The Wildfire Riders – Bricu by *JRinaldi on deviantART

In order to count all of Yva’s alts, I need to count on both of my hands. Falconesse has at least three alts. Most of the other Riders have at least two alts. While people following GotRP’s twitter stream answers the question, “How many alts do you have?” I want to write about the joy of having one WoW character.
(edit: The average number of alts appears to be about 6.)

Technically speaking I have alts. I have not played them–except for my Bank alt–in years. Part of this, as I have stated many times before, is due to time constraints. I simply do not have the time that one requires to develop alts. Time, however, is only one factor. Bricu is my only 80. Even if I do level another toon to 80, it’ll just be a Bricu with a hugely different spec.

While I do have a number of ideas for characters–Horde and Alliance–and I am not intimidated by the game mechanics of the various classes, I am not interested in their stories. I only have room in my brain for Bricu. Don’t get me wrong. I love WoW’s content. I enjoy learning new dungeons, following plot progression and competing for purple pixels. While watching the rise and fall of Arthas is fun, watching Bricu develop from a single sentence to a multi-volume character, goes beyond fun.

I could try playing multiple characters. I could have a huge stable of alts to experience the content a myriad number of ways. That might provide a new perspective on Bricu. It would also detract from the story that he is still telling me. When Bricu gets tired, or needs a break, I will probably fire up an alt. The problem, however, is that Bricu refuses to quit. Just ask the City Watch. His story continues to develop in such a way that I just need to know how it is going to end.

Bricu’s story is going to end one day. Either he’ll jump the shark, the servers will shut down, the Rider fall apart or his story reaches a conclusion. Given that I’ve only just scratched the surface of this character, I don’t foresee the latter anytime soon.

Am I the only who feels this way? Anyone else with One and Only?

(ps Sorry for the Hanging Phrase there. Silly Chrome not updating the blog!)

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