Not long after King Varian Wrynn returned to Stormwind, he dispatched elite troops to help High Tinker Mekkatorque retake Gnomeregan.
High Tinker Mekkatorque had been planning to retake Gnomeregan for years, and now the plan was finally being put into action. The Gnomes gathered at Gnomeregan alongside reinforcements from Ironforge and Stormwind, launching a strategic assault against the leper Gnomes within.
At first, thanks to High Tinker Mekkatorque's meticulous planning and the Alliance forces' combat strength far surpassing that of the leper Gnomes, they successfully reclaimed Gnomeregan's outer territories, established a base there, and proceeded step by step.
High Tinker Mekkatorque also defeated the Gnome traitor Sicco Thermaplugg in a direct confrontation, though he failed to capture him.
Afterward, seeing that the situation was lost, Sicco Thermaplugg came up with a scheme. Once the Alliance forces had pushed deep into Gnomeregan's central interior, he unleashed a large number of Mark 3000 Radiation Emitters, intending to wipe out every Alliance soldier who had ventured inside.
Sicco Thermaplugg had originally succeeded. Even the ever-prepared High Tinker Mekkatorque had not expected his former close friend to be so ruthless. He had already been prepared to abandon Gnomeregan and seal it off to prevent the poison gas from spreading.
Originally, the operation should have ended in failure, but among the Alliance reinforcements were forces from a race that should not have been there.
They were the Lightforged Draenei of the Army of the Light. These Lightforged were immune to toxins, radiation included.
These cheating Lightforged Draenei strode freely through irradiated Gnomeregan on the strength of their Lightforged bodies, dismantled every radiation emitter, then activated facilities such as purifiers and ventilation ducts, successfully cleansing the radiation.
Poor Sicco Thermaplugg ultimately lost to this bunch of golden cheats. With nowhere to run in the depths of