The earth spirits, this is an ancient race.

They were born during the time when the Titan Guardians reshaped Azeroth as the Old Gods disrupted the order, and they were created by the Guardians, and they were a very important part of the Guardian system.

The Earth Spirits' innate ability to master the power of the earth makes them very talented in building, and legend has it that it was the Earth Spirits who built the miraculous Titan city of Ulduar.

However, after the rebellion of the Guardian of Wisdom, the Earth Spirits were brutally driven out of Ulduar, and exiled in the Storm Crags and the whole world, and Lorcan was afraid of the abilities of these Earth Spirits, and he also sent his own cunning and ruthless Iron Dwarves to hunt them down, and some of the Earth Spirits could not bear such atrocities, and when the God of Justice Tyr stepped forward, they followed Tyr all the way to the border of the continent.

After Tyr's death, they followed Azadas and Aronnaya to the Uldaman Ruins, and now, among the renovated Uldaman's Ruins, there are still some ancient earth spirits.

However, there are some earth spirits who did not follow Tyr out of their homeland, and in order to escape the pursuit of the Iron Dwarves, they used the power of their shapers to create a remote but safe shelter for them on the edge of the cliffs of the Storm Cliff... The remnants of the Earth Spirits have lived there, carefully maintaining the heritage of the race, and hiding from Locan's doglegs.

In the millennia since the Guardians of Wisdom fell into a deep slumber, the Earth Spirits have breathed a sigh of relief and their race has begun to flourish again, but now that a group of outsiders have taken over the Rock Hall, they have once again awakened the brutal rebel Loken, leaving the Earth Spirits living in the Earth Spirit Sanctuary to face another cruel choice.

Either leave the Storm Cliffs completely, leave their place of glory, and escape this terrible catastrophe.

Either... Give up your cowardly thoughts and join these brave outsiders to overthrow Locan's tyrannical rule in this sacred land...

It was a difficult choice, but it was also a choice that the current leader of the Earth Spirits, Elder Budkrag, the Stone Shaper, had to make.

In fact, the earth spirits have long discovered the traces of this group of copper-bearded dwarves who came to the storm cliffs a few years ago, and some of the brave earth spirits will sneak into the dwarves' bases from under the earth, curiously observing the lives of these short men who are very similar in appearance and habits, which is why for a while, various food, wine and other items have been frequently stolen from the dwarves' bases.

Earth spirits are born with the ability to shape the earth, so if an earth spirit walks under the earth, as long as he doesn't want you to discover him, then even the most powerful shaman should not think so easily to discover the traces of the earth spirit.

Some of the Earth Spirits also suggested that the Stone Shaper Budcrag make contact with the Copperbeard Dwarf, but the old elder rejected the suggestion, and the Stone Shaper could smell the curse of the flesh from the Copperbeard Dwarf, as the first pure earth spirit created by the Titan Guardians, the Stone Shaper instinctively hated this kind of flesh and blood metamorphosis caused by the Elder God... However, now, while the Elder Stone Sculptor was still hesitating, these copper-bearded dwarves actually took the initiative to find the door.

This one calls himself Brian. The Copperbeard Dwarf has Guardian privileges, so the Stone Shaper is willing to give him a chance, and Brian invites Elder Budcrag the Stone Shaper to join him on the edge of the battlefield in the Snowflow Plains, where he joins the Elder to watch the battle between the Coalition and the Iron Soldiers of the Thunderforge Legion.

"Unbelievable!"

The Elder Stone Shaper, who had lived for more than 100,000 years, held his Stone Shaping War Hammer, and the Earth Spirit in ancient armor was surprised to see the Iron Soldiers of the Thunder Forge Legion, who were feared by the Earth Spirits, defeated by this group of mortals, those terrible weapons that exploded, those war fortresses that flew in the sky, and the bravery and madness of those mortal warriors, all shocked Elder Budcrag very much.

And most importantly, this Earth Spirit Elder seemed to feel some familiar shadows from these mortals.

Especially the little gnomes who are repairing the steam tank reminds him of the steel gnomes under the command of the mechanical guardian Mimiron, who are also good at engineering...

And the warriors and shields and muskets in their tanks bravely set foot on the battlefield, their posture and roar reminding the Stone Shaper of the Clan of Stormkeeper Thorim, the brave and fearless Vikus who fought in battle.

And the Copperbeard Dwarf in front of you...

After careful contact, the well-informed Elder of the Stone Shaper could already determine that the copperbearded dwarves in front of him were creatures derived from the earth spirits who had suffered the curse of flesh and blood, but the curse of flesh and blood had never spread to the earth spirits of the storm cliffs, so these dwarves were probably the descendants of those earth spirits who ran away with the god of justice, Tyr...

Thinking of this, the Elder Stone Shaper touched his rock-like beard, and he looked at Brian. Brass beard, he asked in the ancient Titan language:

"We can talk about the alliance later, but I have a question, Blonzan, and you have to answer me honestly... Who are you, dwarves, your ancestors? ”

Brian was a little surprised by this question, he didn't expect these reclusive earth spirits to be interested in this question, but for a brilliant archaeologist, the question was completely difficult for him, and Brian replied in a less proficient Titan:

"In our memory, the first King of the Mountains was named Anweimar, and that was also the only King of the Mountains who was revered by the three clans of Copperbeard, Brute Hammer and Black Iron, it is said that thousands of years ago, Anweimar woke up alone in the Coldridge Mountains, he did not know where he came from, he only had a mysterious necklace in his hand, but he could feel a heavy mission on his shoulders."

