Changes: Bael Modan

Bael Modan
Type	Fortress; Excavation site
Leader(s)	Unknown
Formerly	Prospector Khazgorm †
Race(s)	Ironforge dwarf
Faith(s)	Holy Light
Affiliation(s)	Bael'dun, Alliance
Location	Southern Southern Barrens[47, 84]
Status	Active

Latest revision as of 18:28, 13 December 2021

Bael Modan is a dwarven base in the Southern Barrens consisting of a fortress with a giant cannon and an excavation site for digging. Before the dwarves came, the area was home to the Stonespire tauren.^[1] There is an ancient titan complex and research facility under Bael Modan. It seems likely that there are many relics and much knowledge to be discovered deep beneath the surface.^[2]

The Bael Modan digsite and the nearby mighty Bael'dun Keep are led by General Twinbraid, Heggin Stonewhisker, Prospector Khazgorm, Malgin Barleybrew, Captain Gerogg Hammertoe, and Lord Cyrik Blackforge. A number of dwarves from Bael Modan traveled west to Mulgore and set up another digsite known as the Bael'dun Digsite.

History

World of Warcraft

This section concerns content related to the original World of Warcraft.

Bael'dun Keep was once next to the village of the Stonespire tauren, but conflicts between the dwarves and tauren caused by the dwarves using explosives for excavating in land the Stonespire tauren considered holy resulted in most of the Stonespire tribe to be killed or driven off their ancestral lands. Their old village is now torn apart by dwarven digging machines. Gann Stonespire, a tauren who frequently wanders the roads nearby, attempted to reach a diplomatic resolution but failed. He now seeks revenge by sending Horde adventurers to fight the dwarves.

Bael Modan possesses several flying machines. One of the most skilled pilots in all Azeroth, Lord Cyrik Blackforge, is in charge of one of them. Gann Stonespire later requests brave Horde adventurers to destroy it with explosives.

The dwarves dug up the [Tear of the Moons]. The stone had made a dwarf named Feegly the Exiled go insane and he asked Horde adventurers to retrieve it.^[3] When Feegly got his hands on the stone, a curse was placed on him, turning him into a trogg.

Cataclysm

This section concerns content related to Cataclysm.

Alliance adventurers killed Feegly as he had been "sniffing around the dig site again".^[4]

The dwarves of Bael Modan hired Wildhammer mercenaries to firebomb Camp Taurajo.^[5] In the initial Horde counter-attack, Gann Stonespire led an angry mob of Horde civilians to raid the dwarven digsites in Bael Modan.^[6] Gann was wounded in this attack by Marley Twinbraid. With help from a dying Gann Stonespire and a goblin rogue called Weezil Slipshadow, Horde players sabotaged a dwarven artillery shell for the giant cannon erected around Bael'dun Keep causing the whole place to blow up.^[7]^[8] Marley Twinbraid, the son of General Twinbraid, was killed by the explosion which caused his plane to crash.^[9]

A Bael'dun Excavator standing before the cave can be interacted with by Alliance adventurers. He recommends the adventurer to turn away, as before the Cataclysm hit, the dwarves dug up "something that should've stayed buried", and hopes that the landslide was enough to keep "it" down.^[10]

Battle for Azeroth

This section concerns content related to Battle for Azeroth.

The Horde avoided the dwarves of Bael Modan as they recovered usable salvage within the Battlescar of the Southern Barrens, but faced off against Logan Talonstrike.^[11]

The Alliance used Bael Modan as a staging point against Mulgore. Because of that, it was targeted by the Horde to be purged. The Horde champions and a tauren warparty with Ruk Warstomper attacked it and encountered Borim Goldhammer.^[12]

NPCs

Named
- Prospector Khazgorm <Explorers' League>
- Malgin Barleybrew <Bael'dun Morale Officer>
- Heggin Stonewhisker <Bael'dun Chief Engineer>
- Captain Gerogg Hammertoe <Bael'dun Captain of the Guard>
- General Twinbraid
- Lord Cyrik Blackforge
Unnamed

Bael Modan Digsite

Bael Modan is a dwarf archaeology dig site.

