When faced with the unknown, an archmage's curiosity would always eclipse every other emotion. An insatiable thirst for knowledge was a virtue shared by every high-ranking mage.
Medivh carefully examined the crystal fragment on the square table, sensing the gentle flow of energy within it and its miraculous magical patterns.
"Was this really stripped from a Burning Legion Tower Teleportation Engine?" Confusion filled Medivh's eyes. No one in Azeroth understood Sargeras, the Master of the Burning Legion, better than he did.
Throughout his twenty long years as Guardian, Sargeras had exchanged information with Medivh to varying degrees.
Medivh had been Sargeras's eyes on Azeroth, but he, too, had peered into the knowledge within Sargeras's mind.
Even though Medivh had gained insight into much of the Burning Legion's knowledge, including the Eredar's Holy Light crystal technology, he could not comprehend the knowledge contained in the crystal fragment before him.
These patterns were unusual. The way energy flowed through them, the computational algorithms hidden within them, and the industrial technology used to create them all indicated that the crystal came from a world whose civilization differed from the Burning Legion's.
Rowan knew Medivh had noticed something. Otherwise, he would never have asked such a pointless question.
"I don't think the Burning Legion would use technology this unusual either. This energy crystal is extraordinary," Rowan agreed.
Medivh briefly reined in his almost feverish gaze, suppressing his thirst for knowledge with another defining trait of an archmage: focus.
"The six great energies that flow through our world are incompatible with the way energy operates inside this crystal. That's the greatest anomaly. True, the Burning Legion has invaded countless worlds, but the realms they destroyed were all civilizations of order created by the Titans. And not one world the Titans created using the fundamental powers