The Austin Phantom Manhunt was an event that took place on Wednesday, November 7, 2007 in downtown Austin, Texas. Around 8:30 a.m. Central Standard Time, a 911 emergency call was placed by a person that claimed to have seen a mysterious man inside a parking garage carrying a rifle and wearing either a black trenchcoat or black military fatigues. The local authorities then began an extensive and elusive search for this would-be person of interest. Several helicopters were deployed and state employees were told to close their curtains and to remain north of 17th street. Later in the morning additional reports had the subject on top of a parking garage near 14th Street and Guadalupe Street. This too proved fruitless. Subsequently, the Austin news media sprung into full alert and began broadcasting live reports from the area. The frantic KXAN NBC television station responded by dispatching their local traffic reporter to the scene.
Like the infamous and ubiquitous D.B. Cooper, more reports continued to come in that placed the subject in various points around the downtown. He was spotted at the Cloakroom Bar near the Texas State Capitol Building and later further south near the intersection of Lavaca and 5th Streets. Nothing was found at either location.
Later in the day three Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and one Blackhawk helicopter began to make repeated runs over the downtown region. Many locals were alarmed and began to believe that the formation was tied to the search for the Phantom. Local authorities eventually claimed that the helicopters were practicing a ceremonial flyover for an upcoming University of Texas football game and were not related to the manhunt.
To date no photos or further descriptions of the would-be subject have been released.
Alleged conspiracy
Conspiracist radio talkshow host stated on his Friday, November 9, 2007 broadcast that, "the whole situation (the manhunt) was a CIA mission to scare people and lead the way to the ultimate declaration of martial law. It's like how the Emperor took control of the Galatic Senate. Where are our Jedi Knights?! I know that a CIA covert agent had a mission to create fear and confusion among the people. I've done the research! During that sham manhunt the mind control antennas also began to broadcast at a much higher and sustained frequency on the neutronic (sic) plane. Put it together. This is real! Wake up people!"
Gun Shop stand off
On Tuesday, November 13, 2007 the Austin Police Department was dispatched to an early morning alarm at the MacBride's Gun Store at 2915 San Gabriel Street in Austin, Texas. A stand off soon developed as the authorities were uncertain whether or not the intruder was still inside the building. Police quickly closed the nearby busy north-south arterial roadway, Lamar Blvd., from 29th street to 31st Street. They also set up a command post and called for the S.W.A.T. team. The stand off and search lasted from 5:30 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. Nothing was found. Many local pundits have noted the similarity between this event and the earlier elusive Phantom Manhunt of the previous week. The police have not commented on whether or not the two events are related.
Like the infamous and ubiquitous D.B. Cooper, more reports continued to come in that placed the subject in various points around the downtown. He was spotted at the Cloakroom Bar near the Texas State Capitol Building and later further south near the intersection of Lavaca and 5th Streets. Nothing was found at either location.
Later in the day three Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopters and one Blackhawk helicopter began to make repeated runs over the downtown region. Many locals were alarmed and began to believe that the formation was tied to the search for the Phantom. Local authorities eventually claimed that the helicopters were practicing a ceremonial flyover for an upcoming University of Texas football game and were not related to the manhunt.
To date no photos or further descriptions of the would-be subject have been released.
Alleged conspiracy
Conspiracist radio talkshow host stated on his Friday, November 9, 2007 broadcast that, "the whole situation (the manhunt) was a CIA mission to scare people and lead the way to the ultimate declaration of martial law. It's like how the Emperor took control of the Galatic Senate. Where are our Jedi Knights?! I know that a CIA covert agent had a mission to create fear and confusion among the people. I've done the research! During that sham manhunt the mind control antennas also began to broadcast at a much higher and sustained frequency on the neutronic (sic) plane. Put it together. This is real! Wake up people!"
Gun Shop stand off
On Tuesday, November 13, 2007 the Austin Police Department was dispatched to an early morning alarm at the MacBride's Gun Store at 2915 San Gabriel Street in Austin, Texas. A stand off soon developed as the authorities were uncertain whether or not the intruder was still inside the building. Police quickly closed the nearby busy north-south arterial roadway, Lamar Blvd., from 29th street to 31st Street. They also set up a command post and called for the S.W.A.T. team. The stand off and search lasted from 5:30 a.m. until 2:15 p.m. Nothing was found. Many local pundits have noted the similarity between this event and the earlier elusive Phantom Manhunt of the previous week. The police have not commented on whether or not the two events are related.
