Something I'm interested in is any possible follow-ups to the quest Pure Evil in Zul'Drak (where the various members of the Argent Crusade attempt to study a chunk of Saronite).

Quest:Pure Evil - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft

The message the quest seems to get across is that Saronite is nearly indestructible, at least by conventional methods. The Ashbringer was redeemed through the power of the light, both as raw materials before it was forged, and again at Light's Hope. Saronite on the other hand reacted violently when an attempt to use the Light on it was made.

Is this a property unique to Saronite, or is it common among the all things related to Old Gods/Yogg? Where salvation from the Scourge and the Lich King seem to be somewhat of a regular occurrence, to date I don't believe there has been a quest where anyone suffering from corruption by an Old God has been saved. I'm not so sure Thorim can be redeemed if he' been corrupted.

Moreover, I'm not so sure about the confict between Arthas and Yogg, if you can call it that. It's noted in a quest that mention of Yogg-Saron among the scourge causes unrest, but for all of Arthas's exploitation of Saronite and general abuse, Yogg and his followers seem largely unconcerned with him. Loken and the Iron Dwarves ignore the Scourge completely (or at least there are no encounters between them), for instance. I don't think Arthas has any real power over Yogg. The relationship between the Scourge and Yogg seems mostly like the former are a rodent infestation of some sort.

It's quite interesting, now that you mention it.

While undeath and generally the Scourge are some twisted manipulations of life and can be combated with forces of the Light, the old god corruption are an offense to nature, and can be removed with primal, natural energies? That would actually add some background to the already existing druid - Old God feud, and it would actually hint that you would need Ysera's help before we tackle Yogg'saron. Like I said, quite interesting, and this can very well lead to a lot of possibilities.

I am wondering, why noone yet suggested that maybe Loken himself might be the endboss of Ulduar?
OK not the feeble Version you kill in Halls of lightning, but the new, improved, buffed-by-yogg-saron-version.

For me that's much more likely than Thorim. He'll surely be there, and i find the idea of teh four watchers quite compelling, but I don't see Thorim as endboss.

Eranikus was something I completely forgot about. However, as far as nature vs. Old Gods goes, there's still this to consider during the Pure Evil quest:

Perhaps it's just because it's Saronite (the blood or Yogg-Saron, was it?) and hence extra evil.

Something I wonder about is why Yogg doesn't seem to exert any power over Arthas's minions despite such things as ghouls being constructed with shards of Saronite in them and whatnot.

This is very very unlikely, for the simple reason that you kill Loken in Halls of Lightning! Blizzard have never put the same boss in two different dungeons without it being explicitly signalled that the boss is not really dead (Kel'thuzad's phylactery, Kael'thas's Verdant Sphere).

Baron Rivendare begs to differ. You even collect his head for a quest. I don't think Blizzard objects to reconning things where they feel its appropriate.

Perhaps Yogg-Saron affects the Scourge because he could be a pure embodiment of chaos itself? In other fantasies (lovecraft comes to mind) there can be a difference with absolute chaos and just being evil. If chaos cannot/does not destroy something, it usually corrupts or drives something insane.

We don't know what the mindset of a Old God is. I don't see why it has to be <stereotypical evil NPC goals>.

And the peanut gallery keeps growing ever larger, it seems. Issue 18, though? The last I heard of it was issue 14 with Varian Wrynn #1 and #2 combining their powers to form Captain Planet.

We can assume the first priority is "Keep myself alive" if things capable of killing it arrive, followed by "Get rid of anything that can kill me".

Far too much stock is placed in the 'explanation' of "We couldn't possibly understand their thoughts", which is -- as far as I care as a writer and reader -- just an excuse not to have to think about character motives at best, and proof of bad writing at worst.

At the end of the story, sure. You can't really try to humanize (and thus devalue) something that's supposed to be beyond our (read: our character's) understand by pointing out its lack of visible motive. Not to be RP, but the story is interpreted through our characters. If we (as characters in WoW) aren't able to comprehend whatever that is going on, then we won't.

The story isn't over. If after killing/defeating/whatevering Arthas someone decides to point out "Oh hey what about Yogg-Saron," then we can have contempt towards the character/purpose/whatever of a chaotic entity in the story.

Calling it #18 based on thread here WoW # 18 - Garona's Affiliation - Scrolls of Lore Forums (lore central)

I don't suppose any of you know of a place to read about the comic books without actually read the comic books. Not that I have issues spending money on that stuff; I just outright hate the format and it makes my eyes hurt.