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Joshmaul
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| Servers of choice: | Eonar and Medivh
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| Real Name: | Joshua Underwood
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| Gender: | Male
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| Age: | 21
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| Race: | Human 
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| Home Town: | Poway, California
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| Occupation: | Wrath of the Lich King beta tester *grin*
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This user is a tireless member of
the
5000 club!
My name is Joshua Underwood (alias Joshmaul, born June 5, 1987). I live in Poway, California, and I've been playing World of Warcraft since September 2005. My primary characters are Saavedro, a level 70 human paladin of the First Fleet of Eonar US, and Joshmaul, a level 70 orc warlock of annihilation association of Medivh US.
I won the WoW Stratics beta key contest on November 17, 2006 and was in it from November 29, 2006 until January 10, 2007. I could be found as either Joshmaul (a copy of Saavedro, level 61 human paladin), Velenkayn (level 20 draenei paladin) or Ordevaas (Saavedro spelled backwards, level 20 blood elf paladin) on the beta server Hellfire.
Lately, I'm known among my immediate family as being something of an expert on lore...and a bit of a corruptor, I will admit. *grin* First, I got my stepfather into the game, which he's played ever since (though part of me wonders whether that was a good idea - he's easily addictable!) and more recently I got my mother reading Warcraft books and asking me questions about characters and events. Which, if I don't know them right off the top of my head, I will come here to WoWWiki to look up. (Love you all.)
On August 28, 2008, my stepfather received a beta key and allowed me to use my account (with the two 70s and a third on the way), provided I allowed him to create a death knight. I can be found as Saavedro, Joshmaul, Ordevaas or Devaneaux (human death knight) on the Northrend beta server.
Origin of the Character Names
- Joshmaul: My nickname
- Saavedro: Antagonist of Myst III: Exile, portrayed by character actor Brad Dourif
- Ordevaas: Saavedro spelled backwards
- Sekhesmet: Something Egyptian-sounding...I thought this was the name of a Tomb Kings special character from Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but it turns out that guy's name was "Sehenesmet". Well, you can give me credit for trying.
- Jaeden'laek: Kil'jaeden was part of the root for this name; this was a character I created for a Star Trek race called the Gorak'nar, represented by draenei. Jaeden'laek in that medium was an "Elder" (Broken) and has undergone various transformations - good guy, bad guy, so on.
- Decibelius: A play on the word "decibel". One of my jobs - when I'm not busy slaying things - is Chief of Sound Control for the California Sports Car Club region of SCCA.
- Areinnye: A Romulan female name that means "hell".
- Arrhae: Another Romulan female name with no specific meaning, but referring to a woman of great power.
- Artimus: Artimus Devaneaux, one of my most notorious villains in multiple mediums - Star Trek, Star Wars, Warhammer 40,000. Now he makes his Warcraft universe appearance.
- Settra: A Tomb Kings special character from Warhammer Fantasy Battles. And yes, I checked.
- Koschei: In addition to being from Russian mythology, Koschei was - according to Doctor Who novels - the real name of the Time Lord known as the Master.
- Velenkayn: Named for the Prophet Velen. Another Gorak'nar - this time a Warrior (uncorrupted draenei).
- Caedus: Darth Caedus, the Sith Lord name of Jacen Solo.
- Euphrati: Euphrati Keeler, a character from the Warhammer 40,000 Horus Heresy novel series.
Personal Victories
- Saavedro: General Drakkisath, Upper Blackrock Spire - I like to tell this story a lot. Back when he used to drop as little as one of the Blood of the Black Dragon Champion, I went with a group of guildies on Medivh to take him on. The hunter we had with us - who was not a guildie - was a complete egotistical imbecile. He did not kite Drakk at all, and it was amazing that we were still able to defeat the guards. With Drakk down to about 15% and the rest of the party (except for the aforementioned idiot hunter and myself) dead, I was forced to tank him myself. I only had mostly greens, a couple LF pieces, and the Ice Barbed Spear from AV. I managed to kill him, and the three of us who needed the blood got it.
- Saavedro: Obtaining the Charger. Like most things with me, this required a hell of a lot of trial and error - and a loan or two from friends. I was almost always broke, never having more than, say, 20 gold at one time. I somehow was able to get all the mats, and made all the money I could (and took out loans when I couldn't) to get through it. The first run, we wiped on Darkreaver, which pissed me off immensely...but we were able to get him on the second go.
- Saavedro: Slaying Onyxia and obtaining her head.
BC
Postcard from Quel'Danas?
- Joshmaul: Reaching Outland. Though I knew Saavedro would, Joshmaul was a little iffy. I had never been able to level him all that fast. Perhaps it was something about 1)obtaining my epic and 2)getting better gear than this Sunken Temple crap I had on was more of an incentive. I did my levelling in Silithus (killing bugs) and Eastern Plaguelands (wiping out Scourge).
