Feel that summer heat beginning to sink in; shooing away the fog and last sprinklings of rain as our island receives a much needed reprieve from the chillier months. While summer across the regions of Azeroth can be sweltering, leaving you feeling exhausted and sweat slicked, Blackbird Brewery is here to offer you cold drinks, seaside dishes, and a cool bar to keep you from fizzling out as we unveil our summer time menu.
Blackbird Brewery is just that--a brewery and inn! We are an active community within Tol Barad where we host multi-monthly events, cater server events, host monthly markets, and much more. Our tavern nights are our staple, where we are open every second and fourth Monday of the month and open to the server to come by for atmospheric roleplay.
Blackbird Brewery is located in Rustberg Village, Tol Barad, in the tavern. We are open monday, June 7th from 6:30pm until 8:30pm WRA server time where we have staff on hand and atmosphere to spare.
Our tavern is factional neutral, so both Horde and Alliance are welcome, but just be sure to bring your elixirs of tongues!
Leave your armors and weapons at home, because nothing more than fists will be present in the ring. Our little village is more than just a fishing port, and with fighters of our own waiting in the wings we’ve gathered up our security head to oversee a battle of wits and fisticuffs.
Rather than bloody our tavern floors, we’ll once again be outside; this time, behind the Grand Hall in the fighting rings, where onlookers can sit comfortably in the bleachers, get a small bite to eat, and witness who makes it out of the ring with our grand prize.
This event is open to you all, and we will have pre-registration sign ups for anyone who wishes to enter to do so. This will be a roll-based combat event, and will be spearheaded by Ashe to overlook and make sure all goes smoothly and fair.
This event will take place on June 21st, at 6:00pm - 8:30pm WRA, located in Rustberg Village, Tol Barad.
The grand winner of our brawling event will win 50K gold as prize, so unfortunately only WRA participants are able to receive their winnings, but anyone who wishes to can participate. This is a cross faction event, so both Horde and Alliance are encouraged to show off their skills.
If you are interested in signing up for brawling, our registration link is HERE. Sign ups close on June 19th, so be sure to get your name in the ring before then!
(( This took place on November 19th @ 7pm - the attached is the song performed by @jinxandjingles to close the evening ))
We send off Caleigh Lightbreeze, Talyn Ama’Thas and Serazyth Umbrilen. You will be missed and we are forever grateful.
Silence stretches for a long moment in pure darkness before a gentle flicker of felflame alights in the palm of the small Illidari. Jinx is notedly more muted than his usual 'larger than life' appearance, dressed in velvet blacks, and lacking glitter to adorn himself. His voice is soft as it rings into the quiet of the space. "This is a dedication to those that have passed on from us, but will never be forgotten. Words may fail us, but memories live on."
His eyes close, a slow exhale leaves him, and they open once more as his voice croons low toward those in attendance, mellow notes of music flitting in from all around them. "There's no time for us… There's no place for us. What is this thing~ that builds our dreams… Yet slips away~ from us?"
“Who wants to live forever~," *he laments, building into a stronger push of vocal tones, and leaning his head to the side as if the darkness would have the answer. The fire in his palm pulses, brightening to light a broader space as if to encourage people closer for the deep moment of remembrance.* "Who wants to live forever~?"
"There's no chance for us," *he whispers, shaking his head as a single, reflective tear slips down his face only to be followed by another, and soon, many.* "It's all decided for us…" *Jinx lifts his other hand, holding up a single painted finger, sightless eyes turning pleading, and his voice lofts ever louder as the feelings wash over him.* "This world has only~ one sweet moment~ set aside for us…"
“Who wants to live forever~?” *He asks, turning those tear filled eyes toward those gathered, and he rolls the hand holding the flickering flame, the action causing it to float above them. It dances with his voice and seems to pulse the ethereal music that was his accompaniment.* “Who wants to live forever~? Who~?” *A flick of painted claws caused it to brighten, little figures within could almost be made out, but they were hazy at best… But there was no mistaking the gentle chatter of voices that lay just beneath the music. Various words from those lost… collected over the months from a watchful bat that lived his life in sound.* “Who dares to love forever~? Oh~, when love must die?!”
He pulls a hand in close to his chest, feeling the weight of the moment, and the little flame shrinks even as the music, and the voices, grow louder. Dryly delivered sass, casual conversation, gentle encouragement… All washed over the crowd as a reminder of all those good moments. Even if they weren’t known by all, each one touched those in attendance in some fashion, and left behind even the smallest of a memory.
A shuddering exhale left the Illidari and those claws curled, pulling the flame close to him once more. Scalding wetness ran down his cheeks and he didn’t even try to hide the ache in his voice now. “So touch my tears~ with your lips~... Touch my world~ with your fingertips~!” He bites his lip for only a small moment before the flame is sent floating once more, cresting vocals causing it to burn brighter with every riff. “And we can have forever~! And we can love~ forever! Forever~ is our today…”
“Who wants to live forever~?! Who wants to live forever~?! Forever~ is our today…” *He cries out, the flame pulsing to completely brighten the room, and illuminating those there before gently floating back to barely hover over painted claws. Sightless eyes shift to stare right through the crowd, unashamed for the mess his face is now, and his voice drops low with a quick flick of his nails, dismissing the flame to cast the room in darkness once more. Only his echo remaining,* “...who waits forever anyway?”
OOC-
Congratulations to everyone who snagged one of the many generous gifts provided by members of the WrA community! (Please note that it’s possible that you’ve won something not on your Top 3! We had some items unbid on, and if you hadn’t won something yet, you were put into the running for those!) If you won something, expect that to either arrive in your mail in the next 1-2 days or, if a non-physical item such as art or game time - we will be contacting you very soon to arrange!
We want to extend the largest thank you possible to all of the guests who attended, as well as those who so kindly offered up items for the event itself. We were humbled by the outpouring of love we saw in response to our initial post looking for gifts. Last night was a wonderful celebration of the bond RPers have with each other - we hope that you had an excellent time! Being our first year running this, we already have ideas and thoughts on how to make it even more grand on the future annual scale.
(A large hug to our wonderful @shamanofthewilds for donating his time as GreatFather Winter as well! We will have albums up of the photos later on today!)
Also, I’d like to take a second and give a heartfelt thank you to my guildies. They work with such enthusiasm and love for the server...they keep me going, and I adore each and every one of them.
To everyone who sees this - have a safe and loving holiday season! If you’re having a rough time or just need an ear during this winter season, never hesitate to reach out to us. My Discord handle is VynixNostra#7777. You are important, and we treasure you. Be well. <3
~V and BBB
Summoned by the defeated Light Matrix, the Naaru Zealot threatened to exterminate the Fel Raven Demon Hunters. However, our brave party of Blackbirds were able to stop her before she could cause any harm! As Lalaith froze her solid,the Zealot’s sword of otherworldly metal and Light fell to the ground, where it was picked up as a trophy of the Blackbirds.
Blackbird Brewery monthly schedule for the month of May
May 8th, 7PM - 9PM (WRA) Maelstrom Nightclub
May 11th, 6:30PM - 8:30PM (WRA) Social Mixer
May 25th, 6:30PM - 8:30PM (WRA), Themed social mixer, Back to our Roots
Blackbird Brewery is located in Rustberg Village, Tol Barad, and is a faction neutral area, meaning, both Horde and Alliance alike are welcome to enjoy some time away from their worries and meet a few new faces! We will update each event with more information as the time draws near, so keep a look out for all we have planned!
