Council of Three Hammers

The Council of Three Hammers is the regency that rules the Kingdom of Ironforge, until Moira's son Dagran Thaurissan II is in age to rule alone. The Council is so named because it is comprised of representatives from each of the three dwarven clans of the Three Hammers:

the Bronzebeard clan by Magni's brother Muradin Bronzebeard
the Dark Iron clan by Magni's daughter Moira Thaurissan
the Wildhammer clan by Falstad Wildhammer (Kurdran Wildhammer briefly replaced Falstad until it was reversed)

Background

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In the wake of King Magni’s petrification, Moira returned to Ironforge with her infant son Dagran Thaurissan II to claim the throne. Backed by the Dark Iron clan, Moira ruled Ironforge arrogantly and with an iron fist. She held all the people of Ironforge hostage, which led the Alliance to intervene. But despite Moira being a tyrant, she was still the legitimate heir to the throne and killing her would only put the succession of Ironforge into question, thus leading to more chaos and conflict. Whereas if she lived; through her and her son all dwarven clans could unite. Varian Wrynn agreed to spare Moira’s life but stipulated that if Moira was to be a leader and unite the dwarves, then she’d have to earn her crown by earning her people's respect. In order to take into account the opinions of all dwarves, Varian called for the formation of the Council of Three Hammers. Despite their varying backgrounds and ideological differences, the three representatives have pledged to rule united for the good of Ironforge.

Muradin, Bronzebeard
representative
Moira, Dark Iron
representative
Falstad, Wildhammer
representative

Tactics

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Now the main ruling body of the Dwarves, the Council of Three Hammers serve as the faction leaders for Ironforge. The battle with Muradin, Moira and Falstad is somewhat comparable to the battle with Lor'themar Theron, Grand Magister Rommath and Halduron Brightwing in Silvermoon City, in terms of the triple boss fight mechanics. Two tanks are recommended, one to hold Muradin and one to hold Moira and Falstad. All three should be tanked within their throne room.

The two major threats to the raid are Muradin, who boasts the highest amount of health of the three, and whether or not there is relatively high player traffic in Ironforge. Without player interference, the quickest strategy is to first focus on Moira. She will use priest abilities, though their potency can be easily ignored if she is given the raid's full attention. Once she is down, the raid should focus on Falstad. Falstad will make use of various Wildhammer shaman abilities, and hits far harder than Moira. Of the three, he has the lowest amount of health, and without Moira's healing should go down fairly quickly.

Finally, Muradin should be dealt with. Like Magni before him, Muradin has both the Avatar and AoE pushback abilities, in addition to a storm bolt. With the other two dead and with low enemy player input, Muradin will follow suit and the raid will have done its job.