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Comment by 20820

Found on 2.3 PTRs. Yes, it's real. No, it's not available to regular players. And for future references, "Alex" is Alex Afrasiabi.

Comment by 96097

Is this similar to the Ashes of Al'ar ?
https://www.wowhead.com/tbc/item=32458
Or is it something else ?

Comment by 44952

Alex was once leader of a famous Everquest guild named Fires of Heaven (now a World of Warcraft guild). His first character in EQ, Kalaran, a rogue, was the first level 50 in EQ. Alex is supposedly still an avid player and guild leader in World of Warcraft.

As Fires of Heaven were well known for achieving many "world first" accomplishments in Everquest, the guild was asked upon the release of World of Warcraft to not be the first to kill Onyxia. Blizzard felt too many people would think they had inside knowledge if they continued this achievement trend in WoW. It stands to reason this 'suggestion' is still in effect, as they have tended to wait before tackling new content too quickly. Though they progress quickly once they have started.

As a consequence to his fame, Alex has been forced to play incognito

Comment by Miyari

Peep's Whistle ≠ Ashes of Al'ar.

To reiterate the first comment perhaps for the sake of clarity and understanding (and to prevent further spam and speculation on this page), Peep's Whistle was "discovered" on the PTR and is not available to players. If you see someone flying around in-game on a phoenix mount, they are riding the Ashes of Al'ar, which drops from Kael'thas Sunstrider in Tempest Keep: The Eye. Period.

Comment by Maelorn

Blatant, baseless speculation ahead.

I think it bears pointing out that it does not specify summoning only in outland, or flight. Admittedly, it doesn't specify rider requirements either.
My point? I suspect that, although it may never be available to players as it is, it may be land mount similar to Reins of the Raven Lord, likely recoloured and otherwise shined up.

Comment by 117464

This is identical to Ashes of Al'ar.

If you check the spell ID page of this item, you will see:

Effect #1 Apply Aura: Mounted (18545)
Effect #2 Apply Aura: Mod Speed Mounted Flight Value: 310
Effect #3 Apply Aura: Mod Speed Mounted Value: 100

"Mod speed mounted flight" refers to the speed of the mount while flying, in this case it is 310(%) the same as Ashes of Al'ar

"Mod Speed Mounted" refers to the speed of the mount while on the ground, in this case 100(%), is the same as Ashes of A'lar, which you can see if you click the link above.

And most importantly, "Mounted (xxxxx)" refers to the model ID of the mount being used. Which is 18545, the same as Ashes of Al'ar. This means that this mount does not have a unique look - it looks the same as the Ashes of Al'ar mount.

This item even has the same Use: text as the Ashes. (Note: Ashes is being changed in 2.4 to include "This mount can only be summoned in Outland.")

So this item was probably only made by the PTR dev team to test something, although the flavour text leads me to believe that players were supposed to discover this ...

Comment by 66161

For those that didn't get the reference at first, Peeps are sugar covered marshmallows shaped in the effigy of a duckling. The rest is self explanatory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peeps

Comment by Kalados

"Welcome to Alex country. Buckle up!"

This aged like milk.

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Peep's Whistle

Item Level 70
Binds when picked up
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Requires Level 70
Use: Summons and dismisses a rideable phoenix. This is a very fast mount. (3 Sec Cooldown)
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