Recently I was leveling up my blood elf paladin (ftw topics) and on a mission I found this book that, inexplicably, gave me to read. This in-game book can be obtained from Warden Belamoore.
This article is based on things that can be read within the game and some speculation on my part. Be prepared, a long text entry is coming.
Kegan Darkmar, leader of a small band of the undead who came to see us seeking asylum to escape from his "brothers," challenges our usual attitudes towards his kind. His skin may be rotting or blood has not flowed through his veins for a long time, but he acts nobly, showing more concern for the safety of his compatriots than for his own.
In fact, I sense in him a humanity that, frankly, I sometimes miss in some humans I know.
But why do I say all this? I affirm this to give credibility to what I am going to write, since these were Kegan's words and it is my wish that, after reading this diary, my colleagues understand why I believe in them:Vestiges of ancient gods lie in the hollow depths of the world. Now, new forces are trying to use that ancient power, so those who succeed will have in their hands a terrible weapon to fight their enemies. "
Such were the words Kegan spoke as he extended his bloodstone pendant towards me, and there was fear, and perhaps reverence, in his eyes as he did so. When his hands joined mine, they remained motionless, as if refusing to hand over the pendant. I felt some disgust, but I don't remember if my rejection was due to the dead meat squeezing my hand or if it was the pendant that made me shudder.
But I can assure you that I felt a force inside him. A deep, hidden, thirsty force. Yearning to be released.
Although my companions in Dalaran took precautions by studying the bloodthirsty Kegan and his followers wore, rather than quarantining the four refugees and leaving the bloodthings with them, Kegan's sincerity forced me to study his pendant.
I wanted to communicate to my companions that this type of stone had magical properties, and if we, the dowsers of Dalaran, did not intend to harness the powers of the Sangritas, we should at least know their properties, because it was clear that our enemies would use them. against us sooner or later.And that's how I started my research.
I ran some tests, assuming that the bloodstone was a type of rock, like quartz or obsidian. So I carried out a series of procedures to determine the following: what minerals the sangrite contained, what forces acted to produce its color and hardness, as well as other properties common to rocks and minerals. But to my disappointment, the Sangrite pendant did not react to my tests as a regular mineral would.
In fact, he used to react in the opposite way than expected! It was as if the pendant was deliberately boycotting my experiments.As if it had a life and a mind of its own.
Annoyed but not discouraged, I dismissed the idea that the pendant was a piece of inert rock, the theory that it was a living being gaining strength.
But I was wrong again.
None of my tests revealed any information about the origin of the sangrita. This time, the only thing I knew for sure was that the sangrita was neither alive… nor dead.
The cut was not deep, however, a lot of blood spurted from the wound. Before putting on a bandage, much of my blood fell onto the worktable.
The blood that had been spilled near the bloodstone pendant was slowly moving towards the gem, as if it had a strange force of attraction. The blood that had come into contact with the pendant seemingly disappeared and the stone's purple hue increased as he drank from my blood.And when I cleaned it again, I noticed something very strange ...
But it was at that moment, on the verge of failure, that the greatest advance occurred. In my last test, I used a beaker whose rim was broken, leaving a small ragged hole at the top. At the end of the test, without any result, I went to clean the work table and cut myself on the glass.
After witnessing this phenomenon, my head began to spin, perhaps because of my recent injury (although I really did not believe it was the cause, since I had not lost so much blood) or perhaps because of my discovery, after countless attempts, of one of the properties of sangrita. Groping behind my back, I dragged my stool, sat down, and pondered for a while. Numerous questions circled my head, making me dizzy and threatening to throw me off balance.Does the sangrita drink blood? Are you thirsty for blood? Does it attract blood?
Or is the sangrita made of blood? And if so, whose blood is it? Mine? Or that of any human? That of some animal?Or perhaps this gem is the blood of something unknown, something Kegan feared and revered at the same time when he gave me his pendant.
This is the question that needs an answer. It's the key.
Besides blood, there are elemental forces fused in the stone. Fire, water, thunder and stone mix with blood (yes, but whose blood?) And while this mixture is inert on the outside, all these forces seem to collide with each other on the inside. This surprising and foreboding material raised new questions.
But to answer these questions, more studies and experiments were needed on the pendant and I am very much afraid that the Lordamere Reclusion Camp cannot get the manpower or equipment to carry out this task. So I sent the bloodstone pendant with a courier to Dalaran with specific instructions on what kind of tests needed to be performed to avoid my initial disappointments.
While I was waiting for the results of these tests, I started talking to Kegan. Although I constantly pressured him to reveal what he knew about bloodsuckers, he never told me anything other than what he told me the day he gave me the pendant. And he didn't usually talk about his time with the "Forsaken" group, the name by which he referred to his undead clan.
But Kegan was eager to talk about other things, particularly his childhood in Lordaeron, before his downfall.Keep loving that lost kingdom, even though it is now ruined and dead.
My growing affection for Kegan filled me with patience as I awaited my test results.
But after several weeks without hearing, my patience was exhausted, so after making several inquiries about Dalaran, I knew that the bloodstone had never reached its destination. My emissary had been lost on the way and the bloodstone pendant was lost with him!
This was serious news, because while Kegan and his followers still have specimens of bloodstone to experiment with, I fear the pendant may have fallen into the wrong hands.
I have sent another messenger to Dalaran and heard that they are still searching for the pendant in the ruins beyond our sphere of protection so far.I just hope it's not too late.
I'm sorry I made you read all this text, but there was no other way for you to understand it.
After reading it, it follows that the sangrita is made of blood. What blood? What is Saronite? Saronite is a mineral derived from the blood of Yogg-Saron, so we can deduce that Sangrita is the blood of another ancient god, the ancient God of Blood (Yogg was of death).
To corroborate all this, he also says that sangrita is composed of the four elements. What makes up Azeroth are four elements, and the life of the old gods is linked to Azeroth, so we can imagine that they are related to them.
Also ... Who were the lieutenants of the ancient gods? Bingo! The Elemental Lords. There is another NPC (whose conversation I will not put you, but it would be interesting if you read) in Silithus that tells us about the war of the elements and the corruption of which they are victims on the part of the Old Gods: High Lord Demitrian.
And on, there are more missions that corroborate all this in the Highlands of Arathi: the chain of freeing Princess Myzrael, trapped by a giant rock elemental (more elementals). To complete the mission we will also have to reach a NPC, a Twilight deserter, who is also located in Silithus (C'thun) and in Darkshore (the great God pierced with a gigantic sword), who tells us that Myzrael is actually an evil being, and when we release her she appears with the Auriaya skin, ergo she is a creation of the Titans. And Yogg-Saron's jailers were corrupt too!
In other article about the Ancient Gods that we published in GuíasWoW one was said to be in Tirisfal Glades, which I doubt. The Ancient God is found in the Arathi Highlands, but his power is great enough to be able to whisper to areas with a similar distance (let's see Yogg-Saron and the Whisper Black Throat).
This article also affirmed of the existence of an Old God in Karazhan, and in Karazhan at the moment the Burning Legion is located, to the control of Malchezaar. It is also indicated that sangrita is used in demonic rituals, so ... can we affirm of an alliance between the Old Gods and the Burning Legion? Or are the Old Gods part of the Burning Legion?
So far what I have discovered, if I take something else I will let you know