When the Dark Iron Dwarves suffered a setback, the Wildhammer Dwarves, though displeased by their actions, remained loyal to Alliance High King Varian Wrynn. Kurdran Wildhammer ultimately decided to have all the remaining Wildhammer Dwarf gryphon riders mount their gryphons and aid the Dark Iron Dwarves in resisting the Tauren attack.
The roars of gryphons rang out over the Dwarven District as elite Wildhammer Dwarf sky riders used Storm Hammers to attack the Tauren warriors below. Yet the results were far from ideal. Storm Hammers capable of killing a beast in a single blow merely made the powerfully built Tauren warriors grunt.
Anok Grimtotem looked at the Wildhammer Dwarf Gryphon Riders in the sky and shouted, "Lasan Skyhorn, it's time for Highmountain's eagles to take the stage. Let these Dwarves see the Tauren air force!"
The piercing cries of eagles rang through the skies. The massive Skyhorn Eagles were even larger than gryphons; otherwise, they would never have been able to carry Highmountain Tauren of such tremendous weight through the air.
"Great Chieftain, the Skyhorn Tribe will never disappoint you!" Though the Skyhorn Tribe was one of the major Highmountain Tauren tribes, it numbered only a little over a hundred thousand. Moreover, training a Skyhorn Eagle rider was extraordinarily difficult, so the Skyhorn Eagle force was not particularly large and had never faced a powerful enemy alone.
But against fewer than a thousand Wildhammer Dwarf Gryphon Riders, whose main force was tied down across Stormwind's skies, Lasan Skyhorn's Skyhorn Eagle force was more than capable of handling them.
Skyhorn Eagles flew year-round through Highmountain's lofty skies and had long since adapted to high-altitude flight. Thus, they launched their attack on the Wildhammer Dwarf gryphon riders from above.
The Skyhorn Eagles dove down at terrifying speed, like predators hunting prey, their