Crossing Azeroth, starting with the Heroes of Might and Magic system

Varian had no doubt that as long as he could find Princess Moira, he would be able to gain a huge fortune.

In fact, Varian knew where Princess Moira was.

If you want to know Moira's whereabouts, you have to start from the beginning.

After Moira Bronzebeard was born, her mother was killed by trolls in a battle.

Moira, who has been without a mother since childhood, is loved by King Magni, but she also has a strong and independent character.

Although King Magni loved Moira very much, he always hoped to have a son to inherit his throne.

Princess Moira has performed well since she was young, but King Magni always feels that women cannot rule the Kingdom of Ironforge like men.

This hurt Princess Moira, who felt that her abilities were not recognized.

It is said that since the death of Anvilmar, the King of the Mountains, the dwarves have split into three tribes. The most powerful of them, the Bronzebeard tribe, drove the Wildhammer tribe and the Dark Iron tribe out of Ironforge.

The Wildhammer tribe moved north and finally settled in Aerie Mountain in the Hinterlands in the north of the continent.

The Dark Iron Tribe, led by Prince Thaurissan, went to Blackrock Mountain to settle down.

After a period of recuperation, the Dark Iron dwarves gradually became stronger. They felt that they were able to recover. In order to restore the glory of the Dark Iron tribe and to retake Ironforge, they launched another large-scale attack. Unexpectedly, they were defeated by the Bronzebeard tribe again and counterattacked by the Bronzebeard tribe to Blackrock Mountain.

The offensive of the Bronzebeard tribe was extremely fierce. Seeing that Blackrock Mountain was about to be breached by the Bronzebeard dwarves, Thaurissan began to summon powerful ancient forces in order to reverse the situation.

Unexpectedly, the one he summoned was Ragnaros, the Fire Lord, the elemental lord of fire who was exiled by the Titans in ancient times.

Thaurissan's summons freed Ragnaros and brought him back to the world of Azeroth.

Thaurissan was burned to death instantly by the flames released by Ragnaros.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the Bronzebeard dwarves who were besieging Blackrock Mountain hurriedly fled back to Ironforge.

The arrival of Ragnaros caused severe damage to the area around Blackrock Mountain, resulting in the creation of the Burning Steppes and the Searing Gorge, two places that resembled flaming mountains.

There was flowing magma everywhere, and many places were barren.

The remaining Dark Iron Dwarves, as well as King Thaurissan's son Dagran Thaurissan, were trapped inside Blackrock Mountain and had no time to escape, so they were enslaved by Ragnaros deep inside the mountain.

This situation continues.

Princess Moira was kidnapped by the Dark Iron Dwarves on her way to Lakeside.

The Dark Iron dwarves brought Princess Moira to Dagran Thaurissan.

Now Dagran Thaurissan has been elected as Emperor Thaurissan by the Dark Iron Dwarves.

Emperor Dagran Thaurissan personally untied Princess Moira and told her that she could leave at any time.

During the conversation, Dagran Thaurissan gave Princess Moira unprecedented respect. He recognized Princess Moira's abilities and agreed with many of her ideas, almost to the point of mutual admiration.

Dagran Thaurissan explained to Princess Moira the current plight of the Dark Iron Dwarves and let Princess Moira know the existence of Ragnaros, the Firelord.

And Dagran Thaurissan said that his dream is to rescue the Dark Iron Dwarves from Ragnaros.

This deeply touched Princess Moira, and she eventually fell in love with the Dark Iron Dwarf King.

Later, King Magni finally learned about this matter. He insisted that Princess Moira was kidnapped, and he sent an elite team into Blackrock Mountain to rescue Princess Moira.

This elite Bronzebeard tribe killed Emperor Thaurissan, but Princess Moira refused to return to Ironforge and said that she was pregnant with Thaurissan's child.

The death of her husband increased her hatred for King Magni, so Princess Moira decided to stay in Blackrock Mountain and continue to complete Emperor Thaurissan's goal to liberate the Dark Iron dwarves from Ragnaros.

In the end, she did it. With the help of external forces, she defeated Ragnaros, the Firelord, and the Dark Iron Clan regained its freedom.

From then on, she gained the recognition of the Dark Iron dwarves and became the queen of the Dark Iron tribe.

Later, after the Cataclysm of Azeroth, the living environment in Dun Morogh changed dramatically. All elements became chaotic and many dwarves died one after another.

In order to prevent the situation from further deteriorating, King Magni planned to communicate with the elements through the rituals left by the earth spirits deep in the center of Ironforge.

As a result, Magni suffered a backlash during the ritual and was transformed into a diamond statue.

After learning that King Magni had been turned into a diamond statue, the Dark Iron Queen Moira returned to Ironforge with her son.

Moira wants to seize the throne of Ironforge in the name of being the daughter of King Magni.

In order to gain the kingship, Moira imposed martial law in Ironforge. At this time, Prince Anduin Wrynn, the son of King Varian, who was visiting Ironforge, was also temporarily confined and was not allowed to leave Ironforge.

Moira shut down all the griffins and the subway to Stormwind City.

King Varian was furious when he learned of this. He personally led 18 assassins from MI7 to sneak into Ironforge, successfully kidnapped Moira, and rescued his son Anduin Wrynn.

Originally, King Varian wanted to execute Moira, but his son Anduin persuaded him that even though Moira joined the Dark Iron tribe, she was still the legal heir to the Kingdom of Ironforge.

Killing her would only bring more chaos to the Dwarf Kingdom.

However, the external environment was not optimistic at this time, and there was a risk of war breaking out at any time. The Dwarf Kingdom could not withstand a turmoil.

Varian finally agreed with his point of view and decided to let Moira live to maintain the unity of the dwarf kingdom.

In order to promote the peaceful unification of the dwarves, Varian facilitated the establishment of the Council of Three Hammers.

The representative of the Bronzebeard tribe is Muradin Bronzebeard, the younger brother of King Magni, the representative of the Wildhammer tribe is Falstad Wildhammer, and the representative of the Dark Iron tribe is Moira Thaurissan.

Then the dwarves were jointly governed by the Council of Three Hammers and reached a temporary peace.

Therefore, Varian knew that the missing Princess Moira was most likely in Blackrock Mountain, but he didn't know how the relationship between Moira and Emperor Thaurissan had developed.

If they were really in love, then there would be almost no way to get Princess Moira out unless Emperor Thaurissan was killed.

Varian is now thinking about how to intervene in this matter in order to maximize his own interests.