how does that disprove him destroying it in wc3?...  yeah they threw it back into the plot cuz they thought it would be a good item...  can't believe you guys are bitching about this minor plothole when there are gaping casms all about.  Blizz oxymoronizes their stories constantly... what you get for having random people write for you.  take it loosely or not at all.  I prefer the latter and just play the game.