Ironforge

King Magni Bronzebeard rules Ironforge and the kingdom of Khaz Modan from the High Seat. A skilled warrior and master blacksmith, he has governed his people through the Second and Third Wars and remains a deeply loyal pillar of the Alliance.

When the nearby gnomish capital of Gnomeregan fell to a sudden trogg invasion and a disastrous radiation accident, the surviving gnomes fled into Dun Morogh. King Magni welcomed them into Ironforge, granting them an entire quarter of the city now known as Tinker Town.

The Great Forge is the fiery industrial heart of the city, fed by underground waterfalls of molten magma. It surrounds the Great Anvil, where dwarven weaponsmiths craft legendary arms and armor. King Magni himself forged the famed holy blade Ashbringer upon this anvil.

Ironforge is connected directly to Stormwind City by the Deeprun Tram, an extraordinary subterranean railway built by gnomish engineering that cuts straight through the mountain bedrock of the Eastern Kingdoms.

Ironforge has never fallen to an outside invader. Kilrogg Deadeye's Bleeding Hollow clan laid siege to it for months during the Second War, and the Dark Irons fought into the city during the War of the Three Hammers, but the gates and defenders held.

After the War of the Three Hammers, the defeated Wildhammer clan relocated north into the Wetlands and the Hinterlands, while the hostile Dark Iron clan settled within the Redridge and Blackrock regions under the thrall of the Firelord.