Drake of the North Wind

I had planned on doing this first blog about how to get Jadefang's Tiny Shale Spider, but last night fate intervened, when during a guild run Reins of the Drake of the North Wind dropped!  Cambriana (Caristra) was lucky enough to win this beauty (see picture below).  Some people didn't even realize a mount dropped in Vortex Pinnacle so I wanted to give you guys a bit of information about it.

The mount drops from the second boss in VP,  Altairus, on normal and heroic versions.  As far as I can tell the drop rate is the same for either difficulty.  The drop rate is 1% but don't get discouraged because there is no daily limit to the normal version!  People on Wowhead have been giving strategies on how to solo and duo this run on normal.  I myself have done this run several times with a tank and healer.  I expect as we get better gear this mount can probably be solo farmed with a little finesse by most classes.  Until then, next time you're bored que up for VP for a chance at the mount and take guildies with you!!!  Congratulations Cambriana!  This mount is beautiful!