Calia Menethil is a character is the fictional Warcraft universe. She is the daughter of Terenas Menethil II, King of Lordaeron, and sister of Arthas Menethil, the Lord of the Scourge. She is briefly mentioned in the novel Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak, as an important part of Deathwing's plan. Disguised as a man named Prestor, he sought to marry her for political gain. Little else is known about her, other than the fact that she is older than Arthas.
It is unclear if she is deceased, or if this character with such important family ties will appear in future plots.
It is unclear if she is deceased, or if this character with such important family ties will appear in future plots.
The Well of Eternity is a vast magical pool of water in the Warcraft universe, and is the source of all arcane magic in the world of Azeroth.
Background
Before leaving Azeroth, the Titans created a lake of magical energies in the center of Kalimdor and named it the Well of Eternity. The potent energies of the lake were drawn from the limitless depths of the Great Dark Beyond and would nurture life on Azeroth allowing it to thrive and flourish.
In time, a group of humanoids that would later become the Night Elves discovered the Well. The powers of the Well changed them, making them strong, wise, and virtually immortal. They named themselves the Kaldorei, "Children of the Stars" in their native tongue, and built their glorious civilization on the shores of the lake.
Over the ages, the Kaldorei endlessly studied the Well's secrets. The Highborne, or Quel'dorei, servitors of Queen Azshara, discovered that they could harness the Well's powers to create or destroy at will - they had discovered primitive arcane magic. Azshara ordered the Highborne to double their efforts and devote themselves to mastering magic.
The reckless ambition with which the Highborne practiced magic soon drew the attention of Sargeras, who wanted the power of the Well for himself. Corrupted by the power of their magic, Azshara and the Highborne began worshiping Sargeras as a god and agreed to grant him entrance to their world. The Highborne opened a portal into the Twisting Nether from which endless legions of demons and fiends poured in to Kalimdor bent on only destruction and chaos.
The druid Malfurion Stormrage realized that without the Well, the demons would be unable to enter Azeroth and convinced his fellow Night Elves that destroying the Well was the only way to ensure the demons' defeat. As the Night Elves and Highborne fought, Malfurion's brother, Illidan, secretly filled several vials with the Well's water and escaped. When Malfurion's forces attacked, they disrupted the spell the Highborne were casting and the portal imploded.
The energies released by the destruction of the portal caused a cataclysmic explosion that rocked the world splitting the continent of Kalimdor in two and the seas rushed in to fill the void. It also scattered the waters of the Well to the winds, steeping the entire world in magical energies. Where the Well once stood, only a raging whirlpool known as the Maelstrom remained. The surviving Night Elves took refuge on Mount Hyjal only to find, to their horror, a lake into which Illidan had spilled the vials containing the Well's waters. A new Well of Eternity had been created.
The Dragon Aspects and Night Elves made a pact to guard the Well and ensure that the Burning Legion would never find its way back to Azeroth. Alexstrasza, the Aspect of Life, planted an enchanted acorn in the depths of the Well, which sprouted into a giant tree. Nozdormu, the Aspect of Time, enchanted the tree so that as long as it stood, the Night Elves would succumb to neither sickness nor time. Ysera, the Dreamer, then linked the tree to the Emerald Dream, allowing the Night Elf druids to wander the Emerald Dream. The Night Elves named the tree Nordrassil, or "Crown of the Heavens", whose life-giving energies would spread out over the world helping it to heal the wounds caused by the original Well's destruction. As for Illidan, Malfurion knew that his brother's addiction to magic would make him quite dangerous and sealed him within an underground prison.
10,000 years later, when the Burning Legion once again invaded Azeroth, the Night Elves sacrificed their immortality in order to destroy the demon Archimonde, one of Sargeras's lieutenants. After the war, and against the advice of Malfurion and the Cenarion Circle, a faction of druids led by Fandral Staghelm pushed for the creation of a new World Tree in an attempt to regain their immortality. Malfurion's disappearance allowed them to continue with their plans and thus Teldrassil was born off the coast of northern Kalimdor. But without nature's blessing, Teldrassil is slowly becoming corrupted.
fr:Le Puits d'Éternité
Background
Before leaving Azeroth, the Titans created a lake of magical energies in the center of Kalimdor and named it the Well of Eternity. The potent energies of the lake were drawn from the limitless depths of the Great Dark Beyond and would nurture life on Azeroth allowing it to thrive and flourish.
