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Blanchy

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Blanchy (known in her youth as Young Blanchy, in adulthood as Old Blanchy, and in the afterlife as Dead Blanchy) was the horse of Theodore and Verna Furlbrow in Westfall. She was known for being an affectionate and well-behaved horse with excellent disposition and appetite. She was killed by the Defias Brotherhood after the Cataclysm, and in death she became a sinrunner of Revendreth.

Young Blanchy originally lived at Tarren Mill in the Hillsbrad Foothills. She was jealous of the attention the Tarren Mill Horsehand gave to her fellow horse Bessy, but the horsehand assured Blanchy that she would soon be transported to Southshore and set out on a journey across the sea to join his brother's farm in Westfall.

Old Blanchy could be found near the Jansen Stead in Westfall with her owners, Theodore and Verna Furlbrow. She was tired, and Verna asked passersby to bring the horse some oats from the fields. As a reward, the strangers were gifted Blanchy's blanket and feed pouch.

Blanchy accompanied the Westfall Brigade to Northrend and can be found at the Westfall Brigade Encampment in the Grizzly Hills, tended to by Gryan Stoutmantle's squires Walter and Percy. Walter occasionally goes looking around the camp for oats to feed the hungry horse, but with little luck.

Old Blanchy apparently returned to Westfall, but after the Cataclysm, she and the Furlbrows were murdered by some thugs on the orders of Vanessa VanCleef. The double homicide and single equicide is the impetus for bringing heroes to Westfall in Hero's Call: Westfall! and serves as the starting point of the Westfall storyline.

Despite her benevolent appearance, Blanchy apparently committed secret evils in life, for after her death her soul was condemned to Revendreth and became a sinrunner.

Now known as "Dead Blanchy", she occasionally spawns at the northern end of the Endmire and begins running around the subzone at very high speed. If a player steps in front of her, she will immediately stop and become interactable, but will despawn after 5 minutes. While Dead Blanchy is standing still, players can give her different special items, but they can only offer one item per day (though it does not need to be consecutive days). In the order they can be given, the items are 8 Handful of Oats, Grooming Brush, 4 Sturdy Horseshoe, Bucket of Clean Water, Comfortable Saddle Blanket, and 3 Dredhollow Apple. After giving her all of the items, the player is rewarded with the Blanchy's Reins mount.

The Tarren Mill Horsehand will periodically enter the stable south of Tarren Mill in Old Hillsbrad Foothills and walk up to one of the Tarren Mill Horses.

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In response, the horsehand tells Blanchy one of the following:

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When Thrall enters the stable during the Escape from Durnholde escort event, Young Blanchy becomes startled, alerting his presence to Tarren Mill guards outside the stable.

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  • Young Blanchy whinnies.
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  • Player steps in front of Blanchy
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  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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  • 5 minutes after stopping - Blanchy despawns
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  • First interaction - 8 Handful of Oats
  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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  • Second interaction - Grooming Brush
  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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  • Third interaction - 4 Sturdy Horseshoe
  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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  • Fourth interaction - 5 Bucket of Clean Water
  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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  • Fifth interaction - Comfortable Saddle Blanket
  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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  • Sixth interaction - 3 Dredhollow Apple
  • Dead Blanchy stops abruptly to avoid running you down.
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After offering the last gift, the player is automatically rewarded with Blanchy's Reins.

Players on the mount who approach the location of Blanchy's death at the Jansen Stead in Westfall will have the mount despawn from underneath them:

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  • The ship Old Blanchy is named after her.
  • Blanchy was originally categorized as a critter in her Westfall, Grizzly Hills, and Old Hillsbrad appearances, before being changed to a beast.
  • Dead Blanchy is represented by the HS Sinrunner, a common neutral minion, in the HS Murder at Castle Nathria expansion for Hearthstone. Although the minion's name is generic, the flavor text expressly identifies it as Blanchy and paraphrases her mount description: Blanchy was said to be an affectionate and well-behaved horse in life. How she ended up in Revendreth? We're too afraid to ask.
  • Chris Metzen, when discussing the Cataclysm changes to Westfall at BlizzCon 2009, jokingly said that "Old Blanchy is core."

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Categories

  • Horses
  • Sinrunners
  • Valiance Expedition
  • Westfall NPCs
  • Old Hillsbrad Foothills NPCs
  • Grizzly Hills NPCs
  • Revendreth NPCs
  • Deceased characters
  • Revendreth souls

Source

https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/Blanchy · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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