Nethaera and Eyonix have both smartly pointed out on internet forums before, the Phoenix mount is certainly in game now (June 07). I had the honor to learn sadly recently, it's not in the place that many might think it is.
Well, the first one isn't. For The others -- well, nobody else but Blue has even the vaguest idea where those things are going to drop. (Most people figure on realm Kael'thas or Al'ar in Tempest Keep as the main or only drop source for the Phoenix Mount item, much like the older tiger mount drops in ZG from the main tiger boss, and the creature Baron drops his own mount in Stratholme.)
The Worlds very First phoenix mount belongs to Ezra Chatterton, a young man who went to Blizzard's offices with Make-A-Wish foundation. Young Ezra was given the very first ever Phoenix mount in game for two main reasons.
It was probably the best gift that Blizzard could really give any online gamer as far as one of the new Outland mounts. Sure, Netherdrakes are awesome, but a phoenix mount trumps that,
Who wouldn't want a mount that could move at 310% speed like the the Swift Nether Drake arena award mount, impressive. Secondly, as little Ezra's father Micah explained to me, the phoenix mount is an extremely important personal symbol for Ezra.
There was some concern around about having the mount initially, as Micah was a tad worried some competing players might be unhappy about him being the first to have such a great rare item. I'm glad to report back that recently his guild, 32nd Fleet, organized a large gathering in Shattrath to help get the word out big time that Ezra was recently gifted the World First Phoenix mount item exclusively. After that, Ezra's been able to enjoy flying his mount around the skies of Outland.
The actual phoenix is an picture that has constantly recurred in Ezra's life over the past years, this is mostly because it's his middle name, and then I think that a little person will usually take any chance they can get to even more closely connect with their given names. His older mother and I named him that mainly because, as teenage parents with an art fetish, we then thought it was very cool. Also, the ordeal of then becoming a father and mother at ages 16 heavily attracted us to the main concept of the resurrection and the rebirth, and rising high above the ashes of a very difficult situation. Not to the credit the name per se, but then I have always been a very proud father of Ezra's ability to cope with very difficult times in his own little lifee. He's been strongly able to go through things, before the onset of cancer, that I couldn't even imagine dealing with as a small child, and still retain his overly generous spirit and massive spark of imagination.
The first thing he recently said when he saw, from a very safe distance, that our house was going up in roaring flames last February was: "I really liked that house." The next thing he uttered, seeing my hellish fear and massive panic start to well up, was: "At least nobody's got hurt. It'll be o.k. because we're all still safe." It was the kind of thing a grown-up would say to each other the very next day or a good week later to put their loss well into perspective, not the kind of thing you'd expect a 9 year old kid to say before the local fire department even got there. That's the kind of person he always is, and that's the kind of rising up that he does, so when he had the opportunity to choose a phoenix flying mount as the crowning gift for Ephoenix from Blizzard, he took it.
Micah then said that the model is "one of the most gorgeous and impressive character designs," although Ezra was a little bit distracted by the phoenix mount model having no feet whatsoever.
Most of all, Micah wanted to mainly express to everyone how very thankful and totally overwhelmed he is at how the WoW / World of Warcraft community has reached out to Ezra. As he said in a recent email to me, "I'm very proud of our large community, Krystalle, and I am so completely and utterly thankful that the prayers and support people have been sending us have given Ezra something good to keep in his mind."
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