- Joshmaul: Obtaining the Dreadsteed. Though it was said that it would be more expensive and more difficult than the paladin mounts, I had surprisingly little difficulty in obtaining my warlock epic. It took me several months to obtain my paladin epic, but within about a week of hitting 60 I had managed to get my warlock one. Me and three other locks joined with a hunter to run Dire Maul - East to get the key, and West for the mount. Doing the ritual to get the mount was easy. Getting to the ritual circle (Immol'thar)...that was a little bit harder! We had quite a few wipes, our gear was slagged, and I thought, "Hell, I'm not gonna get this in one run, no way, no how." To my surprise, we did.
- Saavedro: Reaching 70.
- Saavedro: Transferring to Eonar to join my friend and his guild, and with their help, obtaining both the Master's Key to Karazhan and the Key of Time for Heroic Caverns of Time. Finally.
- Joshmaul: Reaching 70.
- Saavedro: Finally clearing out Karazhan! Still need to work on getting me some gear, though...
- Ordevaas: Reaching Outland.
- Ordevaas: Obtaining my paladin epic mount with a blood elf paladin. Which is far better, considering they get a tabard for it - and it was also much, much easier. The Alliance epic took several months; this one took only two days.
- Joshmaul: Three biggies: My first 25-man run, my first official raid with Joshmaul (outside of the Zul'Aman PTR), and my first piece of Tier 4 ([Voidheart Mantle] from High King Maulgar). Not long after I joined Stacked Deck, we cleaned out Gruul's Lair.
- Joshmaul: Exalted with the Mag'har, got my own talbuk mount.
- Saavedro: My first clear of Gruul's Lair. No T4, though. Pity...
- Saavedro: My first paladin Tier 4: [Justicar Diadem] from Prince Malchezaar.
- Joshmaul: Finally obtaining the key to Karazhan. Took bloody long enough.
- Joshmaul: Wasting Magtheridon - and getting his head as a trophy. Saavedro can keep his [Dragonslayer's Signet] - [Band of Crimson Fury] FTW.
- Saavedro: Wasting Magtheridon. No head, though...
- Saavedro: Obtaining a new title - "Saavedro of the Shattered Sun"!
- Saavedro: Obtaining my epic flying mount, after about a month's worth of Sunwell dailies and a last-minute 500g loan from a guildie (thanks Gnasha). Now to see if I can get my nether drake!
- Saavedro: Two weeks after the flying mount, got the nether drake!
- Saavedro: Exalted with the Kurenai, another character with a talbuk mount.
A screenshot I took of the zeppelin tower in Tirisfal, which made it on the front page!
Major Contributions
- A rewrite of Durotan's article.
- Reams of information pertaining to Burning Crusade, including the Monument of Remembrance in Honor Hold, various arakkoa clans, such as the Apexis and Dark Conclave (and info on Terokk), info and pics about the Apexis Relics near Ogri'la, the article about the mana bomb, and the quests for the blood elf paladin epic mount.
- Information about the crews of the ships and zeppelins being added in Patch 2.3.
- Pics of NPCs from Mudsprocket.
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The Tags of Joshmaul
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| This user has reached level 70.
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| This user has a strong interest in articles on lore.
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| This user's character has ventured through the Dark Portal!
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| This user wonders wherever Deathwing might have gone.
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| This user plays both factions and isn't ashamed to admit it.
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| Things I Can Spell/Pronounce Correctly
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| Rouge = Red
| This user can spell Rogue  .
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| Rx1 Kx2
| This user can spell arakkoa.
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Saavedro of Stratholme  
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| This user plays on the American Eonar server.
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| This user fights for Lordaeron in life and death.
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| This user earned the title Knight in the old PvP title system.
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| This user's character joined the Aldor.
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| This user is exalted with the
Aldor.
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| This user is exalted with the
Kurenai.
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| This user's character has obtained the Paladin's Charger.
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| This user's character has obtained a Nether Ray mount.
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| This user's character has obtained a Talbuk mount.
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| This user's character has defeated Onyxia.
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| Saavedro has downed 4 bosses in the original Naxxramas.
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| Saavedro has downed 3 bosses in The Eye.
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| Saavedro has downed 3 bosses in Zul'Aman.
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Joshmaul the Corruptor  
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| This user plays on the American Medivh server.
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| This user's character plots to bring about the downfall of Warchief Thrall.
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| This user earned the title Grunt in the old PvP title system.
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| This user's character has obtained a Talbuk mount.
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| This user's character joined the Scryers.
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[Dreadsteed] / 
[White War Talbuk] / 
[Green Windrider]
[Charger] / 
[Onyx Netherwing Drake]
[Swift Purple Hawkstrider]
[Blue Skeletal Horse]
[Black Hawkstrider] / Instantaneous Teleportation!
[Purple Elekk]/Ghost Wolf
