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What is Khaz Modan?

Khaz Modan is the mountainous kingdom of the Ironforge Clan, ruled by the Bronzebeard Clan, founded after the awakened dwarves ventured out from the ancient city of Uldaman. Named the "Mountain or Mountains of Khaz" after the Titan shaper Khaz'goroth, thought to be the creator of the dwarven race. The kingdom is ruled from the great underground city of Ironforge. Khaz Modan is also the name of the continent in which the kingdom is located, comprised of Dun Morogh, Loch Modan, the Wetlands, and the Badlands. The mountains here are also called the Khaz Mountains.

Server History

Khaz Modan was the name given to Realm Number 86. This realm was created to help alleviate the growing populations of other servers which were becoming increasingly over crowded with log in queue times up to 30 minutes. Blizzard blamed this on the growing population from the 2005 Holiday shopping season. On January 3, 2005, Khaz Modan went live.

Khaz Modan was specifically set up to allow transfers from four well-established realms:

During the first weeks after Khaz Modan went live there was not a lot of community activity. Cities were empty, battles between the Horde and the Alliance in the battlegrounds did not exist. Some were afraid that after they transfered they made a mistake due to the emptiness players felt when exploring Azeroth. However many players also enjoyed the wide open space and lag free major cities.

Over time the population began to grow.

The players of Khaz Modan communicate with each other via the World of Warcraft Realm Forums. WoW Forums: Khaz Modan

Khaz Modan is in the Central Standard Time zone.

Server Hardware Retrofit

On Tuesday, September 19th, 2006, the server was taken down along with a group of servers for new hardware upgrades. The server was down for 36 hours, and noted results have been lag improvements and smoother game play.

The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj: Patch 1.9 Unleashed

Coincidently this Patch went live the same day that the Khaz Modan server went live. During the Opening of the Ahn`Qiraj Gate, the Alliance guild Sunder led both sides in the war effort to get these gates open as soon as possible and was also the guild that rang the gong to open the gates.

On Feburary 28th, 2006, the Gates were opened, and Ahn'Qiraj became available to the people of Khaz Modan. Khaz Modan was the 83rd realm to complete the War Effort.

C'Thun, the final boss of AQ40, was first killed by the Alliance guild Sunder on December 3, 2006.

Player vs. Player

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Player vs. Player combat did not exist at all during the first month of the realm's existence - a player would be lucky to have at least one battleground match a day. Out of frustration the Alliance would lay siege to Orgrimmar or the Crossroads in a attempt to get their PvP fix.

Over time PvP became more frequent in the Khaz Modan community. Players would face off with other players from the opposing faction and destroy one another.

Patch 1.12 and PvP

Patch 1.12 introduced cross realm battlegrounds. This allowed players from several different realms to come together for battlegrounds and reduced queue times tremendously. Before patch 1.12 it was common to wait for hours to get into a BG, but now queue times are often non-existent or a matter of minutes. Khaz Modan is a member of Battlegroup Vengeance.

Patch 2.0 and PvP

On December 5th 2006, server patch 2.0.1 was released and introduced the new honor reward system. This new reward system allows players to accumulate honor points that can be spent like currency to purchase weapons, armor, and various other items beneficial for player-vs-player progression. The rankings no longer exist with this new system. The last players on Khaz Modan to reach Rank 14 were Ixnay (Alliance) and Wanagetdrunc (Horde).

Estimated Server Populace

Total characters: 15,127
Alliance characters: 10,441 (69%)
Horde characters: 4,686 (31%)
vs Ratio: 2.2:1
vs Activity Ratio: 2.1:1

Note: Statistics above are based on a Warcraft Census accurate as of 24 January, 2007 and should be considered strictly informational.

More statistics available at Warcraft Census for Khaz Modan. There are too few Horde entries for this realm to give reliable results! Please help today by submitting data for this realm! Find out more about how to help here: http://www.warcraftrealms.com/censusfaq.php

Guilds of Khaz Modan

Khaz Modan is still young compared to other servers in the matter of content progression and player base, but it has a close community and welcoming player environment.

A small number of guilds transfered to Khaz Modan when the realm went live, including Sunder, Vision, Dark Sin, and Skunk Canyon Brigade.

Having already cleared Blackwing Lair, the Alliance guild Sunder stood as the furthest progressing guild in Player vs Environment content, getting many "server firsts" by default. They continue to be the top guild on Khaz Modan, having been the first to down many bosses in content released since their transfer.