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Introduction

Bael Modan is heralded by some as the new home of the dwarves and gnomes on Kalimdor.^[13] Bael Modan (the Red Mountain in Dwarven) is the name the Ironforge dwarves have given to the settlement. With a population of 800, it is the largest Alliance stronghold in the Barrens. It is marked by the sturdy stone walls and guard towers blocking the mouth of a cavern into the mountain. An encampment just inside the wall offers shelter to Alliance caravans and travelers crossing the Barrens. The stores of food and supplies at Bael Modan are a tempting target to centaur warbands and quilboar raiders, but thus far the dwarves' trusty rifles and mortars have proven more than able to withstand such attacks.

Those who visit discover that the dwarves have not forgotten their traditional weapons since the invention of gunpowder. The dwarves of Bael Modan have established a midwinter tournament, with the highest prizes - elaborate bronze helms - given to those most skilled with the axe and the hammer.^[14]

When the Ironforge dwarves learned of their old friends, the gnomes, arrival in Theramore, the Ironforge dwarves invited the gnomes to settle in their new home, Bael Modan, and take up their inventing and tinkering where they left off. The gnomes found Theramore too crowded and politically charged, and gladly took the dwarves up on their invitation. For a while, most gnomes on Kalimdor remained secluded in Bael Modan (still reeling from the loss of their city Gnomeregan), having yet declared their presence on the continent. So for a while, a traveling gnome on Kalimdor was a rare sight to see. The few gnomes living in Bael Modan were loosely organized much like most of gnome society living back in Ironforge.^[15]

The gnome ace Gaeval Thunderblast also spends his time in Bael Modan working on his ship, the Greased Lightning, while teaching new aces the art of aerial combat.^[16]

Titan ruins

Over 100,000 years ago, beings known as titans built great laboratories throughout Azeroth. Bael Modan was one such site. The titans encrypted their research on banded platinum disks in a runic language now forgotten to mortal races. The site at Bael Modan served the titans as a storage facility for these discs before they packed up most of their gear and left. Khaz'goroth was the facility overseer and ran the facility nearly 100,000 years ago when the titans ceased the facility operations^[17] A few guardians remained to protect the site for eternity and the titans sealed off the main entrance. One such guardian was Acheras the Custodian who was left in charge of the facility's maintenance and awaits his master's return.

The facility was once a multi-level complex above and below ground surrounded by a fortress wall. Geological forces and instability slowly sunk the facility into the ground.^[17] Over the millennia titan ruins sunk deeper and deeper under the mountain. Earthquakes and shifting ground broke the ruins into several large areas and separated them, sometimes hundreds of feet apart and at many different elevations in the mountain. Natural tunnels and caves developed around the ruins as erosion and time took their toll. The area is now a great wilderness inhabited by fierce creatures, including the mighty Kolkar centaur tribe.^[18]

The House of the Makers can be found in Bael Modan.

Conflicts with the tauren and centaur

Bael Modan has seen conflict with other races which share the Barrens. Each day that passed saw Bael Modan grow stronger as the inhabitants built up defenses and new dwarves and some other Alliance members came to settle.^[14]

The dwarves and gnomes suffer constant attacks from the Horde, especially nearby tauren from Mulgore.^[13]

Centaur

Native dangers have not stopped the Ironforge dwarves from establishing the stronghold near the titan excavation site of Bael Modan. The centaur have made forays against it but were repelled decisively each time. Scouts claimed that the centaur were amassing other tribes to launch a major attack, but the dwarves were unconcerned.^[14]

Maps

Map one.
Map two.

Notes and trivia

At some point, Fendrig Redbeard mined here.^[19]
One of the quests for blowing up the Bael'dun Keep is called "Dwarf Fortress" after the popular text game starring dwarves.
This area was planned to be available in the Southern Barrens warfront.