Brian described the story of his ancestors in vivid colors, and this story also changed the blue face of Elder Budcrag the Stone Shaper slightly, but he did not interrupt Brian's story, but quietly listened to the history of the dwarves:

"Anweimar was not the king of the mountains from the beginning, he walked through the mountains of Kazmodan, trying to find those forgotten memories of himself, and along the way, he saw many dwarves like himself wandering the land in a daze, and out of a will to protect his compatriots, he led them to live in Kazmodan, Anweimar ruled the dwarven kingdom for thousands of years, it was the most peaceful time for the dwarves, But Anvimar and all the dwarves have never given up on finding the sacred mission in their bloodline and their past history. ”

Brian shrugged:

"Anweimar didn't leave much of a codex, and according to some gossip, the king of the mountains seemed to remember something when he was dying, but no one knew if the news was true or not."

"I guess..."

Elder Budcrag the Stone Shaper hesitated for a moment, and then he whispered:

"The full name of your king of the mountains should be Modimus. Anweimar, right? ”

"Uh-huh!!"

Brian's eyes widened at this question, he had never told the Earth Spirit Mountain King his name, could it be that these Earth Spirits recognized the Mountain King?

And this secret was revealed in the next moment.

"In the language of the earth spirits, the meaning of "Anweimar"... It's "Stone Heart". ”

Elder Budcrag the Shaper said in a deep voice as rocky:

And the name of the king of the earth spirits is "Yurel. Stone Heart", yes, I have met your King of the Mountains, Modimus. Anweimar, before he was tainted with the Curse of Flesh... Yes, there is! I had met him on the Snowflow Plains, and he was a young and vigorous earth spirit, and he was Yurel, the king of earth spirits who had been killed by Lorcan. A direct descendant of Stoneheart, he vows to avenge his ancestors, and then waits for the Earth Spirits who are willing to follow him to leave with Lord Tyr. ”

"The dwarves awakened from the curse of the flesh are not willing to obey Modimus because of his heroic deeds... Blonzan! ”

The Elder of the Stone Shaper said to Brian:

"That's because Modimus himself is their king... But this legend alone is not enough for me to trust you! ”

Elder Budcrag's body is shaped by rock, and his personality is as stubborn as a real rock, and he looks at Brian:

"I remember that when Moimus left, he took Urel with him. A fragment of the Holy Hammer Valanel left behind by the heart of the stone, which is a symbol of the kingship of the earth spirit civilization... If you claim to be descendants of Moimus, then take out that fragment! Otherwise, we still won't believe you! Bronzan, you have to understand my plight, the Earth Spirit Clan has withered, and if you want us to suppress all our hopes and fight this battle with you, you must first gain our trust! ”

"Shards?"

Brian took off his cowboy hat, grabbed his hair, and said to Elder Budcrag:

"There is indeed a fragment, but not with me, with my brother Muradin. Copperbeard, if you don't mind, you need to come with me to the front, he's now the commander of the war in the Snowflow Plains... Oh, by the way, the Copperbeard surname is also one of the purest three bloodlines of the King of the Mountains, Anweimar, the other two are the Brute Hammer surname and the Thorrison surname. ”

"I don't care about that!"

The stone sculptor was a little impersonal to Brian, who was trying to climb the relationship, and said:

"We're earth spirits, and we don't have blood in our bodies... So the glory of your surname, for us, is meaningless, now, take me to see the fragment, if it really is... Then, you are the true brothers of the earth spirits! ”

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Ten minutes later, under the base of the battle line, under the heavy artillery fire, in the constantly shaking formation, he took off his helmet, revealing his completely diamond face, Muradin took the orange fragment from the necklace he carried close to him, and handed it to the stone shaper in front of him, Elder Budcrag.

When the stone shaper took the fragment, he first looked at the diamond Muradin, the king of the hill did not want others to know the changes in his body, so he wore a full-covered helmet when fighting, and this diamond body did not need to breathe anyway, and now, under the gaze of the stone shaper, Muradin felt a strange feeling of blood connection.

"You know what?"

The Elder of the Stone Shaper placed the fragment of the Holy Hammer in the palm of his hand, and he said slowly:

"The king of the earth spirits, Yurel. The heart of the stone is actually very similar to a diamond body like you, but the birth of your body was an accident, and Yurel can completely manipulate the power given by this body... You're not a warrior, Blonzan's brother, you shouldn't be a warrior, you understand? You have a heavier responsibility on your shoulders..."

"But that's for later!"

After saying that, in the hands of Elder Budcrag, the orange shard was strangely suspended, and under the gaze of Brian and Muradin, the elder smashed the stone sculptor war hammer in his hand to the ground, and the solid war hammer immediately split apart, and in the shard, a smaller fragment, but identical to the orange shard, was picked up by him, and then put next to the large shard.

The next moment, the two pieces of shards were strange, and under the manipulation of some kind of force, they slowly melted, and then became a larger shard.

"Very well, Valenar, Hammer of the Legend Shaper... I thought I would never see it again in my lifetime, but now, you have brought hope to the earth spirits..."

The Elder of the Stone Sculptor cautiously handed the fragment in his hand to Muradin, he looked at the diamond dwarf in front of him, and he said in a deep voice:

"Well, the earth spirits are your allies, masked brothers, but we joined the war for a hope, and you, you must complete it!"

"Muradin! You must collect all the Hammer shards in Ulduar and reforge the Hammer of Legend! Only when the Hammer of Legends returns to the Earth Spirit will our civilization be revived once again, and at that time, we will honor you as king! ”

"And at that time, the heavy mission you are shouldering, which belongs to the king of earth spirits, will also be revealed in front of you, believe me..."

"That's 10,000 times greater than being a warrior... Mission! ”

"You're going to be, the world's... Spokesman! ”