Hooked on Phoenix

Hooked on Phoenix was the flagship project that made its debut with the Convocation of Silvermoon (Reformed). Its purpose is to teach high elves and half-elves the Thalassian language, culture, and history. A placement test is administered to determine which level the student fits within.

Available Courses

Reading Comprehension I

• What's in an apostrophe?
• How to read conjoined words
• Identifying written nouns
• Grammar introduction

Reading Comprehension II

• Identifying context
• Identifying cues to infer social relationships
• Grammar II

Writing Thalassian

• When to use an apostrophe
• Breaking down phrases
• Linking with "and", "or", "but", "with".
• Grammar III

Writing Thalassian II

• Writing formal letters
• Writing informal letters
• Reading comprehension essay

Introduction to Thalassian Speech

• Starter words and pronunciation
• Pronouncing nouns
• Identifying nouns
• Asking questions
• Reading Thalassian out loud

Thalassian Speech II

• Joining verbs to nouns
• Linking with "and", "or", "but", "with".
• Identifying linguistic cues to infer social relationships
• Addressing your elders 
• Addressing familiar immediate family

Thalassian Speech III

• Conversation basics
• Recognising intonation and auditory cues
• Translating Common speech into Thalassian
• Translating Thalassian speech into Common

Introduction to Elven History

• Trolls and the Night Elves
• The basics of magic
• The Well of Eternity and the Highborne Evolution
• Queen Azshara and the Highborne Culture
• Presentation on the above, in Thalassian.

Elven History II

• War of the Ancients and the Sundering
• Ashenvale's Folly
• Exile of the Highborne
• The Tirisfal incident
• Addiction to magic and why
• Presentation on the above, in Thalassian.

Elven History III

• The founding of Quel'Thalas
• What even are Runestones?
• The Amani Tribe and Zul Aman
• The Sunwell
• The Troll War and Arathi Humans
• Evolution with Lordaeron and Dalaran
• Thalassian military
• Eversong Burns in the Second War
• The Windrunners
• Presentation on the above, in Thalassian.

Elven History IV

• How Arthas ruined everything, 
• Blood Knights, addiction and the Wretched
• The Sin'dorei and their blue eyes
• Illidan's promise and the confrontation in Icecrown
• What the fel is, and how it ruined everything else
• Exile of the High Elves
• The Shattered Sun Offensive and the Fall of Kael'thas
• Taking back the Sunwell from Kil'Jaden
• Presentation on the above, in Thalassian.

Elven History V

• Dalaran blasts off to Northrend
• The Silver Covenant and the Sunreavers
• Fall of the Lich King
• How Deathwing ruined everything for the other races but we weren't involved much with all of that
• Theramore's demise and the Dalaran Purge
• The Isle of Thunder
• Siege of Orgrimmar and the founding of the Highguard
• Presentation on the above, in Thalassian.