References

^ [23] Gann's Reclamation
^ World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume I Issue II
^ [30] The Tear of the Moons
^ [10-30] Feegly the Exiled
^ [10-30] Flightmare
^ [10-30] Hands Off Me Dig!
^ [10-30] Dwarf Fortress
^ [10-30] Sabotage!
^ [10-30] Marley's Final Flight
^ Bael'dun Excavator#Quotes
^ Salvaging the Battlescar
^ Barrens at War
^ ^a ^b Lands of Mystery, pg. 28
^ ^a ^b ^c Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 190
^ Alliance & Horde Compendium, pg. 17, 18, 60
^ Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 44
^ ^a ^b Horde Player's Guide, pg. 242
^ Horde Player's Guide pg. 235
^ The Jade Hunters

External links

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[1] [23] Gann's Reclamation

[2] World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume I Issue II

[3] [30] The Tear of the Moons

[4] [10-30] Feegly the Exiled

[5] [10-30] Flightmare

[6] [10-30] Hands Off Me Dig!

[7] [10-30] Dwarf Fortress

[8] [10-30] Sabotage!

[9] [10-30] Marley's Final Flight

[10] Bael'dun Excavator#Quotes

[11] Salvaging the Battlescar

[12] Barrens at War

[LoM-13] Lands of Mystery, pg. 28

[WRPG-14] Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game, pg. 190

[A&HC-15] Alliance & Horde Compendium, pg. 17, 18, 60

[APG-16] Alliance Player's Guide, pg. 44

[HPG-17] Horde Player's Guide, pg. 242

[18] Horde Player's Guide pg. 235

[19] The Jade Hunters

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+| leader = Unknown
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+'''Bael Modan''' is a [[Dwarf|dwarven]] base in the [[Southern Barrens]] consisting of a fortress with a giant [[cannon]] and an excavation site for digging. Before the dwarves came, the area was home to the [[Stonespire tribe|Stonespire]] [[tauren]].<ref>[[Gann's Reclamation]]</ref> There is an ancient [[titan]] complex and research facility under Bael Modan. It seems likely that there are many relics and much knowledge to be discovered deep beneath the surface.<ref>''[[World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume I Issue II]]''</ref>
-'''Bael Modan'''{{coords|47|84|Barrens}} is heralded by some as the new home of the dwarves and gnomes on [[Kalimdor]].<ref name="LoM">''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', pg 28</ref> Bael Modan (''the red mountain'' in [[Dwarven]]) is the name the [[Ironforge]] [[dwarves]] have given to the settlement. With a population of 800, it is the largest [[Alliance]] stronghold in the [[Barrens]]. It is marked by the sturdy stone walls and guard towers blocking the mouth of a cavern into the mountain. An encampment just inside the wall offers shelter to Alliance caravans and travelers crossing the Barrens. The stores of food and supplies at Bael Modan are a tempting target to [[centaur]] warbands and [[quilboar]] raiders, but thus far the dwarves' trusty rifles and mortars have proven more than able to withstand such attacks.
+The Bael Modan digsite and the nearby mighty [[Bael'dun Keep]] are led by [[General Twinbraid]], [[Heggin Stonewhisker]], [[Prospector Khazgorm]], [[Malgin Barleybrew]], [[Captain Gerogg Hammertoe]], and [[Lord Cyrik Blackforge]]. A number of dwarves from Bael Modan traveled west to [[Mulgore]] and set up another digsite known as the [[Bael'dun Digsite]].
-Behind a second wall is the largest dwarven archaeological dig in all of [[Kalimdor]]. Nearly a thousand dwarves dig around the clock to uncover the most significant set of [[titan]] ruins discovered since [[Uldaman]] on the continent of the [[Eastern Kingdoms]]. Travelers are welcome in Bael Modan, but not within the titan ruins. Few non-dwarves ever receive such an honor. The Ironforge dwarves are otherwise forthcoming with hospitality, offering a meal and a place to sleep and asking only a good tale in return. Still, dwarven riflemen patrol the streets and keep a close eye on all visitors, fearful of thieves so close to Titan artifacts.
+==History==
-Those who visit discover that the dwarves have not forgotten their traditional weapons since the invention of gunpowder. The dwarves of Bael Modan have established a midwinter tournament, with the highest prizes - elaborate bronze helms - given to those most skilled with the axe and the hammer.<ref name="WRPG">''[[Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', pg 190</ref>
