When you visit, be sure to do a /train emote with him, and he’ll make the train gesture along with you. No matter how bad things get, remember that there’s always an open car on the happy train. It is appropriate that Brad’s NPC is located in Tarren Mill, because he and his guildies had loved to PvP in Hillsbrad Foothills.īears the title “Master Tailor.” Brad played an Undead arcane mage named Tkaron, and tailoring was one of his professions. He had been the guildmaster of the Horde guild Robot Kitten Happy Train on US-Tichondrius ever since the guild was formed in 2005. That same month, he passed away.īrad loved playing WoW, and had friends who worked for Blizzard. Brad came home on hospice care, and was able to celebrate Christmas with his family. The gofundme page charted the ups and downs of his progress until December 2015, when they learned that the new and more aggressive chemo treatment was not working. In November of 2014, his family started a GoFundMe page called Help Brad Beat Cancer. After five days in the cardiac intensive care unit, his condition was stabilized enough for the tumor to be diagnosed and for treatment to begin.ĭespite the onset of cancer, Brad and his fiance, Alyssa, were able to be married in the hospital’s sanctuary that same month. A CT scan showed that a large tumor was in his chest. Although doctors had never found anything wrong with him, he continued to get worse, and on July 3rd, 2014, he ended up in the emergency room when he began having trouble breathing. Several years later, he was living in Minneapolis, MN, when he began to get periodically sick. At 24, he had been diagnosed with carcinoma of the parotid gland, which would have been fatal had the surgery not been successful. He passed away in December of 2015 around the age of 34.īrad had survived cancer once before. Brad was a mechanical engineer who had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma during the summer of 2014. His building is opposite the flightmaster area.īradford T. Location: Brad is located on the second floor in the building behind the questgiver Melisara.This is a screenshot as the original page is no longer available. The cats are named Happy I, Happy II, Happy III, Happy IV, and Happy V. Reddit comment by Sierra about Topher's sayingsīradford’s building is the one straight ahead as you leave the flightmaster. Reddit comment by Christopher Rush's daughter Sierra He looked a lot more like the gnome in the end of his life." One of the quotes matches the flavor text of Eron the Reckless, which was a self-portrait of him in the 90s. His daughter wrote: "Each reference saying is related to a card he did.
My favorite Hearthstone card? It's got to be lightning bolt! When you click on him, he says things like: Topher Rushcog will wave at you if you wave at him. Above his head rotate five gems whose colors are a reference to the game colors of Magic: The Gathering. Topher Rushcog is a level 60 gnome who can be found in the Eastern Plaguelands along the perimeter wall inside Light’s Hope Chapel, where he is surrounded by black lotus flowers which randomly change in size. He was part of other Wizards of the Coast projects, too, and left Wizards of the Coast in 1999, after which he worked from the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas as a freelance artist. He loved his fans and always made time for them, putting people at ease with his smile and humble personality.Īs well as drawing the most iconic cards in the game, Christopher was involved in other aspects of its design as well, such as the color symbols of mana. They were also touched by how kind he was at conventions and fan gatherings. One of his daughters wrote that "Magic was his life, and what he gave his heart and soul to." Gamers grew up with his artwork, and his enthusiasm for the game resonated with them. He passed away from a heart attack at the age of 50 on February 10, 2016. Topher Rushcog is in tribute to the legendary artist Christopher Rush, who was one of the original illustrators for Magic: The Gathering and a huge fan of WoW. Location: Look to your right as you enter the gate of Light’s Hope Chapel, and you’ll see Topher against the wall.Three of Christopher's most iconic cards. This guide will go over where these memorials are found and to whom they pay tribute. If so, then you've seen one of Blizzard's tributes to real people who have passed away. Maybe some flowers by a tombstone in Hillsbrad Foothills caught your eye. Or perhaps you found a charming wishing well in the Jade Forest. Somewhere along your journeys through Azeroth, you may have done a quest for a Tauren begging you to help him find his dog.
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