Leatherworking Is Evil!

The details of my leatherworking woes are quite inconsequential! That said I started looking in earnest at the mats I'll need to create the Ebon Netherscale Armor set and I must say I'm astounded. The Auction House prices are absolutely ridiculous. I'm gonna need at least 2500 gold to make the 3 piece set not to mention I need the recipes which could cost me a bloody fortune and that's if I can even find them. I mean at this rate I'm gonna have to leave my beautiful evil lair and live under a bridge somewhere just so I can pay for the mats. I know I could go out and farm the mats but that takes an enormous amount of time. I can farm for over an hour and still not have enough mats to make one stinkin' piece of armor. And if that wasn't bad enough my leatherworking skill is only 258 and it's gonna cost me a kings ransom to raise it to 375. Yes leatherworking is EVIL! It's the devil incarnate. If I wasn't already committed to it I'd go back to my "hippie" ways and pick up herbalism again, at least that skill made me a little bank. I'll be dead before I see the skill raised to 375.

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/Stormwind Sentinnel reporting:

A once prominent and well respected hunter known as Galamar was found dead outside his run-down shack on the outskirts of Stormwind City. Sources say he was found lying face down in a pile of salt and leather scraps. The Stormwind Guard doesn't suspect foul play and has said they believe that he expired from exhaustion and dehydration due to overwork. Neighbors reported that he apparently was trying to gain master leatherworker status and was routinely seen working through the night. Galamar was at one time a very well known and popular figure in and around Stormwind City. He started his downward spiral when he changed career paths and took up leatherworking. See related story, "The Fall from Grace" on page 2. There will be a small funeral pyre service tomorrow at dusk. The public is welcomed to attend.