+===World of Warcraft===
+{{wow-section}}
+Bael'dun Keep was once next to the village of the Stonespire tauren, but conflicts between the dwarves and tauren caused by the dwarves using explosives for excavating in land the Stonespire tauren considered holy resulted in most of the Stonespire tribe to be killed or driven off their ancestral lands. Their old village is now torn apart by dwarven digging machines. [[Gann Stonespire]], a tauren who frequently wanders the roads nearby, attempted to reach a diplomatic resolution but failed. He now seeks revenge by sending Horde adventurers to fight the dwarves.
+Bael Modan possesses several [[flying machine]]s. One of the most skilled pilots in all Azeroth, [[Lord Cyrik Blackforge]], is in charge of one of them. [[Gann Stonespire]] later requests brave [[Horde]] adventurers to destroy it with explosives.
-When the Ironforge dwarves learned of their old friends, the [[gnome]]s, arrival in [[Theramore]], the Ironforge dwarves invited the gnomes to settle in their new home, Bael Modan, and take up their inventing and tinkering where they left off. The gnomes found Theramore too crowded and politically charged, and gladly took the dwarves up on their invitation. For a while most gnomes on Kalimdor remained secluded in Bael Modan (still reeling from the loss of their city [[Gnomeregan]]), having yet declared their presence on the continent. So for a while a traveling gnome on Kalimdor was a rare sight to see. The few gnomes living in Bael Modan were loosely organized much like most of gnome society living back in Ironforge.<ref name="A&HC">''[[Alliance & Horde Compendium]]'', pgs 17, 18, 60</ref>
+The dwarves dug up the [[Tear of the Moons]]. The stone had made a dwarf named [[Feegly the Exiled]] go insane and he asked [[Horde]] [[adventurer]]s to retrieve it.<ref>[[The Tear of the Moons]]</ref> When Feegly got his hands on the stone, a curse was placed on him, turning him into a trogg.
-Bael Modan digsite and the nearby mighty [[Bael'dun Keep]] are led by [[General Twinbraid]], [[Heggin Stonewhisker]], [[Prospector Khazgorm]], [[Malgin Barleybrew]], [[Captain Gerogg Hammertoe]], and  [[Lord Cyrik Blackforge]].
+===Cataclysm===
-A number of dwarves from Bael Modan traveled west, to [[Mulgore]] and set up [[Bael'dun Digsite|another digsite]] there.
+{{Cata-section}}
+Alliance adventurers killed Feegly as he had been "sniffing around the dig site again".<ref>[[Feegly the Exiled (quest)]]</ref>
+The dwarves of Bael Modan hired [[Wildhammer dwarf|Wildhammer mercenaries]] to firebomb [[Camp Taurajo]].<ref>[[Flightmare]]</ref> In the initial Horde counter-attack, [[Gann Stonespire]] led an angry mob of Horde civilians to raid the dwarven digsites in Bael Modan.<ref>[[Hands Off Me Dig!]]</ref> Gann was wounded in this attack by [[Marley Twinbraid]]. With help from a dying Gann Stonespire and a goblin rogue called [[Weezil Slipshadow]], Horde players sabotaged a dwarven artillery shell for the giant cannon erected around [[Bael'dun Keep]] causing the whole place to blow up.<ref>[[Dwarf Fortress]]</ref><ref>[[Sabotage!]]</ref> Marley Twinbraid, the son of [[General Twinbraid]], was killed by the explosion which caused his plane to crash.<ref>[[Marley's Final Flight]]</ref>
-==Titan Ruins==
-[[File:Baelmodan3.jpg|thumb]][[Image:Baelmodan1.jpg|thumb]][[Image:Baelmodan2.jpg|thumb]]
+A [[Bael'dun Excavator]] standing before the cave can be interacted with by Alliance adventurers. He recommends the adventurer to turn away, as before the Cataclysm hit, the dwarves dug up "something that should've stayed buried", and hopes that the landslide was enough to keep "it" down.<ref>[[Bael'dun Excavator#Quotes]]</ref>
-Over 100,000 years ago, beings known as [[titan]]s built great laboratories throughout Azeroth. Bael Modan was one such site. The titans encrypted their research on banded platinum disks in a runic language now forgotten to mortal races. The site at Bael Modan served the titans as a storage facility for these discs before they packed up most of their gear and left. [[Khaz'goroth]] was the facility overseer and ran the facility nearly 100,000 years ago when the titans ceased the facility operations<ref name="HPG">''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', pg 242</ref> A few guardians remained to protect the site for eternity and the titans sealed off the main entrance. One such guardian was [[Acheras the Custodian]] who was left in charge of the facility's maintenance and awaits his master's return.
