Forging Shadow's Edge

Besides the two legions of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, how could the liberation of Zul'Drak possibly proceed without the Trolls themselves? The Troll coalition dispatched by Darkspear chieftain Vol'jin had also arrived in Northrend.

Rokhan was appointed commander of the Troll coalition. Ukorz Sandscalp of the Sandfury Trolls, Vorn of the Forest Trolls, old Vol'jin's son Yeniku, and Drakuru gathered together with Forest Trolls, Jungle Trolls, Sandfury Trolls, and Frost Trolls. Using Drak'Tharon Keep as their base, they fought the Scourge within Zul'Drak.

The Blackrock Expeditionary Force had finally reached the point of entering Dragonblight. Crossing the bridge in northern Grizzly Hills, they first recaptured Jin'sakara, a Drakkari Troll town outside Zul'Drak that had fallen to the Scourge. They rebuilt Jin'sakara as a supply relay station for the Blackrock Expeditionary Force, ensuring provisions for the force advancing deep into Dragonblight.

At the same time, they severed the Scourge's ground route into Zul'Drak and cleared out the Drakkari Troll graves near Jin'sakara, preventing the Scourge's necromancers from endlessly raising Drakkari Trolls as Scourge servants.

Only after setting foot on Dragonblight did the Blackrock Expeditionary Force truly understand the cold of Northrend, known as the Arctic. Grizzly Hills and Howling Fjord were far warmer by comparison.

Dragonblight, directly battered by the frigid winds of Icecrown Glacier and the Storm Peaks, lay beneath snow that never melted year-round. Mountains and plains alike were blanketed in thick ice and snow.

But the Trifarix Legion had been trained by Rend to fight under any conditions. They had trained extensively in the artificial snow valleys of Noxus, so they could still unleash their full combat strength amid ice and snow.

Every expeditionary soldier of the Trifarix Legion had been equipped with special means of movement for fighting in frozen terrain: sleds and skis.

As a man,