I was doing some dailies on Pandaria for various reps, and I came across an interesting quest! It involves a daily quest for the August Celestials where you have to beat up some named Saurok thatâŚwere allowed in the area and also behave themselves. I think I found yet another interesting find!
First, the link to the quest, given to you by Xuen, one of the August Celestials:
So you can likely tell this is a humorous take on pick-up groups, but itâs something worth analyzing!
The Saurok in question are these three folks:
I canât really tell what tribe they are from at all. Talking to them just gives some humorous flavor text making fun of the whole tank-healer-dps holy trinity that is present in pick-up groups.
Despite being a jokeâŚwe have some actual friendly Saurok here interacting in a civilized society among other races. Letâs analyze, shall we?
First, they are at Xuenâs Temple of the White Tiger as guests. Somehow, they had to approach the area and be friendly enough to be allowed in.
Second, obviously theyâre on their best behavior. Attempting to eat the denizens there would likely be frowned upon and not make them popular at all.
Third, they donât immediately try to eat your face when they see you. Theyâre pumped up for a fight, but they wait until youâre ready to do so.
Fourth and last, even when they lose, they arenât really mad at you. Theyâre annoyed with each other, which plays again on the whole P.U.G. joke, but talking to them afterwards has them mention training to become better next time you meet them. Theyâre determined to get better as opposed to all âRAWR HOW DID I LOSE I AM NOT THE WEAKLING HERE RAWRâ youâd likely expect.
So not only do we have Saurok able to be part of a civilized area peacefully, itâs during MoP! So they have some intelligence and restraint to be able to function in a society of some sort! It seems like there may be some friendly Saurok on Pandaria afterall, and somehow contact was made between these three Saurok and one of the Celestials. I really wish I knew what tribe they came from and more of their backstory!
âŚand yes, I mentioned this before, but I know the whole thing is a joke making fun of pick-up groups, likely not meant for nerds like myself to think too deeply on. Itâs funny how a lot of interesting things Iâve analyzed about Saurok come from things meant as a joke or to be silly. Still, we have more evidence that Saurok are capable of working with others and also obey rules of a society! An interesting find, to be sure! 
Iâll continue looking around Pandaria for more Saurok-related stuff, but despite this being meant as a jokeâŚI think itâs a pretty awesome find.
More Saurok research to continue in the future! 
