All of that just for a hat
by Alex Ziebart 
Jun 19th 2008 at 6:00PM
Let me explain a little further. This old man has a very big hat that he's had for many, many years. He used to duel people for it, but is too old to duel nowadays. You want his hat so bad that you are inspired to travel back in time to beat up his younger self for it. All that to take an old man's hat. Man, you're kind of a jerk.
Yeah, I'm a jerk, too. I ran to Old Hillsbrad immediately. The fight isn't too hard, there are a lot of classes that can solo it on Normal difficulty, especially when overgeared for the instance. To be safe, you may want to take some friends. He wanders up and down the road on horseback, with his friend Guerrero. Guerrero can be crowd controlled, but Carlos cannot. Don Carlos himself roots you, casts Scatter Shot, Aimed Shot, and melees for a decent amount. His crowd control is annoying, but again, he's not too tough. Once you beat him, go acquire your hat, and begin wondereing where the Azerothian equivalent of Spain can be found.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Kartharan Jun 19th 2008 6:16PM
Thats epic, im going to do that first thing. :)
JohnC Jun 19th 2008 6:16PM
wtff thats my dads name (and no im not joking)
spoookyy, (dam already get enough stick from my m8s about my dad [they think hes weird funny:S] this is going to top it right off:( )
NeSuKuN Jun 19th 2008 6:27PM
My dad's too (Carlos manuel)
Milkgas Jun 19th 2008 6:21PM
Obviously the WoW equivelent of Spain is the Azshara zone. Reasoning:
Spanish conquistadors founded Emerica, they were the ones who discovered it first. If we can relate Emerica to the Eastern Kingdoms being the new continent, the presumably first ones to discover it were Azshara's highborne who came to escape persecution and they, I could only guess, came from Zin-Azshari or the region around it which is now Azshara.
People from Spain find Emerica (new continent) , People from Azshara find Eastern Kingdoms (new continent.)
Jordan Jun 19th 2008 6:28PM
Spanish conquistadors founded a shoe company? I'm not 100% on this but I think it's America.
Milkgas Jun 19th 2008 6:32PM
Sorry my Anglish isnt very well.
Yamses Jun 19th 2008 6:52PM
You're fishing skill isn't too high eh? I suggest going to The Barrens.
raven Jun 24th 2008 10:41AM
I think you needed to pay more attention in History class. The spanish weren't even close to being the first one to "discover" the Americas. The Vikings were the first Europeans proven to set foot on the American Continents (there are ruins in Newfoundland). Nevermind how you could "discover" something with people already on it.
Also, the Azshara's High Elves weren't the ones escaping. Azshara is the original name of the Kaldorei (Night Elf) queen who first used the magic of the Well of Eternity to attempt to summon Sargeras into Azeroth. Her servants called themselves "High Elves" because they saw themselves as more the upper class, not because they were persecuted. Their efforts were stopped by Tyrande Whisperwind, Malfurion Stormfury, and Illidan Stormfury during the War of the Ancients. After the final battle, Azshara and her minions were so twisted by the magic fallout from the destruction of the Well of Eternity (now the Malstrom) that they turned into Nagas. A second Well of Eternity, called the Sunwell, was created from a vial of water from the Well of Eternity secretly captured by Illidan before the original was destroyed. This was to be the founding of the kingdom of Quelthalas in the Eastern Kingdom, presumably populated by the descendants of the survivors of Azshara's servants who escaped in time. Their descendants are the modern day Blood Elves (Horde) and High Elves (Alliance NPC).
Learn2Lore?
Jessierockeron Jun 19th 2008 6:22PM
can you pull alcohol out of that hat?
Heii Jun 19th 2008 6:27PM
Anyone else see the loop here? His older self doesn't have his hat, so he sends you back in time to take a hat from his younger self, who in turn grows old without his hat, sends you back in-time to get it, and so on and so forth. It's probably a different adventurer each time so he doesn't really notice, but you'd think he'd remember the guy that beat him up for his hat.
Ametrine Jun 19th 2008 6:38PM
SNAKE! You've created a time paradox!
Edboy Jun 19th 2008 10:55PM
time paradox!!
Saelorn Jun 19th 2008 6:30PM
This has to be a reference to something. Blizzard wouldn't do anything that doesn't relate to the main plot if there wasn't a joke involved.
Jalisco would translate as "Sandy Plain," according to wikipedia, so that explains the Haliscan outfit in Gadgetzan. That can't be it, though.
kol Jun 19th 2008 7:34PM
There is also an Epic version of the hat on Heroic mode, it summons a ghost wolf pet.
Segovia Jun 19th 2008 7:59PM
The outfit is named after a state in Mexico called Jalisco, the birthplace of Mariachi. It is modeled after the classic "charro" outfit worn by the musicians.
Manzano Jun 19th 2008 8:24PM
Haliscan is a pun for Jalisco.
Jalisco is a state from Mexico. Where the charros and the mariachis are more prominent. It would be awesome to dress as a mariachi musician!
Badger Jun 19th 2008 8:24PM
"You want his hat so bad that you are inspired to travel back in time to beat up his younger self for it. All that to take an old man's hat. Man, you're kind of a jerk [...] Yeah, I'm a jerk, too. I ran to Old Hillsbrad immediately."
This is the single best transition between paragraphs in the history of this site.
Balasan Jun 19th 2008 8:33PM
Is this the solo-type instance content people are asking for?
DaraAllen Jun 19th 2008 9:31PM
Just so you don't go looking for him on the live servers, he is 2.4.3 PTR at this time. I'm such a noob.
rubo Jun 19th 2008 10:03PM
Well... you have a MEXICAN hat and ask about the "Azerothian equivalent of Spain"...!!??
Spain and Mexico are not the same country, they even are not in the same continent...
But well... talk about geographic things with US people is weird... because you dont know anything about geography outside your 50 states