+===Battle for Azeroth===
-The facility was once a multi-level complex above and below ground surrounded by a fortress wall. Geological forces and instability slowly sunk the facility into the ground.<ref name="HPG" /> Over the millenia titan ruins sunk deeper and deeper under the mountain. Earthquakes and shifting ground broke the ruins into several large areas and separated them, sometimes hundreds of feet apart and at many different elevations in the mountain. Natural tunnels and caves developed around the ruins as erosion and time took their toll. The area is now a great wilderness inhabited by fierce creatures, including the mighty [[Kolkar]] centaur tribe.<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'' pg 235</ref>
+{{bfa-section}}
+The Horde avoided the dwarves of Bael Modan as they recovered usable salvage within the Battlescar of the Southern Barrens, but faced off against [[Logan Talonstrike]].<ref>[[Salvaging the Battlescar]]</ref>
+The [[Alliance]] used Bael Modan as a staging point against [[Mulgore]]. Because of that, it was targeted by the [[Horde]] to be purged. The Horde champions and a tauren warparty with [[Ruk Warstomper]] attacked it and encountered [[Borim Goldhammer]].<ref>[[Barrens at War]]</ref>
-The [[House of the Makers]] can be found in Bael Modan.
-==Flying machines==
+==NPCs==
+{{col-begin}}
-Bael Modan possess several [[flying machine]]s. One of the most skilled pilots in all Azeroth, [[Lord Cyrik Blackforge]], is in charge of one of them. [[Gann Stonespire]] later requests brave [[Horde]] adventurers to destroy it with explosives.
+{{col|2}}
+===Named===
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Prospector Khazgorm|Explorers' League}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Malgin Barleybrew|Bael'dun Morale Officer}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Heggin Stonewhisker|Bael'dun Chief Engineer}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Captain Gerogg Hammertoe|Bael'dun Captain of the Guard}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||General Twinbraid}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Lord Cyrik Blackforge}}
+{{col|2}}
-The gnome [[ace]] [[Gaeval Thunderblast]] also spends his time in Bael Modan working on his ship, the ''Greased Lightning'', while teaching new aces the art of aerial combat.<ref name="APG">''[[Alliance Player's Guide]]'', pg 44</ref>
+===Unnamed===
+*{{Race|Dwarf|{{NPC||Bael'dun Excavator}}}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Foreman}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Soldier}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Rifleman}}
+*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Officer}}
+*{{Race|Dwarf|{{NPC||Bael'dun Survivor}}}}
+{{col-end}}
+[[File:Bael Modan Digsite map.jpg|thumb|200px]]
-==Conflicts with the Tauren & Centaur==
-Bael Modan has seen conflict with other races which share the Barrens. Each day that passed saw Bael Modan grow stronger as the inhabitants built up defenses and new dwarves and some other [[Alliance]] members came to settle.<ref name="WRPG" />
+==Bael Modan Digsite==
-===Tauren===
+Bael Modan is a dwarf [[archaeology]] [[dig site]].
-The dwarves and gnomes suffer constant attacks from the Horde, especially nearby tauren from Mulgore.<ref name="LoM" /> Bael Modan was once next to a tauren village, but in conflicts between the dwarves and tauren (caused by the dwarves excavating for Titan artifacts in land the local tauren consider holy) most of the tauren were killed or driven off of their ancestral lands. Their old village is now torn apart by dwarven digging machines. [[Gann Stonespire]], a tauren who frequently wanders the roads nearby, states that attempts to reach a diplomatic resolution failed; he now seeks revenge by sending Horde adventurers to fight the dwarves.
-===Centaur===
+==In the RPG==
+{{RPG-section}}
-Native dangers have not stopped the Ironforge dwarves from establishing the stronghold near the titan excavation site of Bael Modan. The centaur have made forays against it, but were repelled decisively each time. Scouts claimed that the centaur were amassing other tribes to launch a major attack, but the dwarves were unconcerned.<ref name="WRPG" />
