Alternative Characters

In the World of Warcraft, alternative characters, or "alts", are exactly as the term suggested. A main character was your primary character, the one you did everything on, especially raiding. An alt character was a character you leveled up and did anything else. Some people would roll alt characters to have a secondary profession master, a materials collector, or simply a "mule", which was exactly what that meant- A character to just hold extra materials and gear.

I wasn't too into the idea of rolling a secondary character to level up, so I only created a mule. It wasn't until my biggest burnout that I threw my hands up in the air and rolled a priest as a healer character. Soon that became a Horde warrior, then a mage, and then a Horde warlock. I was hooked.

The death knight doesn't count. It was a hero class and starts at level 55. Only players with a level 55 character or any other class are allowed to create one. If only I'd started alternative characters earlier.