Aerie Peaks
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- For the city, see Aerie Peak.
The Aerie Peaks are a distant foreboding, mountainous region beyond even the realm of Quel'thalas where Wildhammer dwarves live and ride the wild gryphons.DotD 34 Northeron and the Aerie Peaks are listed separately (although it is possible that Northeron is an area within the Aerie Peak region or vice versa).DotD 123 The dwarves living in the Aerie Peaks practice hurling their hammers for sport and war.W3Man 5 During the Third War, even though the Scourge never touched their high mountain home,A&HC 58 they chose to side with the Alliance, bringing the gryphons of the Aerie Peaks.W3Man 7 The gryphon is the symbol of resolve and fortitude among the wild dwarves of the Aerie Peaks.MoM 54
"Together with the humans, dwarven riders gave the greatest care, providing lodgings that would most closely resemble the Gryphons’ aeries among Lordaeron’s Aerie Peaks."W3Man 8
The capital of the Wildhammer dwarves also shares the name Aerie Peak, and is part of the Aerie Peak region of Lordaeron.MoM 54 A&HC 13, 58 It is the location of the famous Aerie.DotD #?
Speculation
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Aerie Peaks is not mentioned in World of Warcraft, although it does appear in the RPG where it seems to be implied that the city was named after the mountains that it's carved into. In Warcraft III, the Aerie Peaks is mentioned in the manual and Aerie Peak is shown in the in-game maps. It is also speculated that Metzen forgot and now uses the city as a reference. It was speculated by some that the land of Northeron mentioned in Warcraft II was renamed the Aerie Peaks or Hinterlands. However, Day of the Dragon references both Northeron and the Aerie Peaks, implying that they are separate locations (or at least Northeron is a subregion). Tides of Darkness confirms that the Hinterlands existed during the Second War. One might notice that the Aerie Peaks are described as being beyond the realm of Quel'Thalas. This is likely due to the fact that Northeron is shown to be in Quel'Thalas in some of the early concept maps, predating Warcraft III, and even one alleged to be an early WoW concept map.
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