History Characters / WarcraftTheAllianceIronforge

* TheChessmaster: ''The Chronicles: Volume 3'' reveals that Moira is the reason that Nefarian and Ragnaros were defeated. She heard from her late husband how he wanted to see the Dark Irons freed from the Firelord or any other threat in Blackrock Mountain and so she worked in secret to spread the word far and wide about the Fire Lord and the black dragon, the dangers they represent, and the rare treasures they were guarding. Even before the Alliance or Horde could make a proper effort against the threats when word reached them, brave [=and/or=] greedy adventurers overcame both Ragnaros and Nefarian, freeing Blackrock Mountain for Moira and her people.

* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Has a son by Dagran Thaurissan.

* DropTheHammer: Hammers have been the symbol of the dwarves since they were Titan-forged Earthen. From forging to fighting, a dwarf will always feel more comfortable with a hammer in hand.

* DropTheHammer: Wields two different hammers, one in each hand.

* DropTheHammer: His main hand weapon is a pretty big one-handed hammer.

* DropTheHammer: Wields the signature stormhammer of the Wildhammer Clan.

* DropTheHammer: Wields the signature stormhammer of the Wildhammer Clan.

* DropTheHammer: He wields the hammer, Ironfoe, later wielded by adventurers and Thaelin.

* DropTheHammer: In ''Battle For Azeroth'' he wields the famous hammer Ironfoe.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: As one can see from the image above, official Blizz art of Moira (when she was portrayed as somewhat less friendly than your average Old God) was...[[{{Gonk}} not exactly easy on the eyes.]] Three expansions and several [[TookALevelInKindness levels in kindness and competence]] later she seems to have become about as attractive as a dwarf can be as shown in [[http://content.madefire.com/s-298c57876fb74447975e5e942695ddcb/index.html# this]] pre-legion comic. (Though to be fair, she's making a really weird face in the above picture, biting her lip and glaring at the viewer while scowling)

* MyGreatestFailure: Being unable of stopping Arthas from touching and being cursed by Frostmourne is this to him.

[[folder:Magni Bronzebeard]]
!!King Magni Bronzebeard

!!Muradin Bronzebeard

!!Brann Bronzebeard

!!Moira Thaurissan

* StockholmSyndrome: Falls in love with Dagran Thaurissan after being abducted, believing he respected her in ways her father did not.

!!Thargas Anvilmar

* RoyalBlood: Subverted; he has the blood and lineage of the old High King of the dwarves, but it is never factored into the reunification of the clans.

!!Twinbraid

!!Falstad Wildhammer

!!Kurdran Wildhammer

!!Wildhammer Fact Checker

[[folder:Dagran Thaurissan]]
!!Emperor Dagran Thaurissan

!!Thaelin Darkanvil

* DemolitionsExpert: Thaelins’ initial task during the Attack on the Dark Portal and the push into Draenor was to blow enemy fortifications to smithereens.

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] [[Characters/WarcraftJainaProudmoore (Jaina Proudmoore)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - '''Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)''' - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\
'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheHorde The Horde]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOrgrimmar Orgrimmar (Orcs)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeDarkspearTribe The Darkspear Tribe (Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeThunderBluff Thunder Bluff (Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeTheForsaken The Forsaken (Undead)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeQuelThalas Quel'Thalas (Blood Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeBilgewaterCartel Bilgewater Cartel (Goblins)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordePandaren Huojin (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeHighmountain Thunder Totem (Highmountain Tauren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeSuramar Suramar (Nightborne)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeZandalariEmpire Zandalari Empire (Zandalar Trolls)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeVoldunai Voldunai (Vulpera)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOther Other (non-playable races)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] [[Characters/WarcraftArthasMenethil (Arthas Menethil)]]| [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]] | \\

'''[[Characters/WarcraftTheAlliance The Alliance]]:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceStormwind Stormwind (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceLordaeron Lordaeron (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGilneas Gilneas (Humans/Worgen)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceKulTiras Kul Tiras (Humans)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceHumanKingdoms Other Human Kingdoms]] - '''Ironforge (Dwarven Clans)''' - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceGnomeregan Gnomeregan (Gnomes)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceQuelThalas Quel'Thalas/Telogrus Rift (High Elves and Void Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceDarnassus Darnassus (Night Elves)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceExodar The Exodar (Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceTushui Tushui (Pandaren)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceVindicaar Vindicaar (Lightforged Draenei)]] - [[Characters/WarcraftTheAllianceMechagon Mechagon (Mechagnomes)]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\
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* ArchEnemy: The Dark Iron dwarves have been this both to the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer dwarves for centuries after the Dark Irons attacked both of their cousin clans in revenge for their defeat in the original War of the Three Hammers and their enslavement at the hands of Ragnaros that they blamed their cousins for. It is only after the defeat of Ragnaros, Moira's return to Ironforge and the formation of the Council of Three Hammers that the three clans have started a processus of reconciliation. Otherwise the Frostmane Trolls and Dragonmaw Clan are this to the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer clans respectively. The Dark Iron clan also has a bitter feud with the Blackrock Orcs due to years of fighting for control of Blackrock Mountain.

