World of Warcraft Gifts

World of Warcraft Solid Silver Pendants ideal gift for any WoW player

man Crest £49.50 inc p&p 54cm*40cm	Undead Crest £49.50 inc p&p 50cm*42cm	Night Elf Crest £25.00 inc p&p 25cm*20cm	Gnome Crest - Unavailable
Phantom Blade £25.00 inc p&p 40cm*7cm	Brain Hacker £25.00 inc p&p 40cm*15cm	Anathema/Benediction £25.00 inc p&p 40cm*15cm	Blood Elf Mage - Unavailable

Please Note - Postage included is to any part of the world.

This is the collection of pendants made during my World of Warcraft journey so far. Click on the images to read the posts about the items. Or check out this article featuring my site on Wowinsider

I have limited numbers of some of the pendants to buy. All Pendants are Solid Silver and not stampings, they are substantial pieces of jewellery with a lot of detail and would make ideal Gifts for any WoW player.

Welcome to the Warcraft Gift site by WOW Jewellery, this site has come about by combining the 2 passions of my life which are World of Warcraft and Jewellery. I have decided to expand what was initially an undertaking for personal pleasure into a small range of Warcraft Gifts that others hopefully will enjoy. I have played WOW continuously since its introduction into Europe in the early part of 2005, and I have worked in the Jewellery industry for over 23 years.

My first character to lvl60 was a Human Paladin and I was so excited to complete those last few levels, what a grind they were, those of you who can remember will testify to how long that used to take in the first World of Warcraft release. That’s when a friend said that as I worked in the Jewellery Industry I should have something made up to commemorate the occasion, so that’s what I did, I had my first Warcraft Gift made. The piece I chose was the Alliance Crest as the Warcraft Lore behind it fitted in with my Human Paladin. This was the start of my range of Warcraft Gifts.

In other posts on this site I will show each Warcraft Gift I have had made along the way and detail more of the process involved and the Warcraft Lore surrounding each of these Warcraft Gifts. My intention is to develop a complete set of World of Warcraft Racial Crests and significant game Items as Warcraft Gifts, so everyone who plays WoW will be able to purchase a Warcraft Gift that is relevant to them.

The process of commissioning the Human Crest started with me speaking to a good friend of mine who is an excellent artist to see if she would do some scale sketches. As she also was a WOW addict she readily agreed, I will attach some of her sketches to future posts for you to see and link to her website for you to see samples of her work.

Night Elf Moonglaive

The next stage was for me to contact some of the companies I knew from my time in the Jewellery business and see if I could get one of them to do a one off Warcraft Gift as a favour to me without charging the earth for it. Once the sketches were completed I then sent these to the company that I had spoken to for them to assess. They came back with several queries over the size required and the weight, also on which areas of the Icon of Courage should be highly polished which should be darker etc, we finally decided on the details and they then produced a mould and from that mould they produced a sample Human Crest Pendant which they sent to me and I must say I was highly delighted with the quality and detail. The Icon of Courage, as with all Warcraft Gifts, is produced in .925 silver which is the sterling silver standard, and I wear it with a leather cord which has a sterling silver fastener.

Some friends, who also played WOW, have asked me from time to time if they could have a pendant made for them, either for their own use or as a Warcraft Gift for someone. If it was an item that the mould had already been made for it was easy, and the cost was kept down to a reasonable level. Occasionally they wanted a piece that I didn’t already have a mould for so this entailed having to go through the process of producing sketches and a new mould all over again, but even though it turned out fairly expensive for them they invariably still had the piece made. I suppose in relation to the hundreds of hours you commit to a character on World of Warcraft then the cost of a one off unique piece of Wowjewellery as a special Warcraft Gift doesn’t seem too bad.

Night Elf female

Over the next few years of playing World of Warcraft I have levelled every class to lvl 70 apart from a warlock and every race apart from a gnome to at least lvl 40, and now in WOTLK I have so far 3 lvl 80’s. I have at certain times during this period commissioned other pieces of Wowjewellery when it seemed appropriate to mark a particular event or the progress of a character.

The Lore behind the pieces of Wowjewellery was something I became very interested in as I researched the items I was having manufactured and, if you want to explore in detail the World of Warcraft Lore, I have researched and written an article where I have tried to pull together the main facts about the history and make up of the World of Warcraft world that we play in.

In my next posts I will list the items that I have had made, each one representing a particular milestone or event in my World of Warcraft journey, I have also put a brief history where applicable about the Warcraft Lore behind the item.

