Little Treasure and the Disturbance

Northrend, Icecrown Citadel, upper-middle levels.

"No! You killed Big Stinky! You... pay!!!"

A shrill roar echoed throughout the Plagueworks. It came from Rotface, one of Professor Putricide's two newest undead creations.

Tirion Fording and Queen Calia exchanged glances, both momentarily stunned.

"Oh, so this giant Scourge construct dog had a name?"

Queen Cariath kicked the corpse of the construct dog, which Dawn's Light had burned away by at least half.

Tirion Fording shrugged and handed Cariath a strange pink ribbon.

"Not just this one. The smaller Scourge construct dog we killed earlier had a name too. It seemed Professor Putricide had a rather dark sense of humor."

A gleaming round tag hung from the center of the pink ribbon. It read: "Little Treasure, First Place in the Pet Competition!"

"Little Treasure..."

Cariath shook her head helplessly, then pinned the pink-ribbon medal to her breastplate.

"Hmm... it made for a pretty good special memento."

"All right, the entire army is done resting. Move out! First, let's take down those two largest Scourge construct giants!" Tirion called, leading the troops onward once more.

The Plagueworks' overall layout resembled a pitchfork. Its handle was the only entrance and exit to this Scourge factory district.

Past a small square in the central area, the three prongs led to three separate passages. Professor Putricide, the head of this Scourge factory, was located in the central section, while his two newest prized creations, Rotface and Festergut, were stationed in the halls at either side.

Tirion Fording swung the artifact Ashbringer. The judgmental Holy Light on its blade seemed alive, transforming into streaks of energy arrows that whistled through the air and automatically struck the surrounding undead. Blazing flames then erupted across them, swiftly reducing the enemies to ash.

They fought their way through the corridor, and