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The seventh admin poured out his content into the Internet, and out of Curse came a loud voice from the Wowpedians, saying, "It is done!"
- - Joshmaul's Revelations 16:17
My name is Joshua Underwood (alias Joshmaul, born June 5, 1987). I live in Lowell, Massachusetts (formerly Poway, California), and I've been playing World of Warcraft since September 6, 2005, and I love when people try to harass me by making articles that insult me, and mess with my user pages making fun of my weight, the fact I have no life, so on. It proves my intellectual superiority over such individuals, and their jealousy at my godliness. Kneel before Joshmaul, mortals. *grin*
Anywho. My characters (all on Medivh US) are:
- Ketiron - Level 85 Blood Elf Paladin
- Devaneaux - Level 82 Human Death Knight
- Joshmaul - Level 81 Orc Warlock
- Jaedenlaek - Level 80 Draenei Shaman
- Sekhesmet - Level 74 Undead Priest
- Vendross - Level 50 Night Elf Mage
- Ferjai - Level 32 Troll Druid
- Zherron - Level 31 Worgen Druid
- Kitrik - Level 15 Goblin Rogue
Lately, I'm known among my immediate family as being something of an expert on lore...and a bit of a corruptor, I will admit. *grin* First, I got my stepfather and my brother into the game, and got my mother reading Warcraft books and asking me questions about characters and events. Which, if I don't know them right off the top of my head, I will come here to WoWWiki to look up. (Love you all.)
I beta-tested both Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King. I won a BC beta key from Stratics on November 17, 2006, and on August 28, 2008, my stepfather gave me the key he had won for WotLK. No luck in Cataclysm, but I'll make up for that...somehow...
Origin of Some of the Character Names
- Joshmaul: My nickname
- Saavedro: Antagonist of Myst III: Exile, portrayed by character actor Brad Dourif
- Ordevaas: Saavedro spelled backwards
- Sekhesmet: Something Egyptian-sounding...I thought this was the name of a Tomb Kings special character from Warhammer Fantasy Battles, but it turns out that guy's name was "Sehenesmet". Well, you can give me credit for trying.
- Jaeden'laek: Kil'jaeden was part of the root for this name; this was a character I created for a Star Trek race called the Gorak'nar, represented by draenei. Jaeden'laek in that medium was an "Elder" (Broken) and has undergone various transformations - good guy, bad guy, so on.
- Decibelius: A play on the word "decibel". I was Chief of Sound Control for the California Sports Car Club region of SCCA from 2003 to 2008.
- Areinnye: A Romulan female name that means "hell".
- Arrhae: Another Romulan female name with no specific meaning, but referring to a woman of great power.
- Artimus: Artimus Devaneaux, one of my most notorious villains in multiple mediums - Star Trek, Star Wars, Warhammer 40,000. Now he makes his Warcraft universe appearance.
- Settra: A Tomb Kings special character from Warhammer Fantasy Battles. And yes, I checked.
- Koschei: In addition to being from Russian mythology, Koschei was - according to Doctor Who novels - the real name of the Time Lord known as the Master.
- Velenkayn: Named for the Prophet Velen. Another Gorak'nar - this time a Warrior (uncorrupted draenei).
- Caedus: Darth Caedus, the Sith Lord name of Jacen Solo.
- Euphrati: Euphrati Keeler, a character from the Warhammer 40,000 Horus Heresy novel series.
- Metheius: Both of the names I used are enemies of Ciaphas Cain, the reluctant hero commissar of Warhammer 40,000 - Varan the Undefeatable, a Chaos Lord, and Metheius, a renegade tech-priest serving an insane inquisitor.
- Tantalid: Another 40k reference, right down to his job description and his fanatical piety - Arnaut Tantalid was a witch hunter who killed renegade psykers and other enemies of the Imperial Cult, and tangled with Inquisitor Eisenhorn on several occasions.
- Zherron: I think I found this one in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II. He was the commander of the Khoonda militia on Dantooine, if I remember correctly. (It's been a LONG time.)
- Vendross: From Anne McCaffrey's Pern series - in the novel The Masterharper of Pern, Vendross was the guard captain and chief defender of Telgar Hold against the tyrant Fax.
Personal Victories
Major Contributions
- A rewrite of Durotan's article, which thus far has remained intact.
- Reams of information pertaining to Burning Crusade, including the Monument of Remembrance in Honor Hold, various arakkoa clans, such as the Apexis and Dark Conclave (and info on Terokk), info and pics about the Apexis Relics near Ogri'la, the article about the mana bomb, and the quests for the blood elf paladin epic mount.
- Information about the crews of the ships and zeppelins being added in Patch 2.3.
- Pics of NPCs from Mudsprocket.
- More reams of information pertaining to Wrath of the Lich King, including the Scarlet Enclave, the Ebon Hold, finally putting in the subzones for Naxxramas, and corrections to a few quests.
- Showing what a Bloodsail Admiral - mine, naturally - looks like in his full regalia, complete with the badge of office.
Head Count
These are all the important heads/parts I've taken from instance bosses, major quest givers, so on:
Links
- Character list
- All those tags
- My timelines
- Borealis, a possible idea for the Northern Lordaeron region
- The Corruptor's War - the ongoing conflict between Saavedro and Joshmaul
- Vessels in the "Joshmaulverse"
Factions
- Saavedro's Coalition (Neutral): A joining of Alliance and Horde forces against the evils that plague the world, formed at the height of the war against the Lich King. Led by Baron Artimus Devaneaux and Master Taeril'hane Ketiron, following the death of Saavedro of Stratholme.
- Lordaeron Deathsworn: A faction of humans and other like-minded souls seeking to restore the Kingdom of Lordaeron. Led by General Oren Tanis.
- Joint Houses of Ketiron and Whitehair (Horde): Two noble families from Quel'Thalas, uniting to preserve their lines and to accomplish the mission of the last Whitehair patriarch, Ordevaas Portalseeker. Led by Master Taeril'hane Ketiron and his wife, General Areinnye Scourgebane.
- Hands of Joshmaul (Neutral/Hostile): A Shadow Council-like organization absolutely loyal to its master. Led by Joshmaul the Warlock.
- Grand Army of Kezan (Neutral): A grandiosely-named band of mercenaries, many of whom are goblin refugees fleeing the Cataclysm that has devastated Kezan. Led by Kitrik the Assassin.
Defunct
- Council of Deathlords (Neutral): A select group of Knights of the Ebon Blade, loosely affiliated with both the Alliance and the Horde. Led by Baron Artimus Devaneaux, who has since joined the Lordaeron Deathsworn.
Fan Fiction
- Turalyon and Alleria: A Difficult Decision (Non-canon, I am aware of that)
- The Soulless and the Dead: A Tale of Two Death Knights by J.W. Underwood
- Vindicator of Death: The Tale of Velenkayn the Fallen by Saavedro of Stratholme
- Corruptor: The Life and Times of Joshmaul the Warlock by Sekhesmet of Stratholme
