As the traditional guard of Ironforge, the Bronze Beard Tribe, led by Prince Bronze Beard of Madolin before the Three Hammer Wars, was most closely related to Aric in the hills. But the Bronzebeard tribe and two other tribes wanted to compete for the control of Ironforge, so the three tribes maintained a shaky peace. It was not until the death of Modimus Anweima that war of the three hammers finally broke out.
In the first stage of the war, the Bronze Beard tribe successfully drove Manhammer and the Black Iron tribe out of the Ironforge and gained the actual control of the Ironforge. Later, the black iron tribe invaded again, which made Bronzebeard and Wild Warhammer form a short-term alliance in wartime to jointly resist the black iron tribe. In the end, it was difficult to repel the black iron tribe and gain the real control of Ironforge so far.
After the end of war of the three hammers, Bronzebeard and Wildhammer built two statues of their king in the Valley of the Kings, and blocked the road to Blackstone Mountain to warn the invaders. Later, the orcs invaded and occupied Greenbarto, and the second war broke out. Prince Madolan sent kurdran Manhammer, a dwarf warrior, to help the Paladin Turayan and the exorcist Khadga stop the opening of the Dark Gate. Mani Bronzebeard, the eldest son of Madolin Bronzebeard, is also an excellent blacksmith, and his forging art is unparalleled in the whole Azeroth continent. At first, Magney had no interest in becoming king. He participated in the Second War as a soldier, but ironically, fate made him inherit the throne of Ironforge after his father died, and he became the third dwarf king. Over the years, Magney has always performed his duties without complaint-leading the dwarves to defend the peace of Kazmodan and the Alliance.
During his reign as king, Mani did not neglect his talent as a blacksmith. In the Battle of Blackstone Mountain in World War II, Paladin alexandros Mograine obtained Rizebu Crystal, a gem full of dark energy, from orc warlocks. After injecting the energy of the holy light, he found that this crystal is a sharp weapon against natural disasters, so Mograine handed him over to the bronze beard king of Ironforge, hoping to give this gem energy with his exquisite forging skills. Just then, the messenger sent by Ironforge to Lordaeron heard the bad news. Muradin Bronzebeard, Mani's younger brother, was killed by Frostmourne in Alsace, Northrend. Magney, who suffered from the loss of his brother, poured all his resentment against natural disasters into this giant sword that was about to be forged, and the legendary crusader sword, Ashemissary, was born. However, happiness is always short-lived-with the advent of the Cataclysm, the leaders of Azeroth will certainly not turn a blind eye to this change in the world. Mani Bronzebeard and the tribal leader Sal called an emergency meeting of the leaders of their respective camps to find ways to mend the rift in the world. Just as Sal went to Nageland to seek salvation because the elements were abnormally out of control, Mani Bronzebeard also noticed the same problem-the shamans in Taotu Council lost their power, could no longer communicate with the elements, and could not know the reason why the elements were out of control.
At this moment, Bran Bronzebeard dug up an ancient slate from Du Ya, and he found that this humble slate turned out to be a treasure left by Titan, which recorded the method of communicating with soil elements, and it was a slate for the earth. Magney knew the value of this gift from his brother and attached great importance to it. After research, he decided to hold an ancient ceremony in person according to the records on the slate, trying to communicate with the earth and understand what happened to the elements, so as to solve the agitation of the elements and restore world peace. Fearing that the ceremony would cause a major earthquake to destroy the ironforge, Magney opened the old ironforge. Although the shaman of Wildhammer tried to dissuade him, Magney insisted on the ceremony.
The ceremony was held in secret in the diamond tunnel of the old ironforge, and everything went smoothly. According to the slate file, Magney really communicated with the earth and heard the voice of the element: the dwarf king felt pain and whine, as if his body had been torn ... and then turned into a diamond in an instant.
"Be part of the earth and listen to the voice of the earth."
It was recorded on the slate, and they all thought it was just a metaphor. However, it is true. Magney thus became a part of the earth. Of course, Anduin was the only human being present, because Magney gave him the privilege. However, the little prince witnessed the tragic death of his beloved uncle, and he cried for many days.
The news of Magney's death shook the whole Azeroth. Moala, the heir to the Orthodox throne, has not contacted Ironforge for many years, and Muradin and Brian, who are in archaeological exploration, are also missing. The national chaos in Katz, Mo Dan, caused the top leaders of the League to express their condolences at the first time. After receiving the news, Sal immediately sent envoys to Ironforge to pay homage, and even goblins sent messengers to offer condolences. Mani Bronzebeard never saw his beloved daughter Moala for the last time until his death, but he appointed Moala as his sole heir long ago. After the news of the death of the Bronze Beard King spread, Moella Sorenson, who had already broken off relations with the Bronze Beard tribe, returned to Ironforge with her children and the army of the Black Iron Dwarf after many years.
The feud between the Black Iron Dwarf and the Bronze Beard Dwarf has a long history. Although Moala announced the establishment of a new kingdom where bronze-bearded dwarves and black iron dwarves coexist, it inevitably made Ironforge more turbulent. In such a tense atmosphere, Queen Moala decided to take tough measures, declared martial law at Ironforge and cut off all ties with her allies. At that time, even Anduin was stranded in Ironforge and couldn't go home.
The news of Moala's accession to the throne reached the kingdom of Storm. Varian, whose personality broke out in lagache, insisted that Moala was the usurper who staged a coup to seize the throne and took his son hostage, so he decided to "kill the alliance" and ordered MI7 to secretly sneak into Ironforge to rescue Anduin while gathering troops.
On the other hand, although Anduin was held in Ironforge, Moala was actually very kind to him, and treated him with the same enthusiasm as Magney before. Except for temporarily not letting him go home, all aspects were extremely considerate. Moala's intention is obvious-she wants to win over the little prince and make Stormwind recognize her status as queen in a semi-mandatory way to help her consolidate the regime of Ironforge. However, Varian, who broke out, had led his troops into Ironforge at this time, dragging Mora to all the dwarves for public beheading. He doesn't know that he has greatly angered the dwarves-dwarves are a very conservative and stubborn race. Although they don't like the new queen Mora, they also hate the intervention of foreign invaders like Varian, especially the shame that his queen was dragged into public by a human being to be beheaded in public. Dwarves are totally unacceptable.
At this critical moment, Anduin stood up and calmed everything down. He accused his father of how stupid and inappropriate his behavior was in front of everyone, and asked Varian whether he wanted to be a good king admired by everyone or an unreasonable tyrant. As usual, Varian quickly concentrated, apologized to the dwarves for her mistake, and suggested that if Moala wanted to be queen, she should win the support of all dwarves instead of using force like him. Finally, Varian proposed that all the dwarf compatriots of the three tribes should return to Ironforge, and each of them should send a representative to govern together, so that the Three Hammer Parliament could be reopened. In Blizzard's latest official novel "The Position of the Dragon King", Sal felt the existence of the soul of Mani Bronzebeard and heard the voice of the dwarf king after a small part of Azeroth became his body. It turned out that he was not dead, but his soul combined with the earth, protecting and guarding the kingdom of Katz Mo Dan and his dwarves.
Every dwarf, when drinking every cup of dwarf wine, can't help but look at the earth under his feet and think of his old friends. Every dwarf, when smelting every ore, can't help looking at the furnace and thinking of their old blacksmith. Every dwarf, when destroying every enemy, will involuntarily look at the sign on the military uniform and think of his old king.
Always miss you-the great Mani Bronze Beard King!