In the chronicle, the Three Hammers incident goes like this:
The dwarf king Magni Bronzebeard accidentally came into contact with the artifact sent back from Ulduar. His whole body turned into crystal, and his life and death are unknown. Princess Moira, the only legal heir, defected to the Dark Iron clan a long time ago and now leads the crowd back to Ironforge;
The Dark Iron dwarves had been expelled from Ironforge for many years, causing tension. Anduin, the crown prince of Stormwind City who was visiting here, was stranded. In order to save his son, King Varian of Stormwind City personally led his army into Ironforge through the subway, captured Princess Moira, and wanted to behead her in public.
At this time, Prince Anduin stood up to persuade, saying that he was not imprisoned and that everything was a misunderstanding. In the end, Moira agreed to give up her inheritance rights and established the Three Hammers Council, which was jointly governed by the three tribes of dwarves. Peace returned to Ironforge, and everyone was happy.
From all aspects, this record is full of fairy tale beauty suitable for young children;
Excluding the fantasy background of the incident, Stormwind City directly sent troops to raid the capital of a sovereign country simply because it suspected that the crown prince was imprisoned, without making a magic phone call, sending an envoy to inquire, or informing the other party. And after the prince's safety has been confirmed, the legal heir to the throne of the country will be executed in public. In the end, the misunderstanding was resolved. Instead of apologizing for its illegal actions, the army continued to stay without legitimate reasons to supervise the "voluntary" relinquishment of other crown princes' rights to the throne and the establishment of a condominium council.
This is not Stormwind City. If you don’t know, you might think it’s a fantasy military force. No matter how you look at it, rescuing the prince is a weak excuse, similar to washing powder. The Condominium Council under the supervision of Stormwind City also has the meaning that although the Ironforge dwarves have lost a lot, they have gained freedom.
The real purpose of the Kingdom of Stormwind's interference in Khaz Modan's internal affairs was to maintain the security of the supply line of mineral raw materials and ensure that the country's political power was still in its hands, and it did so. The fairy tales included in the chronicle are probably the events that were officially announced by humans afterwards, which probably means "Believe it or not, this is what happened anyway."
When I borrowed the collector's edition of "Borrowing Stars for Eternity" by Skaar before, Oster left the latest volume behind without finishing it. I remember it was about the dwarves.
After flipping it out, I found that, sure enough, this volume tells the true story and historical origins of the Khaz Modan miners' uprising. At present, relevant events are still continuing to ferment, such as:
King Magni Bronzebeard is still lying in a crystal coffin, using crystallized magic costing hundreds of thousands of gold to stay alive every day; the Stormwind Intervention Army is stationed outside Ironforge, and the Three Hammers are fighting in various parts of the kingdom; Princess Ella was illegally transferred to Stormwind City Prison, and the Miners' Union was trying their best to rescue her.
Subsequent chapters have not yet been published, and the ending is uncertain. Because this event happened just over a year ago, in the 28th year of Star Gate. The volume is titled "Black Blood".
It opens with a chapter on terminology, which clarifies the origin of the title of the volume and the origin of the event;
[Source Mine is a dark, viscous liquid that is volatile and has a pungent smell. It is buried deep between the hardest rock formations, and the mining conditions are extremely harsh. It is highly radioactive and cursed for life. Legend has it that it is the corpse of an ancient god who died hundreds of millions of years ago. Containing a large amount of source energy, it is known as the blood of the magic industry, also known as black blood.
Completely different from traditional minerals such as gold, silver, copper, iron, kerosene, etc., source ore does not need to be smelted or processed for purification. It is itself the basic raw material for casting magic. After simple drying and grinding, magic powder with various properties can be made.
Every qualified mage cannot do without magic powder from birth to death, from waking up to sleeping; or the source energy contained in it is also called magic power. In this world, as long as there is sufficient supply of magic, magic can build anything, generate any energy, heal any injury, and do anything.
In the northern countries and the industrial areas around Stormwind City, mage workers work day and night to convert source energy into various magical industrial products. Due to the toxic waste gas emitted and the high price of land around the Magic Network, the buildings stretched upward until they towered into the clouds; therefore, these factory chimneys built by the Magister Guild were called "Mage Towers".
By the way, the so-called magister is a profession that has emerged in the human world in the past twenty years. It refers to people who establish and operate magic guilds and hire and guide low-level mage apprentices to engage in magical work. A magister is not necessarily a high-level magician, and may not even be able to use magic.
In the Kingdom of Stormwind, the mining tunnels and subways extending in all directions transport the source ore mined from each mining area to the industrial area, where it is cast and produced by the mage tower, and then the various products produced are shipped out of the port and distributed to various places and overseas. The operation of the entire country is supported by the labor of miners who mine source energy and mage workers who process source energy.
In short, the source energy contained in the source mine is the energy source for all spellcasting behaviors in this era. Across the entire alliance, source ore is the most important commodity. Since Stormwind City signed a decree decoupling the Kirin Tor financial system, the country's gold and silver coins have since been reduced to a type of coin. Banknotes are no longer freely exchangeable for mithril but are bound to source mines.
Under Khaz Modan and the Redridge Mountains to the east, there are the richest and most easily exploitable black mineral veins in the entire eastern continent. Without the source ore and magic powder supplied here, Alvin's mage tower would not be able to operate for even a day.
This story begins in this vast mountain range covered with snow all year round...]
Auster has always had a question: In a world where magic exists, everyone can learn it, and can replace most industries, as long as the people here have no problem with their brains, how can such a convenient technology be used only for magic? Is it used for mages to come and go, or is it hidden in a high tower in the mountains to isolate themselves from the world?
Now it seems that he was right, and people from other worlds have thought of it a long time ago; in the real World of Warcraft, magic has already entered the stage of comprehensive systemization and industrialization.
In fact, since traveling through time, Auster has seen many magical industrial products in this world. Such as various spell scrolls, runes, magic books, newspapers, magic pets, portable lighting, fire making, food and accommodation, teleportation equipment, etc., as well as machines driven by magic power, harvesting puppets, trains, airships, steam tanks, etc.;
Most of these things have unified models, characteristics and standards, and the prices of civilian products are unimaginably low, and some are even labeled with trademarks and factory certificates. It is obviously impossible to come from a small handicraft workshop and is a product of collectivized large-scale industry.
From this point of view, the factories in this world have simply changed workers into low-level mage apprentices, assembly lines into rune diagrams, hammers and wrenches into staff crystals, and screw-driving into chanting and casting spells.
Imagine that a lot of mages wearing pointed hats, robes and white beards gathered together and were scolded by the goblin foreman after chanting incantations for a whole day in front of the flowing water circle; saying that so and so did not finish this month Performance, deducting the magic powder of the month, etc. It must be a very touching scene.
In addition, when it comes to source energy, Titan's butt will definitely not be clean. After all, they are the ones who brought this technology.
Auster had learned from multiple channels before that, completely different from what was recorded in the chronicles, the so-called Titan creations, including humans, are all native races that were biochemically modified by Titans. Their original ethnic groups and history have been destroyed. Completely erased. The purpose of the Titans is not so much to spread order and civilization, but to create brainless and obedient slaves and mine energy resources on their behalf;
And what the church promotes is that the steel and rock beings created by Titans have degenerated into the various races of the Alliance due to the curse of flesh and blood. This statement of forcibly recognizing their father and lowering their identity is so far-fetched and ridiculous that the author of Ji Xing Eternal can scold it. There is no ambiguity at all, which is highly appreciated by Auster. Next, there is a long background story that reveals the false history of Titan.
