According to the jailer's records, Moira, who was imprisoned since then, remained silent while listening to the traitors and enemies discussing and deciding their fate outside the bars, and when facing the envoys sent by the royal family and Stormwind City to persuade them to surrender. Extremely calm and calm.
The author of Eternal Stars speculates that the former princess and current union leader, who is in her fifties, must be thinking back to that distant afternoon when she first met her lover Daglan Thaurissan many years ago.
That was around Stargate 4, during World War II. At that time, the Orc Uprising that swept across the Eastern Continent destroyed half of the Alliance countries. These alien slave rebels not only severely damaged the old order, but also spread the mortal spellcasting system and magical engineering technology of the Burning Legion, as well as the ideas of freedom and equality. ;
The Dark Iron dwarves took the opportunity to unite with the Wildhammers, joined the Orc Rebel Army, and carried out the first Khaz Modan liberation movement. With the help of Burning Legion agents, they established militia forces, manufactured battle golems and engineering machines, expelled the Bronzebeard tribe's large landowners and bourgeoisie, and once controlled the entire area east of Loch Modan.
The second liberation movement twenty years later almost completely copied the actions and routes of this time. However, Orgrimmar, the commander of the Orc Alliance at that time, did not choose to attack the strong Ironforge out of strategic considerations. Instead, he sent an envoy to sign a truce treaty with the Bronzebeard royal family, and led the main force to continue marching north to Menethil Port;
The commander believes that the enemy is strong and we are weak, so he can only take advantage of the fact that the human race has no time to defend, build a fleet to bypass the sea route, and unexpectedly attack the northern hinterland of the alliance. Only then can he have a chance to completely dismantle the Titan ruling order in the Eastern Continent.
Although the Dark Iron leader Thaurissan was very disappointed with this, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, he temporarily put aside his feud with the Bronzebeard ruler and stayed in East Khaz Modan to guard the rear of the rebel army.
The miners formed trade unions, improved production tools, and worked to improve the living standards of the vast number of low-caste people in the liberated areas. At the same time, weapons and ammunition were forged to provide logistical support to the rebels.
Ironforge, which was already frightened at this time, was relieved to see that the orc army had no intention of attacking itself. Regardless of being a nominal alliance country, they quickly announced their compliance with the contract; in order to please the orcs, they continued to send convoys to reward the orc troops passing by.
On that windy and snowy afternoon, an Ironforge sheep convoy heading to Loch Modan to labor was trapped in a blizzard near the south gate passage along with a rescue team of Dark Iron miners. Dun Morogh is under the influence of elemental elves this season, and storms are constant all year round.
Although a truce treaty has been signed, hundreds of years of deep hatred cannot be resolved in a short time. It happened that the destinations were the same, and the two dwarves exchanged cold words and curses along the way.
In particular, a young girl with blond hair and golden eyes in the Bronzebeard team and a sturdy young man with a thick beard in the Black Iron team dislike each other. They have been making noises and laughing at each other since they met, and they almost got into action. .
When they were passing through a small town called Amber Town, they suddenly encountered a rare large-scale avalanche, and several farms on the mountains near the town were buried.
Girls and young men climbed up the mountain to rescue the trapped people. As the storm intensified, they became separated from the team in the heavy snow.
Both young men have extraordinary abilities, and neither of them is willing to give in. The black iron young man skillfully drove the golem and excavated the buried villagers' houses, while the girl used magic to blast away the snow and collapsed wood and rocks.
Just when the two rescued many villagers and were about to return to the town, a bigger avalanche struck. This was clearly no ordinary storm. In the wind and snow, the shadow of a giant elemental creature was faintly revealed.
At the critical moment, the two cooperated with each other. The girl launched a powerful hurricane technique to send the demon statue flying up the mountain, while the young man dug a blasting point and deployed explosives, blowing up the boulders on the top of the mountain. In the end, the storm element was buried by the falling debris, and the avalanche was blocked at the mountain pass. The village and hundreds of civilians were saved.
However, just when the girl who was surrounded by cheers wanted to high-five the young man who returned with a sullen face to celebrate, he avoided her hand and walked aside without saying a word.
Soon, after meeting up with the arriving team, the young man suddenly ordered his subordinates to surround all the Bronzebeards and disarm them. He also used a shock device to knock out the girl who didn't know what was going on and tried to resist.
Previously, the hurricane spell used by the girl was not an ordinary natural magic. In this world, high-level earth, storm, water and lightning magics are called shamans, and only camp leaders have the qualifications and ability to use them. Young people know this very well. In addition, due to lack of strength, the girl took out a high-level magic crystal with the royal emblem, which further exposed her identity.
After interrogating the entourage, it turned out that this girl was the heir to the throne of Ironforge, Princess Moira Bronzebeard. She had just grown up, and because she was very curious about the rumored orcs and rebels, she took advantage of the palace guards' unpreparedness and sneaked into the labor convoy.
After waking up, the princess was brought before the miners' leader by the militia guards. The proud crown prince girl showed no fear and said to the young man in front of her who was busy repairing the golem, "Only people of the same level are qualified to talk to me. Take me to see your king Dagran Thaurissan."
As a result, the young man wiped the sweat from his forehead with his oily hands and replied without raising his head, "I am Daglan. But we no longer use that title. I am now the president of the Mining Committee."
Princess Moira looked at the young man in front of her in surprise, unable to believe that this man was the rumored murderous, violent and cruel Black Iron Demon King;
Originally, she ran away this time not only because she was angry with her father, but also because she often heard some bad comments about the Bronzebeard royal family and praise for the rebels. With her upright personality, she planned to verify it with her own eyes.
The young man in front of him is the head of the same clan as his father, but he looks like an ordinary worker. Not only did he personally participate in labor, he was close to his subordinates and civilians without any pretensions; he also risked his life and was engaged in mine rescue operations. It was completely different from what I knew.
At this time, Daglan was also facing torment in his heart, and he did not dare to look directly into Moira's eyes.
When he was young, he had watched helplessly as the Bronzebeard royal family used lightning to kill his parents, who were the clan leaders, for some unfounded charges in order to suppress and humiliate the Black Iron tribe. Seeing that the low-caste dwarves were exploited and oppressed by the royal family in various ways, the people were in dire straits.
So when he saw Moira using the shamanic magic that represented the royal family, he couldn't control it and almost killed her on the spot.
However, the eyes of the descendant of this bloody enemy in front of her were so bright and shining. Looking back on the content of her quarrel with Daglan along the way, Moira sincerely believed that the king should plead for the people and sacrifice for the country. When people were in trouble, she rushed forward without hesitation. In the end, it was because of the rescue that his identity was revealed.
Daglan couldn't help himself. Logically speaking, if the enemy's crown prince is captured, even if he is harmed out of hatred due to the inconvenience of the armistice agreement, it is completely reasonable to use him as a hostage in exchange for the royal family to ransom him at a high price;
However, the upright miner leader finally believed that the young Moira had not yet participated in political affairs and could not be said to have nothing to do with the royal family's crimes, at least she should not be directly responsible; and in this incident, she made considerable contributions to the rescue of the village. Nothing should be difficult. So he ordered that the princess and everyone in the convoy be released directly.
