Are you a ROLE PLAYER? Do you enjoy PLAYING ROLES?

Are you also a fan of PLAYER VERSUS ENVIRONMENT content? Do you long to explore the cavernous depths of ULDUAR with nine FAITHFUL COMPANIONS who also enjoy PLAYER VERSUS ENVIRONMENT content and PLAYING ROLES?

Are you perhaps a STOUT DWARF filled with an UNQUENCHABLE THIRST for GOLD, WOMEN and SEVERED HEADS as displayed in the attached ADVERTISING MEDIA?*

If so, then perhaps you may find a home within HAND OF POD: IRON WHEEL'S PLAYER VERSUS ENVIRONMENT ROLE PLAYING RAID ENABLING COALITION INITIATIVE!

Due to a series of UNFORTUNATE CLERICAL ERRORS, we currently find ourselves UNDERSTAFFED for the SPRING/SUMMER 2009 SEASON and are currently seeking FRESH BLOOD with which to feed our DARK MISTRESS. This GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY is available for a LIMITED TIME ONLY and all applicants must conform to the following STRINGENT CRITERIA:

- You must be a CURRENT MEMBER of the ALLIANCE!
- You must be a ROLE PLAYER!
- You must be REASONABLY SKILLED and not a MOUTH BREATHING DARK SAINT!
- You must be possessed of a THICK SKIN or CARAPACE, much like a BEETLE or CRAB!
- You must be able to withstand SCATHING BLASTS of CRITICISM, RIDICULE and SCORN!
- You must be an aficionado of CLASSIC AUDIO sourced from THE PAST, including RAY PARKER, JR, THE WURZELS and DAVID HASSELHOFF!
- You must be available more often than not at 19:00 SERVER TIME on MONDAY, TUESDAY and THURSDAY.

SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS can expect to form STRONG BONDS of CAMARADERIE and FRIENDSHIP, forged during SEVERAL RAIDS PER WEEK, each with a duration of approximately THREE HOURS. They may also expect to encounter more FOUR LETTER WORDS than a game of SCRABBLE as we VERBALLY SPAR with each other over VENTRILO in a FRIENDLY MANNER.

Membership in IRON WHEEL or one of it's SUBSIDIARY GUILDS is NOT REQUIRED and NOT INCLUDED as part of this offer. All of the PLAYER VERSUS ENVIRONMENT RAIDS organised through HAND OF POD: IRON WHEEL'S PLAYER VERSUS ENVIRONMENT ROLE PLAYING RAID ENABLING COALITION INITIATIVE are to be considered OUT OF CHARACTER and RETAINING MEMBERSHIP in your EXISTING ROLE PLAYING GUILD for in character play is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!

Iron Wheel still lives!

We're just REALLY FUCKING LAZY at updating this news page.

We're too busy doing other things.

Like your mother.

Pod Bluntbolt leaned back in her chair, kicked her feet up on the table and let out a loud sigh. Her body felt sore from hours of marching and fighting, her clothes were covered in undead-goo and soot, and she had various scratches and cuts, mostly shallow defense-wounds on her arms. And the biggest and worst job was still ahead of her.

"Paperwork..." she groaned, taking out her monocle and polishing it on the sleeve of her ripped shirt. She reached out for her bag and took a pile of papers from it, all varying in size and quality. Even the ink and handwriting differed, making it quite clear that they were from different sources. She put her monocle back in, took a quick sip of her tea and started looking through the papers. Some of it was written in orcish, the pages quickly discarded, but some of it was in common. She read a page through, thoroughly, then placed it on the table in front of her, starting on the next.

Half an hour later, there was a big pile of papers on the table, next to the mug of cold tea. Pod yawned and blinked sleepily, the text blurring in front of her eyes... until she noticed a sentence, two words that stood out. "Thunder Bluff".

Leaning in closer, the gnome started reading through the document again, her eyes narrowing. She then jumped out of her chair and hurried towards the door, pulling a big black hat down over her head. She skipped across the Magic Quarter and over to the noticeboard that was pinned up outside the Iron Wheel meeting hall, scribbled something in her notebook, tore the page out and stuck it up on the board.

"Attention, former Rivets of Lies. Need people for a mission in enemy territory, must have sneaking-experience. Contact me as quickly as possible.

- W.M. Pod"

Nodding to herself, the gnome went back to her apartment, a smile on her face now as she mumbled to herself: "Another victory for the Iron Wheel... and it won't be the last."

Thanks for a fun event! Made a thread about it HERE.

Schedule for the event:

Friday:
Welcoming speech
Lecture on draenei history (Torkur)
Tour of the Exodar
Open tavern/Storytelling.

Saturday:
Lecture on the Holy Light (Vanarheim + Deepmine(+Bavradai?))
Kessel run, mount race
Fashion show
Open tavern.

Sunday:
Lecture on Shamanism (Verenna)
The wedding stuff?

Thursday 27/9, 20:00 servertime, there'll be a barbeque at Brewnall Village in Dun Morogh.
Find the IC post about it here.

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A cross-guild organization consisting of priests and paladins is being planned. It'll be called Light's Virtue and have it's base in the Cathedral in Stormwind. Suggestions? Need more info? It's all in this thread.

The format for the avatar code has changed and I can't get the friendly links working properly...

...so I'll do it later. IW Website: OPEN!

Now to import the old news and forum posts, recode the auto-avatar stuff, pick the right theme and make sure it's all configured properly.

Joy!