Ashbringer contradictions...   Not sure if this has been posted before, as I only recently entered the beta, but discussion with a friend made a few points pretty clear.   This is what's in vanilla WoW-   You go to Naxxramas and defeat the Four Horsemen, one of which is Highlord Alexandros Mograine, the original wielder of the Ashbringer. You loot the Corrupted Ashbringer.   The Corrupted Ashbringer whispers to whoever is holding it, revealing that the Renault Mograine boss from SM Cathedral betrayed his father [Alexandros]. You bring the Corrupted Ashbringer to SM Cath and it begins a scripted event. Friendly Alexandros Mograine shows up and messes up Renault.   High Inquisitor Fairbanks, the hidden boss in Cath, says that the Corrupted Ashbringer is beyond repair. He tells you to go to Outland and find the other son of Mograine to forge a new one.   At that point, we get Burning Crusade and nothing comes of it. There is no son of Mograine in Outland, and we get diddly squat.   --------   Now, all the sudden come WotLK, we have another son of Mograine named Darion in Ebon Hold with...the Corrupted Ashbringer? The final quest in the DK starting area sees him rapidly purified by the appearance of Alexandros' ghost. Then, he throws the Corrupted Ashbringer to Tirion where it is cleansed in a matter of seconds, and Tirion uses it to screw up Arthas.   Then, later on in Utgarde Keep, you get a quest ...