Pavonum Pavonum was a Blizzard employee who worked the morning shift on US World of Warcraft Customer Service Forum . His avatar was an owlbeast native to the Hinterlands . Pavonum was known for being verbose , using signatures from foreign languages ( often Latin or French ) , and enjoying tea . His penchant for disassembling ill - considered arguments , as well as decimating attempts at deception with piercing facts and vicious rhetoric , inspired the term " Pavowned " for any occasion where would - be pretenders were swept away in a deluge of words , statistics , and collective disdain from regulars . While he was known for dismissing the veracity of hearsay — he often quipped , " They say rumour flies , but it rarely flies straight , " when faced with unlikely claims from still more unreliable sources — Pavonum has purportedly left Blizzard Entertainment to continue his pursuit of knowledge outside the harsh realm of customer service . Though he is still thought to reside in Southern California , there are whispers that he looks northward , to the grey and misty climes of Seattle , for a career in the culinary field . His passion for literature and language remains unabated , but , professionally , the kitchen ' s cramped , sweltering heat and wafting aromas call to him . No fried Moonkin will appear on his menu . Legend has it that Pavonum , for some time after leaving his official capacity on the Customer Service Forum , posted sporadically on his play account as Umbrae of Trollbane . Perhaps surprisingly , no one noticed the similarities between the writing styles used by Pavonum and Umbrae , despite the fact that he made almost no effort to disguise his unique brand of eloquence . His post history may be found here , for reference : http : / / forums . worldofwarcraft . com / search . html ? characterId = 31681222460 & sid = 1 . Last post . Pavonum ' s last post was on December 28 , 2007 . These were his final words on the Customer Service Forum : Good afternoon , ladies and gents ! This time of year offers an invaluable opportunity to look back at the preceding months and reflect on what we ' ve learned , how we ' ve changed , how we ' ve overcome the obstacles that have arisen in our path ; to reminisce , as it were , and remember . : ) I ' d like to remember the Customer Service Forum , and the good times we ' ve all had here over the past year : the friends that we ' ve made , the " pwnage " we ' ve enjoyed together , the entertaining proclamations of innocence we ' ve seen either vaulted or razed by the guiding influence of truth ; it ' s important that we cherish the very human connection this forum provides , as a sanctuary from the vitriol — oh , how I love that word — so prevalent elsewhere on these hallowed boards . I can honestly say that I know some of you players , and vice versa , better than I do many of the people I see daily , and it ' s truly been an honour interacting with you these past few months , sharing joys , sorrows , and moonkindances . I have so many fond memories from the past year — the player who wanted the contact information for " vitriol , " whom they imagined to be an Account Admin representative ; the innumerable threads on the existence of the Mature Language Filter , in which I had a chance to spread my linguistic wings and engage in a truly fascinating discussion of the propriety of everyday speech ; the joys of our respective Christmases , expressed just a couple days ago — that I struggle to recall them all in detail . All I can say for certain is that I ' m proud to have served as a moderator here for the past year - and - a - half , and I look forward to seeing this forum community — both " blues " and regulars alike — continue to develop over the years . The camaraderie I see here on a daily basis , besmirched though it sometimes is by infighting , is truly inspirational . I remember before the creation of this forum ; those were dark times indeed , a benighted age in which players had a general distrust of Game Masters , who were inscrutable , unknown figures cloaked in mystery and the threat of a banhammer ; now we have a conduit through which actual communication is possible , not merely about in - game issues but about life as a whole , the game we all love to play , and even our favourite baked goods . And , rather than being a void bereft of in - game help , the forums are now a hub of information about the game and issues therein . Thanks for a spectacular year , folks ; it ' s been a pleasure . What would you like to remember about the year of 2007 ? Do let me know . : ) " You are my poetry amidst the prose . " Photograph . Behold , the only known photograph of the elusive Pavonum : Moonkin From the following thread :