A Reversal of Fortune

The name Saronite came from the native language of Northrend. Translated, it meant "Yogg-Saron's black blood." From the name alone, one could tell that it was part of an Old God's body. For some unknown reason, this ore had appeared in Grizzly Hills six thousand years ago, after which it began to be produced on a massive scale across Northrend.

At present, the only ones daring to mass-produce Saronite equipment and arm entire forces with it were the undead armies of the Scourge. This metal was not only exceptionally tough and highly resistant to elemental and arcane forces, but also deeply sinister, constantly radiating the whispers of an Old God. Only the undead of the Scourge could withstand such madness. Of course, the Scarlet Crusade had also developed certain methods that allowed them to use such weapons for short periods.

Among the entire Judgment Army, only the Argent Dawn, which had inherited the Scarlet Crusade's techniques, possessed the ability to forge and smelt Saronite. Moreover, such weapons simply could not be used on a large scale in areas inhabited by the living. Thus, most of the Saronite Zul'ra had found in Icecrown Citadel was essentially scrap metal—no, something even more worthless than scrap.

Given Saronite's peculiar nature, Tirion's offer to package up those sinister iron ores and metal ingots for sale to the Horde was no different from treating Zul'ra as a junk collector. Yet Zul'ra really had no choice but to play the junk collector this time.

There were quite a few frost-crystal weapons and special alloys among the spoils from Icecrown Citadel. For the Horde, whose industry was still developing, these alloys had exceptionally valuable uses.

After some bargaining, Zul'ra purchased six hundred tons of alloys seized from Icecrown Citadel, valued at eight hundred thousand gold coins, for