6/12/2005
One of Hogit’s goals has been to work with Dark Iron and he finally got that chance. With another Blackrock Depths group he fought his way to the Black Forge: through the Manufactory, passed the Grim Guzzler bar, next into the Chamber of Enchantment with Ambassador Flamelash, followed by Panzor the Invincible a rare spawn in the Mold Foundry, then into the Summoner’s Tomb waking the Seven Ghosts, and finally to the Black Forge. The Black Forge is at the end of a winding path that leads over a lake of lava. Twenty-six bars of Dark Iron were smelted and the group backtracked to the Black Anvil.
The Black Anvil is center in Blackrock Depths and guarded by Lord Incendius. Pairs of fire elementals line the hall to the anvil, which sits on a raised platform surrounded by molten lava. Incendius has a few knock backs but other then that is simply a single pull encounter. When he fell the group gathered around the anvil. I drew my smithing hammer and struck my first Dark Iron Plate piece.