The crystal from which the original Ashbringer was created is likely related to the
naaru, and may in fact
be a naaru.
The naaru life cycle is one of reincarnation. Upon death, naaru are transformed into "corpses" of dark voids -- the opposite of a living naaru. They will persist in this state until they slowly regenerate their powers from
The Light over many years after which they will be resurrected into their living form again. The crystal shown by Highlord Mograine in
Old Hillsbrad demonstrates similar properties: a holy spell was cast on the dark crystal and it became a crystal of light. Furthermore, the crystal was described as a
living embodiment, suggesting that it was alive, or was a fragment of a living thing -- possibly a deceased naaru. The crystal's characteristics
do bear striking resemblance to the life cycle of a
naaru, so if the crystal is
not a deceased naaru, then it is almost definitely very closely associated with them.
Mograine also states that the crystal is from
Draenor. The naaru had not yet arrived on Draenor via
Tempest Keep before the Second War, leaving only a few naaru as the possible source of the crystal --
K'ure, who resides in
Oshu'gun, or the deceased naaru
D'ore, who was killed in Oshu'gun's crash upon Draenor centuries before, currently interred in
Auchindoun. D'ore himself tells the player:
"Without the void, the Light cannot exist."
Which are suspiciously similar to words used by Mograine:
"Can good exist without evil? Can there be light without dark?"[4]
Another similar theory is that the crystal is one of the
Ata'mal crystals, each of which grant the wielder a variety of powers. It should be noted, however, that all of the Ata'mal crystals are known to be spherical unlike the corrupted or "purified" Ashbringer crystal.
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