Student becoming a master

[Gridish]

“Wake up you lazy slacker! It’s time to train…” Lofty yelled in Gridish’s ear.
It started as a normal morning. Gridish got out of bed and grabbed his training robes and training staff and moved up to the training dummies to start his training, with Lofty floating after him. After a couple hours of intense training, Gridish returned to his quarters. He changed his robes and grabbed his bag to ready it for the day however, he noticed there was a letter in his bag marked with Gridish’s name on it. He looked around to see if anyone was around, then opened the letter and read it:

Gridish,
I’ve been watching you progress in the arts of arcane.
I feel that you are ready for your final test.
Meet me at Arcane Pinnacle in Azshara.
Take Lofty with you and come prepared.

Gridish put the letter back in his bag and continues to pack his bag. Lofty peers at Gridish, probably guessing what was in the letter. “Is it that time Gridish?” Gridish nods at Lofty “Let’s get going, Lofty.”
After informing the chieftain about Gridish’s absence, Gridish  headed out to Azshara. “I’m bored Gridish… When are we going to get there..????” A short period of silence appeared. “Are we there yet now Gridish???? Do you think your teacher misses me, because I think he does! A lot!”  This went on for a long…. Long time.

Arriving at Arcane Pinnacle, Gridish found his first challenge, the challenge to get to the top of the small tower. Gridish starts searching for clues, when Lofty calls out for Gridish, informing him that he found a clue. Gridish peers at the wall, looking at a circle, with in it the carving of Gridish’s teacher. Gridish puts his finger to one spot in the carving, and follows the carved drawing while feeding it with arcane power. Once finished, the carving starts to glow and the arcane power spreads across a part of the wall in the shape of a door. After a few seconds, a passage way appears in the wall. Gridish and Lofty enter thru the passage way. Once entered the passage way disappears and it becomes a solid wall once again. “Gridish……. How are we going to get out?” Lofty sounds scared and is shivering. Gridish ignores the tome and continues moving further into the cave.

“ My student.. you have found your way to me… As always you fail to disappoint me.” A kind and joyful voice is heard from the darkness of the cave. “Now, you’ll have 30 minutes to prepare yourself for your final test.” Gridish nods, puts his bag on the ground, takes a seat himself and starts meditating. While Gridish is meditating, Gridish’s teacher puts his hand to the wall of the cave, feeding it arcane power. Crystals connected to the wall light up, killing the darkness in the cave. “Are you ready, Gridish?” Gridish nods and stands up, and walks in the direction of his teacher. “Lofty, come with Gridish. This test is for both of you.” Lofty starts floating in a shocking way while shivering like a mad-book “Bu…bu..buttttt… I haven’t trained… I was helping Gridish train….” Gridish’s teacher replies: “ No buts Lofty…. Stand by your friend.” Lofty slowly floats towards Gridish. When Gridish and Lofty get to a certain distance from the arcanist teacher, the arcanist teacher makes a sudden move. The ground where the arcanist teacher, Gridish and Lofty are standing in, starts ascending slowly.

“Now Gridish, your final test is to get me off this arena. You will succeed if I am the first one to fall off however, if I manage to get you off the arena floor, you will have failed your test. Do you understand?” Gridish nods and positions himself in a fighting stance. Lofty starts to shiver more “ What is my role in all of this!??!”  Gridish replies: “ You have aided me in battle before Lofty, and you will do so today. “ While Gridish is calming Lofty down, the arcanist teacher positions himself in a battle stance as well. “ I will grant you the first attack Gridish.” Gridish grins, and in a blink of a eye he casts three rapid arcane blasts in the arcanist teacher’s direction. The arcanist teacher grins as well and right before the arcane blasts would hit, he avoids being hit by blinking slightly to the left instantly launching a powerful arcane blast torwards Gridish. Gridish keeps calm and copies his teacher’s blink, avoiding being hit by the arcane blast. “ Very nice Gridish, you have trained well. Your casting speed is terrific, in both offense as defence. Now let’s see if the rest of your skills have improved enough to beat me.”


The battle progresses for quite some time with no different results than the first actions achieved in the battle. A short pause created in the battle. “ I can only be proud of you Gridish, the progression you’ve made is unbelievable. However, I want to test you on a few more things.” The arcanist teacher suddenly blinks closer to Gridish, and does this twice more. Gridish responds in blinking away from his teacher. As a result Gridish found himself on the edge of the arena. “Gridish, it seems like this is the end of the battle… You have nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.” The arcanist trainer charges up an arcane blast. While his trainer is charging his arcane blast, ready to finish the battle, Gridish yells  "LOFTY, GO! . Before the arcanist teacher could even think of what was about to happen, Lofty flies in and hits the teacher directly in the face, taking the teacher out of his focus, failing to cast his arcane blast and leaps slightly out of balance, away from Gridish. Gridish seizes the moment, charges a powerful arcane blast and casts it and hits his teacher center mass, blasting his teacher back to the opposite edge of the arena. Gridish blinks torwards his teacher without hesitation, till he’s standing right in front of his teacher. Not making the same mistake as his teacher, Gridish casts three fast arcane blasts, but right before the arcane blasts could hit, his teacher blinks in far behind Gridish.

