and most importantly fun. The last few 2-part events have been mind-blowingly enjoyable. Cosmic horror done right.

A place where my character’s character actually matters. I love this guild.

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Petition for raid markers to be our next villainous group.

Like sentai, but evil.

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I won’t be surprised if Jack pulls something like that.

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Bless you gamer! I can’t believe you said all those lovely things and I didn’t even have to bribe you! :sob:

Spoilers

Not much anyhow!

But honestly, I just mash my keyboard and hope for the best - so I’m relieved you guys are enjoying the results!

Well hey now - there was that one time, and I still haven’t recovered from the shame of it!

Don’t say that, she’s genre aware enough to read these forums - next thing you know we’ll be up to our ankles in abstract, colour coordinated shapes.

Exactly like this.

ALSO!

Hello Argent Dawn; are you looking forwards to another year of action adventure?! I know I sure am !

The Dust Devils have enjoyed the holidays, but the forces of evil don’t stay quiet for long! As of tomorrow we’re right back in business: kicking off the new year with a bang, racing to stop the diabolical Loyalist New Order from unleashing one of their deadliest superweapons ever conceived -the devastating NUKULAR Warframe!

Pushing military science to the limits, the Order have managed to miniaturise a NUKULAR missile cannon, small enough to fit on a mobile, shredder style robot! If that thing is unleashed, there’s hardly a force on Azeroth who’ll be able to withstand its terrible power!

Will the Dust Devils be able to beat the clock to throw a spanner in the works before the fury of the warframe can be released- or will 2022 start with the free world being crushed beneath the Loyalist’s iron heel?!

There’s only one way to find out - see you in game, AD!

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Hey did you know that the Dust Devils are officially rocking more villains than Lego Batman?!

Truly an award winning achievement; join today to have your name carved into our inevitable academy award!

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Wow hey gamers; I managed to grab some EPIC* screenshots from the first Dust Devils event of 2022 - be sure to check them out, with associated captions for your inconvenience, for a glimpse of all the fun you could have been having if you’d decided to come along!

(*I cannot guarantee that “Epic” is the best word for the following images; in fact, given the shoddy angles, poor lightning, the presence of a “Go here!” raidmarker and the fact that someone forgot to turn OOC player names off, they’re more accurately described as “Below average” at best…)

So, without further a do-!

1: Racing against time to shut down an experimental Loyalist war machine before it can take to the skies and unleash it’s devastating NUKULAR battlecannon, the Dust Devils portal into the heart of the Loyalist construction facility- straight into a trap! Appearing on a narrow, crumbling perch atop a puddle of boiling NUKULAR goop, with who knows what mutated horrors lurking beneath, the Devils have to think quickly to survive; all while being taunted by a sneering Loyalist NUKULAR scientist!

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2: With the clever application of their combined efforts, the Devils escape the Loyalist’s fiendish trap; only to be immediately set upon by ranks of Doomtroopers! Battling our way towards the robot’s construction sight; the Loyalists reveal another deadly gambit -releasing a torrent of NUKULAR sludge to flood us out, if we’re not incinerated first! Of course, our heroes took the logical way out; generating reinforced ice forged surfboards to race down the fresh lake of slime, all the way to our destination!

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3: And there it is - lurking beneath us, the machine itself! A heavily modified, weaponised shredder, this foul feat of engineering comes equipped with the latest in military technology: a miniaturised, mobile NUKULAR battle cannon. With the power to destroy an entire city in a single blast; whereas before the Loyalists had only been able to project NUKULAR missiles from vulnerable underground silos, with this fierce machine, they can launch from anywhere on Azeroth, and be gone before the free world has even registered the threat…

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SO: did the Devils manage to destroy this terrible doomsday device - and if so, how?! Or did it take to the skies before they could intervene; ready to unleash hell across the free world?!

Well, given that Orgrimmar still stands, I’ll let you reach your own conclusions; anything else would be spoilers! ;D

BUT; as we all know, the forces of evil never stay defeated for long - and while the Loyalists fume over their defeat, so another villain will surely step into the limelight, with a dastardly plan of their own!

Who will it be?! Only time will tell - but if you want to help stop them, there’s only one place to go for possibly the greatest action adventure RP on Argent Dawn!

See you in game, gamers - peace!

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This guild is Officially Cool.

Join them.

Do it.

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Bless you; I will never forget the day we were awarded the official seal of cool - it is an honour to accept! <3

Speaking of cool [shameless guild advert incoming] - ever ridden a motorbike down an erupting volcano?! Wrested control of an explosives ridden zeppelin away from a rogue pandaren warlord, or prevented World War Five?!

The Dust Devils have- all within the space of a single event!

We might not have Hollywood’s budget, but we’ve sure enough action to stand shoulder to shoulder with the best of the Bournes - hope to see you alongside us sometime, AD!

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“For they call us the forsaken; and how APT is the title, for we are TRULY born into DAMNATION!”

The preacher’s booming voice echoed around the church; punctuated by the heavy thud of her fists upon the pulpit.

“TORN from our ascension towards the good Light above; WRENCHED downwards, to till forever the WRETCHED soil of this Azeroth, through ROTTING bodies, and DECAYING minds!”

She continued; each word eagerly devoured by the assembled flock gathered to witness the sermon

“And those, the LIVING, turn in SCORN upon us; to curse, to MOCK our fate - to say we deserve EACH MISERY that befalls us! Yet they know FULL WELL, that were ALL bought before the alter of judgement, that OUR souls, wrought with SUFFERING, would be ascend to the BLISSFUL afterlife; whilst THEIRS would face a THOUSAND DAMNATIONS!”

