Project Lore

Welcome to The High Inquisitor, where Project Lore pokes fun at all those crazy, unexplained WoW impossibilities. While the answers to these great mysteries of Azeroth often are a matter of game mechanics, here we're less interested in that aspect, and more interested in exploring our own unique brand of lore that could happily provide explanations. Each installment, the inquisitor will attack a previously unanswered question and attempt to explain the unknown. But she won’t rest until all plausible explanations are explored. The best, most probable comment(s) will be highlighted with the next edition’s inquisition. Looks like it's time for another High Inquisition, and just in time for the Pilgrim's Bounty festivities. In commemoration of the food that we'll all be cooking and eating this week in-game, let's ask a question that may leave you wondering whether you should have actually just eaten that 37th slice of Pumpkin Pie. But first, a quick look back at the last inquisition, where we questioned whether spirit healers are inhibiting the progression of the world by bringing everyone back to life time and time again. Many of our readers seemed puzzled by my question, and for that I can only blame myself. Yes, even the High Inquisitor gets writer's block from time to time, and I don't believe I gave a solid enough example from which you all could draw your own conclusions. Here's one: The spirit healer actually is looking toward the end-game, where players have to have earned a certain amount of fighting experience (what we like to call level 80) to take down the ultimate big bad. If the spirit healer didn't bring back all those creatures that we kill along the way to that quest, then everyone else wouldn't be able kill them and also get experience. It can be a troublesome loop at times, but it works. And here's another way to phrase it, as said by Innosinned :

...So, the question remaining is, do the enemies have a Spirit Healer? We don’t really know much about Spirit Healers, I think. Maybe they only choose to resurrect those who do good in this world. Maybe we players are allowed to linger as spirits and find our bodies back, because we are needed for a future goal, like beating the Lich King or whatever comes after he is dead.

Well put, my friend! And now onward to this special, food-inspired edition. Straight to the question this time: What in the crazy world of Azeroth makes our food stay good for so long? During this week's special Pilgrim's Bounty festivities, we make a lot of food. And, as expected, leftovers can only stay good for so long. Once all your event-inspired foods are made, they only have a duration of seven days. The same was true of our Trick-or-treat goodies, too. But they are the exception to the rule in Azeroth. For some reason, be it magic, really good preservation, or otherwise, most of our food and feasts have no expiration date. Think about that Fish Feast that we all partake in before a raid. Do you really know how old it is? Who knows how long the chef may have held on to those Musselback Sculpin, Glacial Salmon and Nettlefish before combining them with Northern Spices to create that tasty (and power-boosting) feast. Once the concoction was made, how long did it sit in his bank or bags before he used it? And wouldn't you think chefs (and their bottomless bags) must really stink while carrying all that food around?! One plausible explanation: those spices - be they mild spices, northern spices, hot spices, soothing spices, holiday spices -- you get the point -- must have some kind of mystical preserving power that keeps our food delicious and safe-to-eat forever. But then what about the recipes that no longer call for said spices? Or perhaps its not the ingredients we use, but the skill with which they are prepared. Maybe those cooking trainers are a strict bunch who won't pass on their recipes unless the trainee learns the secret of how to make the food last during wartime. Whatever the case, this is one week during which we'll all have plenty of freshly-prepared food. Eat up, while you can! And while you're at it, share your own thoughts on Azerothian foods in the comments section below. Happy Turkey-time!