Fateful encounter.

I met Peacewalker today! It was exciting to talk to someone who believes like I do!
I have shunned my given name for a name of my own choosing. I have decided on Moriori after a distant tribe that practices Pacifism as a community. I also decided to take Herbalism. I enjoy the idea of caring for the herbs and pruning them just right so they give us their medicine over and over.

The further I get in my training the more I become nervous about what my parents will think. I turned down my first training today, since I refuse to carry a weapon, it seems silly to even learn Rockbiter for it will only tempt me to succumb to the hate and maybe use it if I have it.

Moriori

((OOC (Out of Character):
I've decided to pick up the mantle of pacifist as a challenge. I'm not doing this for religious or philosophical reasons or to make a statement to Blizzard. I just think this will be one of the most challenging ways to play WoW and an opportunity to actually role play within WoW without it feeling contrived.

I want to explore pacifism as it would truly be in the world of Azeroth. The interesting thing is that according to Blizz Lore, the Tauren are a natively pacifist people, but it would appear that heritage has been lost.

So in some ways, my goals are somewhat different than Noor or Lintilla. I don't care as much about perfect 1's on my weapon skills - although I'll probably maintain that unless I get a misclick, but since my character is also vegetarian he won't be picking up fishing and therefore a fishing pole to completely prevent it. I'll be carrying a shield as a symbol of my devotion to protecting others.

I will be maintaining the concept that grouping and letting others do my killing is cheating. It's pretty easy to level up a "standard" resto character that way. For my character it is a moral dilemma. How does he maintain is moral compass in a world embroiled in war. Especially a world at war with "demonic" forces. At first I thought of making a "crusader" character that only kills demons, but that would be way to easy even on a pvp server. I'll blog shortly on how my character reacts to this 'evil'.))