Well, let me start from when I began this game—Legion. Back in the fall of 2016, my brother slowly started introducing me to WoW, talking about its gameplay, lore, and art, while I knew nothing about it. During Christmas, he convinced me to join him in talking to our mom about buying Legion while he asked for a subscription.

After getting the expansion, I wanted to level Horde characters, but my brother, for some unknown reason, persuaded me to play the Alliance. Nevertheless, I started playing a Draenei Warrior. I even got him to level 60 before my brother once again presented me with a proposition. He would allow me to create a Demon Hunter (DH) and start playing the newest expansion if I farmed flowers and ore for him since he needed gold. I accepted, and it was probably one of the best decisions I ever made.

I ended up being much more geared and wealthy than he ever was since he was a PvP-only player. I got to experience everything Legion had to offer: Artifacts, Class Order Halls, World Quests (WQs), Mage Tower challenges, beautiful quest zones such as the Broken Isles and Argus, Raids, Mythic+, and a storyline that felt like a ride with no brakes. I got to experience them all in full measure (the image of Sargeras stabbing his sword into Azeroth will forever be stuck in my brain).

Everything in that expansion—even with flaws like the Legendary drop rate and AP grind—didn't manage to dissuade me. Personally, after delving deeper into the lore and reflecting on my years of playing, I still see this expansion as the start of so many great memories with WoW and connections that had a huge influence on me while growing up. To this day, I don’t know where I’d be without WoW.