A truly [Epic] night

We had to call another raid tonight.  With our holy priest /afk and several DPS missing in action, it just wasn't happening. 

This time, rather than attempt to split into two 10-man groups (and deal with all of the attendant drama), we decided to look for something we could 22-man — like Sarth 3D! 

... Point of clarification: when I say "we," what I really mean is "the officers who weren't stuck in traffic for two hours this afternoon."  >.<  In my defense, I did call!  I even managed to get my two coppers in, via Keaton.  My plea?  "Do something.  Even if it's farm content.  Or PvP.  Or Brewfest."  Our members set aside nine hours every week to play together; even if we can't pull together a progression raid, we can still have fun.

And, lo and behold, we did.

Even down three players, Sartharion was an easy one-shot — and a 30 minutes well spent, as our boomchicken won a Pennant Cloak (and finally earned the Epic achievement in the process!). 

Then those who were interested headed off to Sunwell, an instance we never did see in The Burning Crusade.  Because we are just. that. awesome., we managed to break the very first raid boss we stumbled across:

But as you can see, all was not lost!  Kalecgos may have ended up permanently banished, but I finally leveled my Dagger skills to 400!   (Best use of an ungemmed, unenchanted Spectral Kris ever, imo.)

We couldn't figure out how to reset the encounter, so everyone who had a hearthstone returned to Dal, while everyone who didn't (read: the shamans) caught a mole machine to BRD. 

As long as we were there, we decided to smack Coren Direbrew around a few times.  (Grats on the Kodo, Osaj. ^.^)

Then it was back to Sunwell Plateau to save Kalecgos, obliterate Brutalis, wipe a few times on Felmyst before taking her down to exactly 1 HP before that awful air phase ... zerg the Eredar twins ... zerg M'uru ... zerg Kil'jaden ...

... and, oh. my. god., is that Thori'dal, The Stars Fury?!

It was quite a night.