Steel Gronn

Across the vast Terrace of the Makers, Loken's steel army and the hundreds of thousands of troops in the resistance coalition fought fiercely in every corner, suffering staggering casualties.

After their initial advantage from the surprise attack had passed, the King of Wisdom, Loken, reacted by continuously dispatching the cheapest Stormforged Iron Dwarves to the Terrace of the Makers through underground drilling machines.

The battle dragged on for a full week without ending, and there was still no sign that either side could claim the final victory.

At first, the Blackrock Expeditionary Force had fought with all its strength. But after three full days of intense combat, Rend came to a realization. There was no need to throw the lives of his people into the bottomless pit of a war between Titan constructs.

After all, when Blackrock Expeditionary Force warriors died, they were truly dead. But whether it was Loken's steel army or the Earthen and other members of the resistance, they were all Titan constructs. Once expended, they could simply be made again...

Over the following days, the Blackrock Expeditionary Force relied on the many Titan structures throughout the Terrace of the Makers as strongholds and began fighting a positional war. This allowed them to rotate their forces without worrying about Stormforged Iron Dwarf drilling machines emerging from nowhere.

That continued until they discovered the location of Isenfas, the commander Loken had left behind at the Terrace of the Makers—a steel rune giant forged entirely from Titansteel and Saronite.

This extraordinarily powerful steel rune giant was located in the Hall of Shaping, a side hall amid the mountains of the Terrace of the Makers.

Thus, Rend joined forces with Guardian Med'an and decided to capture the ringleader first. Only by completely destroying this servant of the King of Wisdom,