Lessons from a Blademaster The Path of the Axe The axe is brutal. The axe is savage. The axe cuts with force, not finesse. The axe is feared by both attacker and victim. It does not cut cleanly, only painfully. The axe guides us along the path of rage. I chose this path willingly. —Garikhan's Creed Ashenvale Forest, Azeroth Present Day Tharion Greyseer sat cross-legged across a campfire from the graying old orc, his blindfolded gaze affixed to the blackened metal weapon that the former blademaster held in his lap. Elune was rising for the night over the Ashenvale forest, a sign that Tharion should begin his patrols. But this evening was to be different. This evening was for a lesson. "To know me, demon hunter," began the orc, "is to know my weapons. To know how I used them." There was a