This is what I found doing a google search (and then pulling out my manual to get a page number lol).
In the WCIII manual it says there are 5 Old Gods. Page 135
“The Pantheon shattered the Old Gods’ citadels and chained the five evil beings far beneath the surface of the world.”
I think that’s where they were first referenced, but not positive. And as someone else said they may have retconned them to 4 - or forgotten they had previously said there were five. Or maybe they do remember there were 5 and we just haven’t seen the 5th original one yet
Only the ore. And it still had a blue, shadowy quality about it. Besides look at all the things made from Saronite. e.g. current Orgrimmar, ICC. Black metal.
That’s true. There was also Garrosh’s weapon, Xal’atoh or whatever it was called, that behaved likewise. Gotta wonder if these are separate things, or the same thing.
Xal’atath IS an Old god, she was just imprisoned by the rest. Then Y’shaarj got taken out by Aman’thul causing the Well of Eternity and the remaining three were imprisoned instead of ripped out cause a Titan tearing anymore Old gods out would destroy and or irreversibly damage the planet’s structure.
Then the Titans messed around and made G’huun making 4.
g’huun is artificial old god created by titans to eat other old gods without destroying the planet. But it didn’t work, he would eat the rest of the world too
The unreliable narrator is a powerful tool I guess. I don’t know what to tell you buddy, and knowing blizzard they might say “well the lore only says 4 Old Gods landed on Azeroth” or some other horse-youknowwhat.
This game is nothing without old gods! And Ragnaros of course 