Saronite and You?

[Rigley]

We have several approved living DKs on the server...

I don't mean that they can't happen. Just that they -should- be in the minority, not 'a good amount of them', as it was described.

[Roxas65]

Roxxas, I didn't know the last part. So, would all Undead be immune?

To link back to the beginning, if a letter was written with a Saronite pencil, would the mortal who receives the letter become insane if you coloured in the edges. So that when they unfolded it they touched the Saronite, that is.

I think you could make such an implement safely. Always using gloves and avoiding physical contact would prevent ill effects, would they not? I think arrows/bullets would be a brilliant use. Even if the blow isn't fatal, you make the foe insane, and finish them off later. Perfect.

This is taken straight from Wowwiki.

"It is likely that since the Lich King is so powerful, and his undead minions have no will of their own to speak of, they would be resistant to the evil of Yogg-Saron."

I guess the fact that Knights of the Ebon blade don't get affected by it is a typical "Blizz ****ing their own lore" thing. Forsaken still feel the effects of saronite because they have wills of their own, so why would Death Knights be immune to it? From what I've heard, Blizz hasn't explained and probably never will. Probably the convenience of being able to have DK's in Saronite gear.


EDIT: @Rigley. A lot of people were taken against their will to become living DKs as well. Actually, a lot of DKs were alive at first, but most of them died some time in the service of the Lich King. Since The Lich King would not allow his DKs to die, they were rezzed by Val'kyrs, which then makes them undead. With other words, a lot of DKs were alive but perished under The Lich King's control and became undead. This means that a living DK must have survived the ritual and then survived battle up until gaining their freedom, which is quite the feat.

And there are several reasons as to why one of those DKs would stay with The Ebon Blade. The Batle of Light's Hope Chapel did, for example, show just how expendable The Lich King think his soldiers are. Tell me, would -you- fight for somebody you know could sell you out at any given time? My bet is no.

[Aphetoros]

I'd rather there be an 'it doesn't work on the undead' fanon.

It'd be much simpler...

[Roxas65]

I'd rather there be an 'it doesn't work on the undead' fanon.

It'd be much simpler...

Why? Living DKs don't get any effects from Saronite either, so it's not that they are undead that gives them immunity, it's something else. Something that, let's say, forsaken do not have.

[Aphetoros]

Doesn't make sense to me, what could they possibly have to protect them from saronite? Unless somehow the Lich King's consciousness protected them, even though that would be silly imo.

[Roxas65]

Blizzard lore. You'd go as crazy from trying to make sense of it as handling with saronite. See what I did there?

[SpiralLateralus]

Really, I don't think Blizzard really cares that much about lore though. Their games are mainly about gameplay, which is why Starcraft 2 had a pretty simple story, and why Diablo's story has always been mostly non-existent (it's just angels/good guys vs demons).

The first 2 warcrafts hardly had a story, and warcraft 3 had one because WoW was on the drawing board since at least 1999. And because the first Starcraft had a story.

Also, merchandising, merchandising, merchandising! http://www.wowpedia.org/Warcraft_movie

[Bovel]

I believe you overcomplicate things.
Now I have worked my way through all quests regarding saronite and done all I could in-game and this is what I have found:

• Saronite does not cause death, some have gone so insane that they sacrifice their life for the "Master", but it doesn't kill directly.
• Saronite breathes and these vapours seem most dangerous and it also seem to come in liquid form.
• It affects the mind and the senses.
• Those mining saronite have been those affected worse by the insanity.
• Death Knights are given armour while under Lich King's power and are at the time therefor will-less.
• The cure is easy, just stay away from the vapours.
• Saronite convey the whipsers of Yogg-Saron so now when he is dead, is it still dangerous to wear? Most likely since Ashen Verdict and Icecrown events happen after the old gods claimed death.

So to give you my view on your questions;
1. Instantly though it may vary cause of stength of will and knowledge of this maddening property. (Knowing that it will put false whisper in your head and that it from an evil power will make them easier to handle and resist.)
2. I am of the belief that the person making the pen most likely will be worse off than anyone using it.
3. Nothing to confirm it ever will.

[Aphetoros]

Everything about the above is probably true, except that Yogg-saron isn't dead, so the insanity still happens.

[FlyingSquirrel]

Also, about the difference between DKs and Forsaken, it could merely be the runic magic pumping through the DKs.

[hiddengecko]

Also, about the difference between DKs and Forsaken, it could merely be the runic magic pumping through the DKs.

This is always what I thought. Death Knights (living and dead) and the Undead seem to have a supernatural or unnatural resistance to most types of mental effects.

[Spiralin]

Okay! So my next question,

What's purified Saronite, and how's it formed? If light supposedly bounces off of it, what purifies it?

[Aphetoros]

We don't know anything about it, I believe. Light bounces from all Saronite, we don't know how the Ashen Verdict creates it. Its basically saronite without the insanity effect and its insanely rare.

[Bovel]

What's purified Saronite, and how's it formed? If light supposedly bounces off of it, what purifies it?

Pimordial Saronite