The Blade's Edge Mountains had not always looked the way they did now, and those sharp stone spires towering into the clouds and twisted rocks had clearly not formed naturally.
It was said that Deathwing had brought the surviving black dragons to Draenor in search of a new stronghold. They had finally chosen the Blade's Edge Mountains, only to earn the hostility of the region's overlord. At Gruul's command, the mighty gronn had poured out in force and slaughtered the black dragons trying to occupy the mountains.
The gronn were not to be underestimated. These enormous beasts were said to be kings of the land born from the bloodline of the Magnaron, the primordial stone giants of Draenor World. Not only did they possess boundless strength, they also had the power to manipulate the earth. These savage creatures were said to have received Draenor World's blessing: as long as they stood upon the earth, they would never die.
The war between the black dragons and the gronn had ultimately ended in a costly victory for the gronn.
Even the mightiest of them, Deathwing, had failed to gain an absolute advantage in his battle against Gruul, the Gronn King. Gruul also possessed Draenor World's earthen power, though it had not been bestowed by the Titans. Although he could not defeat Deathwing, Deathwing had no way to kill him outright either. After the black dragons under his command suffered heavy casualties, Deathwing voluntarily abandoned his ambitions for the Blade's Edge Mountains, though he still forcibly occupied part of the region.
Gruul had chosen to tacitly accept this. His Sons of Gruul had also suffered heavy casualties, and neither side had the strength to continue fighting.
The strangely twisted rocks and stone spires in the present-day Blade's Edge Mountains were said to have