Other Alliance Pendant Posts

Icon of Courage

As I stated in my earlier post, the first piece of Wowjewellery I chose to have made was the Icon of Courage, this was because being the Human Crest and Emblem, it fitted in with my human Paladin who had just levelled to 60, which was the level cap in the first release of World of Warcraft, and also I liked the design. I had toyed with having a weapon made or maybe even a copy of the character himself but decided on the Human Crest.

The make-up of the piece is interesting, I had never really looked in detail at the Human Crest prior to this time, or any of the symbolism in World of Warcraft, and had no idea what the various symbols and designs on it meant or what there relevance to World of Warcraft History and Lore was, so in case you are interested I have detailed a brief part of its Lore here for you to read.

The Human Crest displays the symbol “L” in its centre, this is in honour of the fallen Kingdom of Lordaeron, it also has two crossed swords a hammer and the lion’s head.

Lordaeron was the kingdom that spearheaded the first Alliance campaign against the Horde, but it was later destroyed by the Scourge.
After the eradication of Lordaeron, Stormwind took up the mantle, but the humans still rally around the memory of Lordaeron as the “eradication” by the Scourge is a source of great upset.
The Lions head, which is situated in the centre of the Hammers head, symbolizes courage, and is also the symbol of the Kingdom of Stormwind.
The Lion’s head is displayed on the Alliance Crest to represent the Human Race.

In my next post i will give a brief description of the processes which were gone through to have the Warcraft Gifts in Wowjewellery manufactured.

Anathema/Benediction

This was an awesome event when I got this staff inVanilla WOW for my priest, what made this staff special was the fact that it was, in my opinion, hands down the best looking staff in World of Warcraft at that time and pretty difficulty to get. Now i believe they would be fantastic Warcraft gifts for any gamer who ever owned one.

It required almost full Molten Core clears(well up to Majordomo), and a lot of them unless you were very lucky on the drop, then a long and tricky quest chain that at parts needed a 5 man group to complete.

So it gave a certain amount of Kudos to your character to be walking around Ironforge with this beauty equipped.

Oh yes!! and there’s the unique ability to transform it every 30 minutes between the two versions of the staff, the healing version Benediction and the dps version Anathema and you could swap even when in combat.

Originally in ancient Greek the word Anathema meant something that was offered up to God, but through time has come to mean something set apart from God. Sometimes, even accursed. I only put this in as it seemed weird to me how the meaning of things can get so corrupted over time

Anathema/Benediction sketch

Brain Hacker

There’s not a lot to say about this item really.

Brain Hacker is a two-handed axe with a damage proc that also lowers the Intellect of your target, making it a very effective weapon against spell casters.

The end of this massive axe is jagged and irregular, with a single jutting spike that resembles the metal end of an ice pick. The back end of the axe blade is covered in convoluted lumps of metal arranged so as to resemble a human cerebrum. The brain hacker is specially designed to slay arcane spell casters.

I picked this up in a Stratholme run on my rogue and won it on a greed roll as no one needed, not being able to use it I put it on the Auction House and made 250g that was a huge amount to me at the time.

I really liked the design so decided to make it a Warcraft Gift Pendant, also it celebrated my windfall on the AH

Someone told me that they thought the name Brain Hacker was a reference to The Matrix but I cant find anything to confirm that.

I had this item of Wowjewellery made, as a Warcraft Gift, for a close friend of mine, whose Night Elf Hunter has quested with me for nearly three years and we have experienced all the wonders of World of Warcraft together, she is also the friend who did all the sketches for the Jewellery pieces

The Night Elf crest shows the raven or an owl, these are important animals for night elves. It also has a Crescent Moon, tying into the Night Elves faith and their worship of the moon. Then there are the arrows, representing their Marksmanship skill, and their melee weapon the Moonglaive.

The Night Elves are represented on the Alliance Crest by the arrows and a hippogryph.

The Kaldorei, are an ancient race of nocturnal feral nomads who were created during the waking of the world. They lived a primitive existence in the jungles of Kalimdor. Until, during their journeys through Kalimdor they discovered the Well of Eternity, and drawn by its mystic force they settled nearby in their crude dwellings, over time the Well’s power affected the tribe, making them strong, wise, and virtually immortal. The name Kaldorei means “Children of the Stars”.

Their history has shaped them into a devoted warrior race, with a reverence for nature and animistic mystical forces.

The Night Elves and the Quel’dorei “Highborne” or Noble Children were the two castes within the Kaldorei.