Murmurs of agreement echo from the crowd; an enthused “Hear hear!” erupts from a corner.

“Their wicked hearts TREMBLE with FEAR at this NAKED TRUTH! And so they should - for we SHALL regain what was taken from us; we SHALL recover our path to the Light above, and we SHALL see the souls of the TRULY wicked are DESPOILED!”

Reaching a furious crescendo; the preacher flung her arms open, gesturing to the heavens, hitting at last the peak of her zealotry

“Brothers and sisters; WE SHALL ASCEND!”.

Bolted to a vast machine hung upon the ceiling, a dozen priests lay dormant - their unconscious figures twitching with involuntary sparks of the Holy Light…

PRIESTS AND PALADINS, DISAPPEARING FROM THE STREETS!

A ZEALOUS CULT, FESTERING IN THE DARK!

LIGHTFUSED DEVICES, PRIMED AND READY TO BLOW-!

With holy figures being kidnapped en masse by armed religious fanatics, and the clock ticking before a migty doomsday device consigns us to oblivion - will the Dust Devils be able to spring across the world in time, to stop the sinister Children of the End bringing forth the final judgement upon Azeroth?! Or will the Holy Light be unleashed upon us, to drown in flame the sinful constructs of man?!

You’ll just have to find out; as the Dust Devils embark on a globe hopping mini-campaign to save the world from the fanatical forces of faith gone bad!!

If you’re looking for a cool way to start 2022, we’d be happy to have you - for the Children of the End are endless in number, armed to the teeth, and hell bent on achieving their goals, so we’ll need all the help we can get for sure!

See you in game AD; peace-!

“I once was lost; but now, I’m found, for in the Light, I see…”

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I’ve been part of this guild for quite some time now. Honestly, if I had to sum it up in 4 words I’d say: It feels like home. It’s a perfect place for characters that don’t quite fit in the ‘‘lore’’, or are maybe just a tiny bit over the top. And speaking of the top, pretty much all events Kaity makes are top-notch and surprisingly well thought out. Also, something that I’ve only seen with this guild so far is genuinely creative usage of even the most obscure of areas in the game. Always wanted something like that.
‘‘B-But Ozs, the lore Ozs, the lore!’’ You might think… Honestly, we have no idea what it is so don’t bother complaining about it.

TL;DR: We’re totally nuts, join us!

(please help i totally didn’t write this at gun-point)

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Haha, bless you for that lovely, totally spontaneous and not at all forced-at-gunpoint feedback gamer! ;D

For real though, I’m flattered you’re having a good time - I only wish to entertain, and the comment is lovely! <3 And true enough, we might not stick to the strictest interpretation of the lore, but given the current state of it - who’d want to?!

Speaking of the current state of things:

AN ANCIENT EVIL - RETURNED TO AZEROTH!

To the rogue forsaken of the Hillsbrad 13th, it manifests as a reincarnation of the Supreme Leader; to the chittering bugmen of the mutated swarm, it whispers as the voice of the Hivemind. To the Lockjaw gang, it comes as a hooded stranger promising pillage and plunder; to the Children of the End, it shines as an icon of the Holy Light itself.

To each and every one of them, from the gleaming corporate tower of Azero-Dex Incorporated to the haunted shacks of the Wandering, this terrible being makes itself known - weaving its web of promises to beguile and convince, slowly merging the unruly armies of evil into a single, united legion of destruction.

Old grudges are discarded, alliances of convenience are forged. Carnevil march alongside Joy Divison, Dreamgrifters amidst Serenity Falls; for the entity has spoken to all in turn, and revealed to them a path to glory…if only they can remain united long enough to see it through…

And so it is, that the Dust Devils begin the new year battling their deadliest enemies yet - that is, all of them, at the same time!

After all, teamwork makes the dream work - but alas, for the rest of us, the badguys dreams of world domination are nothing short of a nightmare!!

With no less than 20 armies of darkness to contend with, will the Dust Devils be able to fend off the united forces of evil, or is the end of the road for Azeroth’s self appointed superheroes?!

There’s only one way to find out gamers- see you in game sometime!

Peace!

See also this artist;s impression of an average Dust Devils event:

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Ah, hello -

If you’ll take a look at my profile picture, you’ll notice I’m a blood elf in sunglasses.

I’m also quite possibly the most diabolical Dust Devils villain of all time.

Surprised?

Me too; they’re usually forsaken women - but at least I’m one of those two demographics. A foot in both camps, if you will; progressive, and traditional.

Though there are rumours I used to be a forsaken, before being blasted through a crack in time and space - though some also reckon I started out as a small blot of consciousness within the distant void. There’s even wilder stories out there; some that I simply sprang fully formed from a hole in the ground! Nobody quite knows for sure.

But I’ll tell you what’s for certain;

You can’t stop me.

I’ve taken control of every villainous faction on the Dust Devils roster - while you can count your allies on a single hand.

With all the forces of my new associates combined, I’ve access to possibly the greatest army on the planet - hordes of infantry, tanks, robots, warships and aircraft. A menagerie of mutants, machines and weapons of mass destruction.

You have a battered old sword, a few muskets, and a handful of magic tricks.

I’m plotting my path to power every minute of every day; you’re lucky if you can maintain a houseplant for more than an hour.

So come then, “hero”.

Come join the Dust Devils - and try to fight me.

Or don’t.

Either way, it hardly matters. I’ve already won.

See you soon!

Yours truly,

Me.