At this time, Sunder continues to lead the pack in instance progression, having downed C'thun in AQ40 on December 3, 2006, and cleared the Spider Wing of Naxxramas. A significant number of other Alliance guilds have also completed the content of MC, BWL, and Onyxia.

Scoundrels leads the Horde in PvE content and are currently working on downing C'Thun and progressing in Naxxramas. Retribution is close behind, with Onyxia, MC, and BWL completed.

Legendaries on Khaz Modan

[Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker] is wielded on the Alliance side by Gunnarr <Sunder>, Katay <Sunder>, Dinghy <Infamous>, Amie <Evil Doers>, Chibiko <Reliant>, Fenz <Oceanic>, and Furock <Synergy>. Horde warriors Hellhawk <The Vicarious> and Vanak <Scoundrels> also possess a Thunderfury. Currently, Dyncaus <Art of War> Has one of the bracers needed for Thunderfury.

[Sulfuras, Hand of Ragnaros] is owned on the Horde side by <Dark Rose> warrior Astayld, and shaman Zumì of <Retribution>. The Alliance paladins wielding this mace are: Doff, Tofu and Argent of <Sunder>, Hypes <Phoenix>, Taurenpriest <Authority>, Rodomir <Prestige>, Shalashaska <Vision>, Jarold <Leviathan>, Baromiir <DarkSin>, and Bainstoneaxe <Reliant>. Warriors Rigel <Infamous>, Solazun <Impendence>, and Stikman <Synergy> also possess the mighty hammer.

Alliance Guilds

Horde Guilds

Karazhan Guild Progression


Guild	Attumen	Maiden	Moroes	Opera Event	Curator	Illhoof	Chess Event	Shade	Netherspite	Prince	Nightbane
Authority	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-
Contagium	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cowpocalypse	Killed	-	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dark Rose	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-
DarkSin	Killed	-	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Effigy	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Evil Doers	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Incessant Anguish	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Infamous	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	Killed	Killed	-	-	-
Legion of the Light	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leviathan	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed
Oceanic	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Phoenix	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Prestige	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Project Mayhem	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Reliant	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Retribution	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sabotage	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	Killed	-	-	-	-
Sunder	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed
Sunder from Down Under	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
UnderGround Kings	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Veritas	Killed	Killed	Killed	Killed	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Sunder Cleared Karazhan on February 25, 2007.
Leviathan Cleared Karazhan on March 12, 2007.

Burning Crusade Progression

Guild	High King Maulgar	Gruul	Magtheridon	Doom Lord Kazzak	Doomwalker
Authority	Killed	-	-	-	-
Leviathan	Killed	-	-	-	-
Sunder	Killed	-	-	Killed	-

40-Man Raid Progressions

All of the below listings are records of what guild's did what before Burning Crusade was released.

Naxxramas

Guild	Abomination Wing	Spider Wing	Deathknight Wing	Plague Wing	Frostwyrm Lair
Phoenix	-	-	Gothik	-	-
Sunder	Thaddius	Cleared	Gothik	Heigan	-
Vision	-	Faerlina	Gothik	-	-

Onyxia, MC, BWL, AQ40

Guild	Onyxia	Molten Core	Blackwing Lair	Temple of Ahn'Qiraj
Absolute	-	Ragnaros	-	-
Art of War	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Authority	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Twin Emperors
Black Sun	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Contagium	Cleared	Ragnaros	-	-
Convenant	Cleared	Majordomo	-	-
Crimson	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Crusader Knights	Cleared	Majordomo	-	-
DC & KOH	-	Golemagg	-	-
Evil Doers	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Bug Trio
Fated	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Fankriss
Impendence	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Irish Demonic Inc.	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	-
Legion of the Light	Cleared	Cleared	Nefarian	-
Leviathan	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	C'Thun
Minions Inc.	Cleared	-	-	-
Oceanic	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Phoenix	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	C'Thun
Prestige	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Bug Trio
Retribution	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Bug Trio
Risen of Ashes	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Sacrifice	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
Scoundrels	-	-	-	-
Sunder	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared
Tempting Fate	Cleared	Cleared	-	-
The Eternal	Cleared	Cleared	Broodlord	-
The Noob Squad	Cleared	Majordomo	-	-
The Rising Phoenix	Cleared	Ragnaros	-	-
Veritas	Cleared	Cleared	Ebonroc	-
Vision	Cleared	Cleared	Cleared	Twin Emperors

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