The vast forest of the Hinterlands was much like Silvermoon Forest in southern Quel'Thalas.
Mountains surrounded it, and forest covered nearly a hundred percent of the land.
Neither the Wildhammer Dwarves nor the forest trolls had much need for timber.
When the orcs entered this region filled with towering trees, they felt as though they had stepped into a treasure trove.
They were a race that lived by nomadism and hunting.
During their long lives of migration, they frequently felled trees to build houses.
Many of their everyday necessities were also made of wood.
Logging was already carved into the orcs' bones.
Fortunately, these fellows still had a war to fight.
Otherwise, they would soon have begun cutting down trees in great quantities as part of their daily routine.
The Wildhammer Dwarves' capital lay not far from the exit of the hidden path.
Their capital was called Aerie Peak.
The name came from a mountain peak they had carved into the shape of a crouching gryphon.
The actual main body of the capital extended deep into the mountain, much like Ironforge.
To attack the city's entrance, ground troops first had to cross a mountainside guarded by numerous bunkers.
Besides befriending gryphons, the Wildhammer Dwarves had also achieved a considerable level of firearm modernization.
Although they developed blindly in isolation.
The caliber of their old-fashioned cannons was astonishing!
To deal with the elusive forest trolls, the Wildhammer Dwarves had equipped their bunkers with old-fashioned cannons whose calibers generally exceeded five hundred millimeters.
Though these short-barreled cannons could not fire far, with their shells traveling two or three kilometers at most.
An exploding shell of that caliber could flatten at least half a soccer field.
Every time the forest trolls attacked the Wildhammer Dwarves' capital, their assault collapsed under the bombardment of