Those were the last words my Night Elf druid ever said, spoken upon seeing a guy get off a ship with this large raptor following him. I'd spend the next four years as a hunter of varying races (Majority spent as a Tauren when I switched servers) and the first raptor I ever got was a purple one in the Wetlands.

To be fully honest? I didn't really like the purple or red raptors. I mean, I liked 'em but not as much as the Mottled Blue or the Yellow ones. I was so eager to get a raptor of my own though I just grabbed the first one that came into my sights that didn't eat my face in the process. It was a purple one :>

I can't remember what I named the guy, and I used to have some screenshots from my earliest days in the game (I came in about halfway through the 'Opening of AQ' event) but alas, I no longer have any of them.

Also, behold my terrible attempt at drawing Ashenvale (One of my favorite zones, along with Feralas)