In time, a group of humanoids that would later become the Night Elves discovered the Well. The powers of the Well changed them, making them strong, wise, and virtually immortal. They named themselves the Kaldorei, "Children of the Stars" in their native tongue, and built their glorious civilization on the shores of the lake.
Over the ages, the Kaldorei endlessly studied the Well's secrets. The Highborne, or Quel'dorei, servitors of Queen Azshara, discovered that they could harness the Well's powers to create or destroy at will - they had discovered primitive arcane magic. Azshara ordered the Highborne to double their efforts and devote themselves to mastering magic.
The reckless ambition with which the Highborne practiced magic soon drew the attention of Sargeras, who wanted the power of the Well for himself. Corrupted by the power of their magic, Azshara and the Highborne began worshiping Sargeras as a god and agreed to grant him entrance to their world. The Highborne opened a portal into the Twisting Nether from which endless legions of demons and fiends poured in to Kalimdor bent on only destruction and chaos.
The druid Malfurion Stormrage realized that without the Well, the demons would be unable to enter Azeroth and convinced his fellow Night Elves that destroying the Well was the only way to ensure the demons' defeat. As the Night Elves and Highborne fought, Malfurion's brother, Illidan, secretly filled several vials with the Well's water and escaped. When Malfurion's forces attacked, they disrupted the spell the Highborne were casting and the portal imploded.
The energies released by the destruction of the portal caused a cataclysmic explosion that rocked the world splitting the continent of Kalimdor in two and the seas rushed in to fill the void. It also scattered the waters of the Well to the winds, steeping the entire world in magical energies. Where the Well once stood, only a raging whirlpool known as the Maelstrom remained. The surviving Night Elves took refuge on Mount Hyjal only to find, to their horror, a lake into which Illidan had spilled the vials containing the Well's waters. A new Well of Eternity had been created.
The Dragon Aspects and Night Elves made a pact to guard the Well and ensure that the Burning Legion would never find its way back to Azeroth. Alexstrasza, the Aspect of Life, planted an enchanted acorn in the depths of the Well, which sprouted into a giant tree. Nozdormu, the Aspect of Time, enchanted the tree so that as long as it stood, the Night Elves would succumb to neither sickness nor time. Ysera, the Dreamer, then linked the tree to the Emerald Dream, allowing the Night Elf druids to wander the Emerald Dream. The Night Elves named the tree Nordrassil, or "Crown of the Heavens", whose life-giving energies would spread out over the world helping it to heal the wounds caused by the original Well's destruction. As for Illidan, Malfurion knew that his brother's addiction to magic would make him quite dangerous and sealed him within an underground prison.
10,000 years later, when the Burning Legion once again invaded Azeroth, the Night Elves sacrificed their immortality in order to destroy the demon Archimonde, one of Sargeras's lieutenants. After the war, and against the advice of Malfurion and the Cenarion Circle, a faction of druids led by Fandral Staghelm pushed for the creation of a new World Tree in an attempt to regain their immortality. Malfurion's disappearance allowed them to continue with their plans and thus Teldrassil was born off the coast of northern Kalimdor. But without nature's blessing, Teldrassil is slowly becoming corrupted.
fr:Le Puits d'Éternité
Lord Xavius is perhaps the night elf most responsible for the Burning Legion's interest in Azeroth. It was Xavius who first became convinced that Sargeras, ruler of the Legion, was a god sent to deliver Azeroth. Xavius also convinced the night elven queen Azshara of the necessity of turning the will of her mages, the so-called "Highborne", towards creating a portal into the Twisting Nether through which Sargeras and the Legion could enter into the world. Xavius was a powerful user of magic and had long ago replaced his mortal eyes with imposing orbs of black with ruby streaks running through them. Xavius was successful enough in his endeavors to welcome several ranking members of the Legion into Azeroth before the intervention of the druid Malfurion Stormrage, including Hakkar the Houndmaster and several Felguard. Xavius was the mastermind behind a plot to block any non-highborne magic user from accessing the Well of Eternity in order to channel the extra energy gained into making the portal to the Twisting Nether strong enough for Sargeras to cross through. This plot was defeated by the young druid Malfurion Stormrage, who interrupted Xavius final incantations and destroyed him completely. However, his soul was captured by Sargeras, and Xavius was mercilessly tortured.
