The Pit of Saron and Other Northrend Locations

Returning to the Pit of Saron after many years, I was amused to discover (or maybe rediscover) that there is actually a location within the instance with that name… an actual pit… and t…

The Ancient Gaming Noob
@wilhelm_arcturus
The Pit of Saron is where the scourge is enslaving people to dig up big blobs of Saronite. It is used as an ore to craft things, but it isn't a naturally occurring metal... it's the blood of the old god Yogg-Saron (final boss in Ulduar). There's a questline in Howling Fjord where you encounter Dwarves that have been driven mad by mining the ore, and when you carry samples around they whisper to you. Spooky.