+===Introduction===
+'''Bael Modan''' is heralded by some as the new home of the dwarves and gnomes on [[Kalimdor]].<ref name="LoM">''[[Lands of Mystery]]'', pg. 28</ref> Bael Modan (''the Red Mountain'' in [[Dwarven (language)|Dwarven]]) is the name the [[Ironforge]] [[Dwarf|dwarves]] have given to the settlement. With a population of 800, it is the largest [[Alliance]] stronghold in the [[Barrens]]. It is marked by the sturdy stone walls and guard towers blocking the mouth of a cavern into the mountain. An encampment just inside the wall offers shelter to Alliance caravans and travelers crossing the Barrens. The stores of food and supplies at Bael Modan are a tempting target to [[centaur]] warbands and [[quilboar]] raiders, but thus far the dwarves' trusty rifles and mortars have proven more than able to withstand such attacks.
+Those who visit discover that the dwarves have not forgotten their traditional weapons since the invention of gunpowder. The dwarves of Bael Modan have established a midwinter tournament, with the highest prizes - elaborate bronze helms - given to those most skilled with the axe and the hammer.<ref name="WRPG">''[[Warcraft: The Roleplaying Game]]'', pg. 190</ref>
-==Cataclysm==
-{{Cata-section}}
+When the Ironforge dwarves learned of their old friends, the [[gnome]]s, arrival in [[Theramore]], the Ironforge dwarves invited the gnomes to settle in their new home, Bael Modan, and take up their inventing and tinkering where they left off. The gnomes found Theramore too crowded and politically charged, and gladly took the dwarves up on their invitation. For a while, most gnomes on Kalimdor remained secluded in Bael Modan (still reeling from the loss of their city [[Gnomeregan]]), having yet declared their presence on the continent. So for a while, a traveling gnome on Kalimdor was a rare sight to see. The few gnomes living in Bael Modan were loosely organized much like most of gnome society living back in Ironforge.<ref name="A&HC">''[[Alliance & Horde Compendium]]'', pg. 17, 18, 60</ref>
-In the lastest [[World of Warcraft: The Magazine]] Interview, When Game Designer, David Kosak, was asked what quest was he most proud of making, He stated without giving too much away, that he was most proud of doing the South Barrens, especially Bael Modan. 'A lot of epic things are going to happen there that I am immensely proud of. some beautiful, beautiful things.'
+The gnome [[Ace (class)|ace]] [[Gaeval Thunderblast]] also spends his time in Bael Modan working on his ship, the ''Greased Lightning'', while teaching new aces the art of aerial combat.<ref name="APG">''[[Alliance Player's Guide]]'', pg. 44</ref>
+===Titan ruins===
+[[File:Baelmodan3.jpg|thumb|Bael Modan in the RPG.]]
+Over 100,000 years ago, beings known as [[titan]]s built great laboratories throughout Azeroth. Bael Modan was one such site. The titans encrypted their research on banded platinum disks in a runic language now forgotten to mortal races. The site at Bael Modan served the titans as a storage facility for these discs before they packed up most of their gear and left. [[Khaz'goroth]] was the facility overseer and ran the facility nearly 100,000 years ago when the titans ceased the facility operations<ref name="HPG">''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'', pg. 242</ref> A few guardians remained to protect the site for eternity and the titans sealed off the main entrance. One such guardian was [[Acheras the Custodian]] who was left in charge of the facility's maintenance and awaits his master's return.
-According to quest text, the dwarves there firebombed [[Camp Taurajo]]<ref>{{quest|Flightmare}}</ref>. In the initial Horde counter-attack, [[Gann Stonespire]] leads an angry mob of Horde civilians to raid the dwarven digsites in Bael Modan<ref>{{quest|Hands off Me Dig!}}</ref>. Gann is wounded in this attack by Marley Twinbraid. With help from a dying Gann Stonespire and a goblin rogue called [[Weezil Slipshadow]], Horde players sabotage a dwarven artillery shell for the giant cannon erected around [[Bael'dun Keep]] causing the whole place to blow up.<ref>{{quest|Dwarf Fortress!}}</ref> <ref>{{quest|Sabotage!}}</ref>
