The first character I got to 60 way back when Warcraft was new was my Night Elf hunter, and she’s still one of my mains now.
“Reader of Signs” sets the stage for a kind of mini doo-wop musical inspired by that character.
Back in the day, tracking things on your mini map was a special skill for hunters that not every class had. Even though that’s not true anymore, it still seems like tracking is core to the concept of being a hunter.
As soon as I could get my hunter to Stranglethorn Vale, I tamed one of the tigers and named him Blake. Eventually, I upgraded him to a green version from near my farm in Pandaria, but basically, he’s still my main pet twenty years later.
“Leaves of Grass” is a fusion of warm, lush doo-wop with Walt Whitman influences about a World of Warcraft hunter.
If that sounds like a good idea, you won’t find anything else like it… except maybe on my other albums.
The worst thing in early Warcraft was escort quests. The NPCs were always wandering off and falling asleep or drawing aggro from big groups you could have avoided otherwise.
But it makes for a good song.
There are all these beautiful herb and flower names in Warcraft, and running around basically picking digital flowers is a surprisingly satisfying and peaceful activity.
Legion is unquestionably my favorite Warcraft expansion because of the class hall quest lines. But also, it was just so magical to finally, actually be able to tame a unicorn pet for my hunter.
I remember spending ages waiting for Molten Core raids to finish organizing. It was miserable. Easily my least favorite part of Warcraft. I spent the whole time wishing I were off questing instead.
“Nock and Draw” is the Leroy Jenkins moment of the album.
Remember how hunters used to have to dismiss their pets in Blackrock Depths so they wouldn’t run the long way around and aggro all the little dragons? Yeah.
Deep in the caverns of Burning Hill, our ranger finds that they’re not a priority for the healers. And neither is their pet tiger.
“Only Air” is the moment inspired by the hunter spell Feign Death.
The album ends with our ranger realizing they’d rather quest alone with their tiger than worry about fitting into some big raid group.