Both opponents turn around to face one and other, gasping for air. “ This next fase of the fight will determine who will be victorious Gridish…” Both Gridish and his teacher grin at one and other. They both take battle stance once again, and start charging an arcane blast, and not just any kind of arcane blast. They are both putting all the energy they have left in their body, feeding it to their arcane blasts. They release their arcane blasts at the same moment, and the powerful arcane blasts meet each other half way. At this point it’s like the arcane blasts have the will and the drive of the two arcanists, neither willing to give up. The power that is pulsing from the colliding powers is starting to take its toll on the arena. The ground directly under the two blasts is crumbling to pieces, while the rest of the arena is starting to crack and crumble. After a minute of colliding arcane blasts, the two powers explode, blasting the entire field to bits. Both arcanists notice this and jump up, trying to get the more air than the other. While mid-air, Gridish’s teacher blinks towards Gridish, grabbing ahold to him, trying to throw him towards the ground, however Gridish blinks up further into the air, behind his teacher, casting a small, swift arcane blast in the back of his teacher, slamming him into the ground with a tough blow.

Gridish drops to the ground now as well, leaning on his staff out of exhaustion. Gridish’s teacher slowly rises up to sit, instead of laying down “Gridish, take a seat..” Gridish sits down like this request would never come. While the two arcanist look at each other, Lofty slowly floats towards the ground. “I...i..is it over?” Gridish and his teacher both nod.

The arcanist teacher slowly gets to his feet “ Now Gridish... You have beaten me in the battle, and I know what you are thinking, and that is exactly the reason I asked Lofty to join you. You two are connected, you two learn together, you two laugh together, and you two fight together. It’s not a bad thing, to have a battle partner, so no need to be ashamed about it. It doesn’t make you a lesser arcanist… Now…” The arcanist teacher slowly walks to the other end of the cave, grabs something and returns to Gridish. “ This item has been given to me by my teacher. It has been made in combination of metals, and arcane magic. The only way for someone to reach it’s inner powers is to be one with the arcane power flowing inside of them, yet controlling the arcane power, not letting it get the better of yourself.” The arcanist teacher hands the item to Gridish. “It’s not the way I taught you to fight, however I am giving you the option to learn the ways of sword fighting. A staff isn’t necessary to cast a spell, so why occupy your hands with a staff, when a sword hurts a fel of a lot more!” The arcane teacher snickers as Gridish accepts the gift.

The arcanist teacher sits back down and turns his head to Lofty “Since the day I assigned you to Gridish, you’ve been the most stubborn booklet I’ve come across in the libraries of Dalaran… Yet the only person that seems to reach you, is Gridish. You two have a special bond, even if you two don’t think so. Lofty, I know I assigned you as Gridish’s â€" teaching â€" book, however.. I don’t want to separate you two from one and other. Therefor I will not be taking you back to Dalaran, you can stay with Gridish if you… and ofcourse if Gridish wants.” The arcanist teacher looks at Lofty, and then looks at Gridish. Gridish nods at Lofty. Lofty says with a sigh “ Well… Gridish is nothing without me… Someone has to keep an eye on him I guess!” The arcanist teacher smiles and turns his head torwards Gridish “ Gridish, your training is complete. You have reached the limit of my knowledge about the arcane powers. You have mastered the ways of arcane. You are officially allowed to call yourself a true arcanist now.” The arcanist teacher smiles and nods at Gridish. “If you ever need any advice, I will always be around to guide you Gridish, you are never alone. Now get back to your tribe and get yourself some rest… You have deserved it.” The arcanist teacher lifts his hand, and a passage way appeasr behind Gridish. Gridish stands up, and walks with Lofty torwards the passage in the wall, leading him back outside. The passage behind him closes. “So….. We heading back home Gridish.. Because I’m hungry…” Lofty snickers.

[Gromgeth]

Spirit of Sadok? 

[Shargla]

We can't even have any arcanists around without everyone thinking 'Sadok has something to do with this, I swear'. The *Sadok Paranoia'. xD But anyway. A good read and now I know why you were in Azshara! Hah!

[Sadok]

Sadok is to orcish arcanists what Miley Cyrus is to wrecking balls.

Good story, was an enjoyable read.