+The facility was once a multi-level complex above and below ground surrounded by a fortress wall. Geological forces and instability slowly sunk the facility into the ground.<ref name="HPG" /> Over the millennia titan ruins sunk deeper and deeper under the mountain. Earthquakes and shifting ground broke the ruins into several large areas and separated them, sometimes hundreds of feet apart and at many different elevations in the mountain. Natural tunnels and caves developed around the ruins as erosion and time took their toll. The area is now a great wilderness inhabited by fierce creatures, including the mighty [[Kolkar]] centaur tribe.<ref>''[[Horde Player's Guide]]'' pg. 235</ref>
-[[Marley Twinbraid]], the son of [[General Twinbraid]] is killed when the explosion causes his plane to crash. <ref>{{quest|Marley's Final Flight}}</ref>.
+The [[House of the Makers]] can be found in Bael Modan.
-===Something bad is beneath the Barrens===
-In the Cataclysm Beta a [[Bael'dun Excavator]] standing before the cave can be interacted with by Alliance players and he says something interesting:
+===Conflicts with the tauren and centaur===
-<blockquote>Turn away, <class>.<br />
+Bael Modan has seen conflict with other races which share the Barrens. Each day that passed saw Bael Modan grow stronger as the inhabitants built up defenses and new dwarves and some other [[Alliance]] members came to settle.<ref name="WRPG" />
-Before the cataclysm hit, we found something.<br />
-We dug something up that should've stayed buried.<br />
-Pray to whatever you believe in that the landslide was enough to keep it down...<ref>[[:Image:Baelmodancata.jpg|Bael'dun Excavator dialog]]</ref></blockquote>
+The dwarves and gnomes suffer constant attacks from the Horde, especially nearby tauren from Mulgore.<ref name="LoM" />
-==NPCs at Bael Modan==
-{{Seealso|Bael'dun}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Prospector Khazgorm|Explorers' League}}
-*{{Race|Dwarf|{{NPC||Bael'dun Excavator}}}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Foreman}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Malgin Barleybrew|Bael'dun Morale Officer}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Heggin Stonewhisker|Bael'dun Chief Engineer}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Captain Gerogg Hammertoe|Bael'dun Captain of the Guard}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Soldier}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Rifleman}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Bael'dun Officer}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||General Twinbraid}}
-*{{RaceIcon|Dwarf|Male}} {{NPC||Lord Cyrik Blackforge}}
+====Centaur====
-== Bael Modan Digsite ==
+Native dangers have not stopped the Ironforge dwarves from establishing the stronghold near the titan excavation site of Bael Modan. The centaur have made forays against it but were repelled decisively each time. Scouts claimed that the centaur were amassing other tribes to launch a major attack, but the dwarves were unconcerned.<ref name="WRPG" />
-[[file:Bael Modan Digsite map.jpg|200px|right|thumb]]Bael Modan is a dwarf [[archaeology]] [[dig site]].
+===Maps===
+<gallery>
+Baelmodan1.jpg|Map one.
+Baelmodan2.jpg|Map two.
+</gallery>
+==Notes and trivia==
+*At some point, [[Fendrig Redbeard]] mined here.<ref>''[[The Jade Hunters]]''</ref>
+*One of the quests for blowing up the Bael'dun Keep is called "Dwarf Fortress" after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress popular text game starring dwarves].
+*This area was planned to be available in the [[Southern Barrens warfront]].
-== Notes ==
-One of the quests for blowing up the Bael'dun keep is called "Dwarf Fortress" after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Fortress popular text game starring dwarves].
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 ==References==
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+==External links==
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+{|class=darktable
+!Current !!Classic !!Southern Barrens warfront
+|-
+|{{Elinks-zone|4856}}
+|{{Elinks-zone|359}}
+|{{Elinks-zone|8804}}
+|}
 {{Southern Barrens}}
+{{Barrens (Classic)}}
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+{{Titans|collapse=collapsible autocollapse}}
 [[Category:Dwarf territories]]
 [[Category:Explorers' League]]
 [[Category:Excavation sites]]
 [[Category:Dig sites]]
+[[Category:Titan facilities]]
 [[fr:Bael Modan]]