* TheBlacksmith: Like most other modern depictions of Dwarves they are very good and famous metalsmiths, especially the Bronzebeard and Dark Irons who often smith extremely hard metals and produce weapons and armors of exceptionnal quality. Many of the UltimateBlacksmith in Azeroth are dwarves.

* CivilWar: 430 years before the First War a war called the War of the Three Hammers errupted between the three main dwarven clans over who should rule Ironforge after the death of king Modimus Anvilmar and years of tensions. The war ended with the Bronzebeard victory and expellation of the Wildhammer and Dark Irons. Years after the Dark Iron dwarves attacked both of the other dwarven clans in revenge for their defeat but their assaults on Ironforge and Grim Batol failed and led the Bronzebeard and Wildhammers to set their differences aside to beat the Dark Irons for good. Emperor Thaurissan's ill-fated attempt to get the power to beat his foes accidently released Ragnaros who proceeded in enslaving the Dark Irons and scarred the other dwarves from adventuring in the newly created Blackrock Mountains thus ending the war.

** While they were enemies during the first phase of the War of the Three Hammers the Bronzebeard and Wildhammer Dwarves overcame their differences after both clans were attacked by the vengeful Dark Iron Dwarves and united their forces to end Thaurissan's threat. While the Wildhammers refused to rejoin the kindgom of Ironforge after they never had any conflict with the Bronzebeards ever since.

* ImproperlyParanoid: Dark Iron Dwarves generally distrust food and drinks offered by strangers and prefer to bring their own as poisonnings are recurrent in their society, even when they are invited to reunions and feasts by other Alliance races which have no ill-will toward them and do not share their scheming and in-fighting tendencies.

* UndyingLoyalty: The dwarves of Ironforge are very loyal to those who helped them and fought by their side in the past. After meeting and befriending the Gnomes and Humans the dwarves became strong and reliable allies to them, in particular to the Gnomes that they consider to be their cousins and helped them after the loss of Gnomeregan. After the Alliance of Lordaeron saved Ironforge from the Horde Magni Bronzebeard, in great contrast to the ungrateful Anasterian Sunstrider, stated that the dwarves owed the Alliance a debt that could never be repaid and faithfully continued to support it. This is this action that saved the Alliance from crumbling apart after the High Elves, Gineas ans Stromgarde's departures.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She almost comes across as AffablyEvil, but Anduin realizes that much of her politeness toward him is a facade to hide her bitterness. Much of this stemmed from beleiving no one ever appreciated her growing up, especially her warrior king father. It isn't until ''much'' and quite a few doses of CharacterDevelopment later she finally drops the bitchy attitude.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Pre CharacterDevelopment, Moira played ''very'' fast and loose with everyone's paitence, knowing they couldn't just kill her given she was a legit heir to Ironforge, so she was quick to push and shove as she liked. However, holding Anduin hostage, the son of a hair-trigger tempered King, almost ended up ''deadly'' for her if not for Anduin's intervention. Needless to say, after being dragged out of her beg and nearly ''gutted'' by Varian, Moira was taken down a few pegs and realized she wasn't as untoucable as she liked to believe.

* MoralMyopia: In his journal he claims that crushing the Horde could save a pandaren from knowing the pain of outliving their child. He himself likely caused that pain to the tauren of the Stonespire tribe when the Bael'dun expedition killed them and drove them off their land. When Bael'dun Keep is destroyed and his son Marley is killed in the explosion, he declares that ItsPersonal and never connects the Bael'dun expedition's actions to the Horde's retatliation.

Former High Thane of the Wildhammer clan, Kurdran joined the Alliance Expedition to Outland and was thought to have died. He turns out to have survived and returns to Azeroth in ''Cataclysm'', helping to unite the independant Wildhammer clans of the Twilight Highlands.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Danath Trollbane who is his closest friend and with who he has fought together many times during the Second War and invasion of Draenor. When Kurdran was injured and captured by the orcs Danath made it his personnal mission to rescue him.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: She almost comes across as AffablyEvil, but Anduin realizes that much of her politeness toward him is a facade to hide her bitterness.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: King of Ironforge, and can easily tear you a new one if you challenge him in combat.

