The warship headed south along the continent's eastern coast at full speed the entire way, without any concern about colliding with another ship.
This was because there were no civilized powers to trade with along the continent's entire eastern coast, so merchant ships normally never came this way.
After sailing at high speed for two days, the warship reached a strait running from east to west.
This strait separated the Lordaeron subcontinent from the main continent.
The plateau where Grim Batol stood lay just south of this strait.
Captain Hank continued south along the familiar route, sailing down the plateau's eastern coast until he reached the mouth of a great river.
Without hesitation, he turned into the river and headed west, deep into the plateau's interior.
Long before the Orcs invaded, Captain Hank had explored the plateau many times.
He knew the coastal regions and the great river like the back of his hand.
But the Wildhammer Dwarves had kept such a low profile back then that they had built no conspicuous landmarks in their capital.
Captain Hank had never managed to locate Grim Batol.
That lasted until Gryphon Riders scouted their abandoned capital and discovered that the Orcs had illegally appropriated it.
The Wildhammer Dwarves finally stopped keeping this well-hidden underground city under wraps, and it soon appeared on Captain Hank's map.
Grim Batol was actually situated not on the plateau, but on the boundary between the plateau and the Wetlands.
That made its exact location difficult to find from either the Wetlands or the plateau.
Now that they knew Grim Batol's exact location, things were much easier.
The warship sailed upriver to the part of the plateau closest to the Wetlands, and everyone then set out for Grim Batol on foot.
Grim Batol was enormous, divided into upper