Gloomy, sullen and hanging over the abyss in which the Yakorouda Lakes are huddled. If one looks from various angles, the multifaceted peaks are prominent features in enticing the most diverse of moods. The old name of the mountain giant was signified by the following national interpretation:
A tsar from the long forgotten past retreated into the mountain gorge of the Belli Iskur following an intense but unsuccessful war against a powerful invader. The royal blacksmith (kovach) not only looked after the palace livestock but also the treasury because of the great trust the tsar placed in him. He worried that the livestock had an abundance of food while the people were already going short. Emaciated through cold and hunger, the tsar's troops had fallen on all sides and were broken. So that the royal treasury would not fall into enemy hands, the blacksmith had hidden it in a crag among the high peaks from which the tsar watched the unequal battle. When he and the tsar were fully convinced that the tsar's army had been completely crushed, the tsar and blacksmith mounted their best horses and managed to save themselves. But where did they go?
The legend does not answer this question since there is no indication as to who this unhappy tsar may have been. Accordingly, the high and craggy peak was named Nalbant (the blacksmith). Today, it has been re-christened Kovach.