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Know Your Lore: Current Alliance politics -- the dwarves, part two

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The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You"re playing the game, you"re fighting the bosses, you know the how, but do you know the why? Each week, Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

WARNING:
The following post contains small spoilers for Wrath of the Lich King. Players who are still playing through the expansion and wish to avoid spoilers may want to avoid this post. In addition, theories behind the new Cataclysm race/class combinations will be discussed.

The dwarves of Azeroth have had a somewhat rocky start politically speaking -- the War of the Three Hammers caused a rift between the three major dwarf clans that looked as though it would never be repaired. However, current events as well as revelations regarding new class combinations suggest that the dwarves may not remain as fractured as they"ve been in World of Warcraft"s history.

When we left off last time, it was to an introduction of the woman pictured above -- Princess Moira Bronzebeard, daughter of King Magni. Why is she so important, you may ask -- well Moira"s been in the clutches of Emperor Dagran Thaurissan, leader of the Dark Iron clan since World of Warcraft"s launch. How"d she get there? Why isn"t she dead? What"s Magni doing about all of this? Let"s take a closer look at Moira and her role in what could possibly be upcoming conflicts.

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