The Conclusion

Last update: 09.10.2026

13 years is a long time. I am writing here now not as Liv the Druid, but as the Real Person behind Liv.

I gave up on this storyline. WoW Retail had become so abhorrent to me (and got even worse since then) that I could not find the motivation to continue the game nor this series. However, as of this writing, I'm awaiting the launch of WoW Forever in another 26 days. Will I write again? I hope so. If Blizzard doesn't farg things up again. If the muse descends.

Anyway, with my imminent return to Azeroth, I got to thinking about this unfinished story. It's a loose end. Even now, I don't have the desire to roleplay my way through it and give it a proper conclusion, but nor do I wish to just leave it hanging. Not that anyone cares, of course. I'm certain I'm the only fool reading this stuff, but that's ok. If giving it some kind of "finish" helps me to sigh with relief and move on, then it's worth it.

So what happened to Liv? After returning from the Emerald Dream, he spent time in Azeroth, per the preceding installments, but inevitably realized that the land had nothing to offer him. From an RP standpoint: he's tired after his many labors and longs to withdraw to the ED. From a real life standpoint: WoW Retail sucks so bad that I hate playing it. 

"Do you have the message?", Liv hears in his mind. The "message" is simply this: you may return from the Dream to the plane of Azeroth any time you wish and you may tarry there as long as you will ... but will you truly want to?

Liv's conclusion would be that no, he truly doesn't want to. And then he would go back to the Emerald Dream, likely never to venture forth again.

Except that now, WoW Forever is upon us. You can see my rationale for a return in that directory.

So Liv the Druid will again enter Azeroth, but not in the horrid swamp of WoW Retail -- rather, in the fresh new world of Azeroth reborn, or Classic-Plus, or Azeroth's Modified Timeline, or whatever you wish to call it.

May he rediscover the joy in that world that he once new in the older world.

Hope springs eternal.