subject: Wow Guide About The Game Start Location Dun Morogh [print this page] When freak natural disasters began rocking much of Azeroth just prior to the Cataclysm, the dwarven lands were not spared from the calamitous upheavals. A series of violent quakes tore through areas surrounding Ironforge, reducing settlements to rubble and taking the lives of many innocent dwarves in the process. To glean answers as to the troubling state of the world, King Magni selflessly underwent a mystic ritual to commune with the earth. The archaic ceremony, however, had an unexpected effect: Magni was transformed into diamond and became fused to the depths of Ironforge itself.
In the power vacuum that followed, his estranged daughter, Moira, who had married into the much despised Dark Iron clan, briefly claimed Ironforge's throne and effectively locked down the city. If not for the intervention of King Varian Wrynn of Stormwind and his son, Prince Anduin, her brash actions might have sparked another civil war. With Varian's guidance, control of Ironforge has since been divided equally among the Bronzebeard, Wildhammer, and Dark Iron clans through the Council of Three Hammers. Yet as bitterness and prejudice fester among the clans, the council's ability to govern as one remains uncertain.
Encircled by asperous abundance peaks, the albino arena of Dun Morogh has been the cultural affection of Ironforge's dwarves for ages. Not continued ago, quakes alive abundant troggs from their cavern dwellings and collection the beastly creatures against the dwarven adjustment of Anvilmar in Coldridge Valley. The abrupt arrival of troggs aswell acquired the aboriginal Frostmane trolls to carelessness their accepted backing on Shimmer Ridge and appropriate aloft dwarf-occupied areas. Threatened on two fronts, Dun Morogh's mountaineers are advance thin. Without added aistance, the admired acreage of Dun Morogh ability anon abatement to the dwarves' atrocious foes.
Carved into the stone heart of Khaz Modan, the mighty city of Ironforge is a testament to the dwarves' strength and resilience. During the Second War between orcs and humans, many dwarven strongholds fell to the onslaught of the Horde, yet Ironforge was never breached. Now ruled over by the Council of Three Hammers, the city has entered into a tense and potentially violent era. Yet should the council rule with equality and justice, this new period in Ironforge's history might very well be its greatest.
Distinguished by their shaggy coats and maive horns, Barak Tor'ol mountain rams are simple yet proud animals whose fearlessness is matched only by that of their dwarven masters. What these good-natured animals lack in ferocity, they compensate with uncommon durability and strength. Recently, other types of rams have been discovered in the frigid continent of Northrend, yet the amicable species native to Dun Morogh and its surrounding regions is still preferred by Ironforge's dwarves.
Formed in the wake of King Magni's petrification, the Council of Three Hammers is composed of one representative from each of the three dwarven clans. Muradin Bronzebeard, Magni's younger brother and a veteran of the war against the Lich King, represents the Bronzebeards. Falstad Wildhammer, renowned gryphon rider and high thane of his clan, represents the Wildhammers. Moira Thaurissan, legal heir to the throne of Ironforge due to her lineage, represents the Dark Irons, the clan ruled by her late husband, Dagran. Despite their varying backgrounds and ideological differences, the three representatives have pledged to rule united for the good of Ironforge.