Elune the moon goddess is the most prominent figure of worship in the Night Elf culture, this is represented on the Night Elf Crest by the Crescent Moon.

Original Sketch

Other Horde Pendant Posts

Icon of Torment

The next piece of Wowjewellery I had made was the Icon of Torment which is the Crest for the Forsaken Undead, this was to immortalise my Undead Rogue who I had many happy times with in World of Warcraft Battlegrounds.

The Forsaken are humanoids transformed into the Undead, with all the powers associated with the Scourge. They serve the Banshee Queen Sylvanas, looking up to her as their saviour for delivering them from the Lich King’s dominance.

When the Lich King’s power weakened during the events surrounding the Frozen Throne, Sylvanas managed to free herself from Prince Arthas grasp. She also freed many other Undead as well, and recruited powerful allies from the Burning Legion and the surrounding Ogre clans.

Sylvanas then defeated the attempt by the three Dreadlords, Balnazzar, Varimathras, and Detheroc to regain control over the Undead forces in Lordaeron, killing two and forcing the third Varimathras into her service in exchange for sparing his life. Sylvanas named her new force the Forsaken and pronounced herself Queen, and the Undead established their capital in the labyrinthine crypts beneath Lordaeron’s capital city. Their sprawling subterranean realm is called Undercity.

The Icon of Torment symbolizes the Undead leader Sylvanas Windrunner - the “shattered face”, the worn arrows, the tears and the raven on the shield are all symbols of the Forsaken Undead.

The Undead are represented by worn, breaking chains in the Crest of the Horde.

IMO this pendant is very striking and makes the ideal Warcraft Gift for any Gamer.

I had this piece of Wow Jewellery made because I thought that in the game it was one of the best models at that time for a weapon and now i think they would make great Warcraft Gifts for anyone who had this sword in the old WoW. The Phantom Blade is a ghostly white almost translucent blade which was the bane of Rogues everywhere especially in Battlegrounds as it could prevent them from stealthing away, even if they used Vanish.

Phantom-Blade

I still remember my joy at getting this weapon, both on my Paladin and, as main hand on my Rogue, what a cool looking weapon it was and at that time would last you well on into the mid level 50’s or higher, unless you were fortunate to get Thrash Blade from Maraudon, even then I think the Phantom Blade just looks so much better I would still be tempted to keep it. That’s probably why I never went to Maraudon .

It was also one of the few weapons that when sheathed is placed on your back not your side, that looks really nice.

The World of Warcraft Lore attached to the weapon is really interesting to. During the last war, the Lich King outfitted some of his incorporeal Undead Warriors with special armor, making them difficult to deal with. In response, Human craftsmen developed the Phantom Blade to combat this. These longswords are a translucent white colour, and seem to disappear almost entirely in sunlight.

Phantom Blade Sketch

Icon of Technology

I have had this Crest made into a piece of Wow Jewellery but it was a Warcraft Gift for a friend as I have no Gnome character. I will endeavour to find the original drawings and sketches and a picture of the completed Jewellery piece as I think it looks really good made up in solid Sterling Silver . Once I have them I will add to this post. Edit - (Picture of pendant now included)

The Gnomes’ city of Gnomeregan was built into Ironforge Mountain, but the invading troggs destroyed it and slaughtered its citizens. Many of the surviving Gnomes moved into Khaz Modan and now live with the Ironforge dwarves, others travelled with their Dwarven allies to Kalimdor.

The origin of the Gnomes is not totally clear, however, the quest The Mechagnomes hints that the Gnomes actually began life as a “species” of robots created in Ulduar by a Titan known as “The Grand Architect” and that the changeover from a mechanical robot to a flesh species was an expected part of the process and part of the overall plan when creating them. Gearmaster Mechazod has the power to turn the Gnomes back to their original robot form.

The Gnomes were of great help to the Alliance during the Second War, they built vehicles and gadgets for the Alliance including submarines and flying machines to help defeat the Horde.

Oddly however, the Gnomes declined to send any forces to the aid of the Alliance during the Burning Legion’s recent invasion during the Third War, although their designs did help to turn the tide against the Legion.

The Humans and the Ironforge and Wildhammer Dwarves were shocked and puzzled by Gnomeregans decision to withhold their stout-hearted troops and pilots.

The Crest of the Gnomes – Icon of Technology, displays engineering tools and bolts, this is to represent their skill with developing technology. The Gnomes are represented by the cogs in the Crest of the Alliance.