Weeks later, as the Highborne renewed their efforts to summon Sargeras, Lord Xavius would re-emerge in a far different form, a Satyr. As the first of these beings ever to inhabit Azeroth, Xavius is considered the progenitor of the entire Satyr race. Xavius' name or variations thereof are found frequently in Satyr settlements (e.i. Xavian in Ashenvale). As a Satyr, Xavius retained some resemblance to his former self along with the typical characteristics of all Satyrs. Xavius was unique, however, in that he retained the black and ruby eyes he had possessed as a night elf.
Xavius had a two-pronged mission when he returned. First he was to begin converting as many highborne as possible into Satyrs (The first was a personal friend of Xavius, a dedicated Highborne named Peroth'arn), a task he accomplished with zeal by promising the unfortunate elves power and a place at the right hand of Sargeras. The second objective Xavius was to complete upon his return was to bring about the death of the one who defeated him, Malfurion Stormrage. This second objective proved to be far more difficult and, in a confrontation during one of the most intense battles of the War of the Ancients, Malfurion, with help from a young Night Elf named Shandris Feathermoon, was able to completely defeat Xavius. Using an arrow shot by Shandris, Malfurion was able to transform Xavius into a tree, which was subsequently sent to the bottom of the sea in the Great Sundering. (The exact description of Xavius' fate in the novel The Demon Soul says "Xavius was not so much becoming a tree--rather, his body was providing Malfurion's creation with the nutrients and building blocks to make itself.") The victory came at a great cost, however, as during this confrontation Malfurion's love Tyrande Whisperwind (High Priestess of Elune) was captured by Xavius' remaining Satyr. In a furious rage, Malfurion almost drowned the entire night elven army in a storm caused by his own rage over the loss of Tyrande. Luckily Krasus intervened and stopped Malfurion.
World of Warcraft
One of the realms in World of Warcraft is named after Xavius.
* See: Realm Names and their place in Warcraft Lore
Weeks later, as the Highborne renewed their efforts to summon Sargeras, Lord Xavius would re-emerge in a far different form, a Satyr. As the first of these beings ever to inhabit Azeroth, Xavius is considered the progenitor of the entire Satyr race. Xavius' name or variations thereof are found frequently in Satyr settlements (e.i. Xavian in Ashenvale). As a Satyr, Xavius retained some resemblance to his former self along with the typical characteristics of all Satyrs. Xavius was unique, however, in that he retained the black and ruby eyes he had possessed as a night elf.
Xavius had a two-pronged mission when he returned. First he was to begin converting as many highborne as possible into Satyrs (The first was a personal friend of Xavius, a dedicated Highborne named Peroth'arn), a task he accomplished with zeal by promising the unfortunate elves power and a place at the right hand of Sargeras. The second objective Xavius was to complete upon his return was to bring about the death of the one who defeated him, Malfurion Stormrage. This second objective proved to be far more difficult and, in a confrontation during one of the most intense battles of the War of the Ancients, Malfurion, with help from a young Night Elf named Shandris Feathermoon, was able to completely defeat Xavius. Using an arrow shot by Shandris, Malfurion was able to transform Xavius into a tree, which was subsequently sent to the bottom of the sea in the Great Sundering. (The exact description of Xavius' fate in the novel The Demon Soul says "Xavius was not so much becoming a tree--rather, his body was providing Malfurion's creation with the nutrients and building blocks to make itself.") The victory came at a great cost, however, as during this confrontation Malfurion's love Tyrande Whisperwind (High Priestess of Elune) was captured by Xavius' remaining Satyr. In a furious rage, Malfurion almost drowned the entire night elven army in a storm caused by his own rage over the loss of Tyrande. Luckily Krasus intervened and stopped Malfurion.
World of Warcraft
One of the realms in World of Warcraft is named after Xavius.
* See: Realm Names and their place in Warcraft Lore