Dalaran's Fountain - 1

Date: 8 January 2009
Time: 00:22

I've heard rumours of a wishing fountain in Dalaran occasionally giving up the secrets of former wishers to persistent fishers, and I've resisted the temptation to pry. After all, these persons had thought the Fountain incapable of revealing their deepest desires to any one else (being an inanimate object), so who am I to butt in and cast my line where it doesn't belong?

But of course, my curiosity won over at last - after having denied it for nearly three months.

Tonight, I stood by the Fountain with another Wish-Hunter like myself, and pulled up my first coin.

It was a silver coin, slightly tarnished. Small wordings were imprinted on the coins which squinting and careful angling revealed - "High Tinker Mekkatorque's Silver Coin".

High Tinker Mekkatorque! The King of Gnomes who resides in Tinkertown, Ironforge! He tapped the Brewfest keg during the Festivals every morning and evening, but is notorious for his disdain of Winter Veil celebrations.

"How does this fountain even work? I wonder if I could make one."

There wasn't an ounce of doubt that the squeaky whisper I heard was from the High Tinker himself, though it sounded as if it came from far away. I held the coin up to my ear and rubbed it a little, and sure enough the sentence was repeated, louder this time.

The High Tinker's wish coin sparked in me an insatiable quest for hunting wishes of the past now, and I cast my line again and again, every now and then coming up with a foreboding Bent Fishing Hook. 

Other coins followed, and I've listed them in alphabetical order within coin type.

Copper
Dornaa's Shiny Copper Coin
Falstad Wildhammer's Copper Coin
Inigo's Copper Coin
Landro Longshot's Copper Coin
Vargoth's Copper Coin - this, I got twice... Vargoth must be wishing very hard, that poor alcohol-denied man.

Silver
A Peasant's Silver Coin
Aegwynn's Silver Coin
Fandral Staghelm's Silver Coin
Maiev Shadowsong's Silver Coin
Muradin Bronzebeard's Silver Coin
Prince Magni Bronzebeard's Silver Coin

But then, there was something... more.

Gold coins, my first of which glittered achingly against the night sky, as if calling out to someone. It was the Lady Jaina Proudmoore's Gold Coin. I wasn't sure if I should listen to her wish, since I held her in such high esteem. But her soft voice came unbidden to me, and I heard the old, quiet undertones of emotions below. 

"Arthas, my love, please come back to me."

I quickly tucked the coin into my pouch, and continued fishing.

And more Gold Coins came, over time.

Arugal's Gold Coin
Sylvanas Windrunner's Gold Coin
Thrall's Gold Coin
Uther Lightbringer's Gold Coin

Within my short period of fishing up wishes, two have already mentioned Arthas. 

Arthas, who is now the Lich King.

A chill ran down my spine as I packed my fishing gear away, pondering upon the Lich King. Of him I knew little, except that he was once - simply explained to me as I was a child, then - "good". Then he crossed to the evil.

I must visit the Dalaran mages' libraries. After all, if Aegwynn, mother of Medivh resented the mages' preoccupation with... books, then there must be something in the Libraries about Arthas.

Some of the simplest wishes came from widely known persons. Food for thought, I believe.