* ArtEvolution / BeautyEqualsGoodness: As one can see from the image above, official Blizz art of Moira (when she was portrayed as somewhat less friendly than your average Old God) was...[[{{Gonk}} not exactly easy on the eyes.]] Three expansions and several [[TookALevelInKindness levels in kindness and competence]] later she seems to have become about as attractive as a dwarf can be as shown in [[http://content.madefire.com/s-298c57876fb74447975e5e942695ddcb/index.html# this]] pre-legion comic. (Though to be fair, she's making a really weird face in the above picture, biting her lip and glaring at the viewer while scowling)

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The General is the highest-ranked NPC in Bael'dun in Classic and the toughest one. As High Marshal and leader of the Alliance forces fighting the Horde in Krasarang Wilds he originally required a raid group to kill him.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftDracthyr Dracthyr]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasWindrunner (Sylvanas Windrunner)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: As Yorg Stormheart he was made leader of the Frostborn Dwarves because of his ability to kick ass--giant, rock-eating, acid-spewing worm ass.

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[[caption-width-right:268:As seen in ''[[Franchise/IndianaJones Brann Bronzebeard and the Watcher of Ulduar]]'']]
->''"Inquiring minds just got to know!"''

The youngest of the Bronzebeard brothers, he lives a life of adventure, exploring the world and chronicling his journeys. Although mentioned in various parts of Warcraft lore, he did not make his first appearance until Wrath of the Lich King.

* PromotedToPlayable: Dark Iron dwarves became playable in 2018 with ''Battle for Azeroth'', 14 years after the original ''World of Warcraft'' introduced them.

* AnAxeToGrind: Just like most depictions of dwarves, axes is the weapon that is used the most by dwarves alongside hammers.

* AnAxeToGrind: Wields an axe in his left hand.

'''Other factions:''' [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeOldHorde The Old Horde/Iron Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheScourge The Scourge]] | [[Characters/WarcraftSylvanasAndFollowers Sylvanas and her followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftKnightsOfTheEbonBlade Knights of the Ebon Blade]] | [[Characters/WarcraftIllidanAndFollowers Illidan and his followers]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheHordeGarroshsHorde Garrosh's Horde]] | [[Characters/WarcraftPandaria Pandaria]] | [[Characters/WarcraftOthers Other mortals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheOldGods The Void (The Old Gods)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheLight The Light]] | [[Characters/WarcraftEternals Eternals]] | [[Characters/WarcraftShadowlands Shadowlands (Death)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTitans The Titans (Arcane)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheBurningLegion The Burning Legion (Fel)]] | [[Characters/WarcraftTheDragonflights The Dragonflights]] | [[Characters/WarcraftWildGods Wild Gods]]\\

* NiceHat: He is also shown wearing that hat.

A Dwarven general of the Alliance who represents Ironforge. Later gets promoted to High Marshal in Pandaria.

* AscendedExtra: Starts out as a minor NPC in Classic before getting a bigger role in ''Cataclysm'' and ''Mists of Pandaria''.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a beard like most dwarves. And he happens to be a genocidal supremacist who gets his kicks from killing civilians.
* EvilColonialist: He and his troops loot and pillage Tauren lands.
* FantasticRacism: Towards the Horde races but mostly Taurens and Goblins whom he dismisses as animals and insects.
* GeneralRipper: As a general, he led his troops to massacre the Stonespire village and firebomb Taurajo.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Claims crushing the Horde will save innocent lives. This comes from a Dwarf who built his military career on killing Tauren and Goblin civilians.
* KickTheDog:
** Sends Wildhammer mercenaries to firebomb Taurajo
** Sending Alliance players to kill Goblin civilians because they were easy targets.
* KilledOffForReal: Gets killed by Horde players in ''Mists of Pandaria''.

* LackOfEmpathy: Has no remorse or guilt for his crimes and how it affected his victims.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He looted and pillaged Tauren lands, massacred Stonespire village, and firebomb Taurajo. His fortress gets destroyed and his son gets killed. Twinbraid then sends Alliance players to kill Goblin civilians. Come ''Mists of Pandaria'', he gets killed by Horde players.
* NeverMyFault: Choses to blame other people rather than take responsibility for his faults and crimes. When his fortress gets destroyed and his son gets killed, Twinbraid acts like he did nothing wrong and says the Horde has made it personal instead of realizing how his crimes lead to this.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: He’s a supremacist and derides Taurens and Goblins as animals and insects.

!Wildhammer Clan

[[folder:Falstad Wildhammer]]
!!Falstad Wildhammer

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* BadassBeard: All male dwarves have beards.