I Murdered Gondria (or "How My Gondria Tame Went Bad")-Hunter Pet Discussion-Hunter Forums-HuntsmansLodge.com

Now that I've calmed down, I had to share my Gondria story.

To set the stage, I've been trying to tame a spirt beast – ANY spirit beast – for nearly a year with absolutely no luck. To clarify, I've never so much as seen any of them, despite regular and lengthy attempts. Granted I'm not a camper… and when it's bedtime, it's bedtime. Even so, one would think I'd have had at least a glimpse of one after so long.

So last night I'm stoicly pushing through my normal routine, making the circuit of spawn points across Northrend once before logging out. I nearly fell off my bronze drake when NPCScan went off in Zul'Drak at 5:30PM server time having spotted Gondria. Again, one would think after a year of waiting I would have every next step committed to memory and nerves of steel. I mean seriously, I'm level 82 for goodness sake, I've tamed a hundred beasts before.

Unfortunately, not the case. I dropped down near Gondria, still sitting on my drake, trying to calm down and take care of all the necessities, making sure all my buttons were accessible and whatnot. I was so paranoid someone was going to swoop down and steal her from me, I got ahead of myself. Deciding to tap her quickly so I didn't lose her, I fired a shot and proceed to escape out of combat and hit Tame. At that moment, to my horror, I see my current pet – whom I had completely forgot to dismiss – dive in and start eating Gondria for dinner. Panic ensued, a wrong button click, and an ill-timed bear add, and before I could sort out the mess Gondria lay dead. I nearly wept.

Realizing there wasn't anything to be done, I moved on with my evening and tried to bury my humiliation by questing my brains out to gain my next level. That done, I went to bed around midnight, and determined to start hunting the next morning and not stop until this wrong was made right. I was taking hunting to the next level. I was about to become a camper.

6:30AM server time I began my quest. At every hour and half-hour, I made the circuit of Gondria spawn point a few times, then spent the in-between either in a battleground, browsing forums, or occasionally popping up to Storm Peaks or down to Grizzly Hills to check for the others. By 10AM I was beginning to lose my confidence. By 12PM I was beginning to think I was nuts. By 1PM I had lost all hope for success. However, being incurably stubborn, and exceedingly ashamed to even call myself a hunter, I could not give up.

1:30PM marked 20 hours since I had so monsterously destroyed my first (and seemingly only) chance to own the pet of my dreams. Another few circuits proved fruitless, so I popped into an EOTS. It was a quick win, and I was deposted back in ZD over a spawn point at 2:01PM. I made one full circuit to no avail, but halfway through my second circuit, my heart skipped a beat when Gondria's alert went off below me.  No panic, no mistakes this time. THIS time, I was ready. A completely uneventful few seconds later, I had my beauty beside me and I was ready to put this horrifying experience behind me and move on.

I can call myself a hunter again.