A new questline in the War Within involves the passing of an important ancient weapon, in a rather amusing way. We went through this questline to bring you all the details!
WARNING: The War Within Story Spoilers in this post!
This questline starts with Moira Thaurissan, after completion of the Ringing Deeps storyline. According to her, Magni ended up losing his mace, Fearbreaker, when Dalaran crashed into Khaz Algar, and that has been bothering him a lot since, but he caught a feeling that the ancient Bronzebeard Clan mace is somewhere in the deeps.
If you don't know what is Fearbreaker, you can ask Moira for a summary!
Fearbreaker is a hammer.
Well, not just any hammer, but the ancestral hammer o' the Bronzebeard clan. It's been wielded in battle both on Azeroth and on Outland.
But, but importantly, Fearbreaker has its own opinions and feelings on how it should be used. I don't know how my father lost hold of it, but he wasn't at full strength at the time.
Now, tae be clear, I don't want Fearbreaker. I just don't want it tae fall into the wrong hands. We're going to get it back and return it tae Magni.
Fearbreaker itself passed through a few hands in WoW's history:
- It was originally wielded by Magni until shortly before the events of Cataclysm, where he passed it on to then prince Anduin Wrynn.
- When Moira first held Ironforge hostage with her emergence as Queen, Anduin eventually escaped the city to Theramore. In Theramore, he first met with Baine Bloodhoof, and gave him the weapon, which was used to assist the Tauren chieftain on the reclaiming of Thunder Bluff — Including being used to strike a direct blow against Magatha Grimtotem.
- When Garrosh was planning to strike Theramore, Baine sent warning to Jaina Proudmoore via a scout, who also had the mission to deliver Fearbreaker back to Anduin. Fearbreaker was in Theramore when the city was destroyed via the mana bomb attack, but the weapon survived the attack unscathed, and the mace eventually made
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