" Highlord, it is a great honor for me and my people to have you here in person."
Jiang Jie invited Falstad to the original conference room and asked, "How are the corpses of those Proto-Dragon and giant dragons being dealt with? I calculated that the hide and scales of one Proto-Dragon can make at least ten full-body leather armors and ten heavy shields."
"Every Wildhammer Dwarves received a large piece of meat, and even the griffons ate quite a bit. Nicholas, you might not know this, but griffons have huge appetites; they can eat half a sheep in one meal. This is the fundamental factor limiting the number of Wildhammer Gryphon Rider! Griffons are usually released to hunt on their own, but the area around Aerie Peak can only support so many griffons!"
Highlord Falstad was both excited and annoyed. "Unfortunately, the Wildhammer Dwarves aren't skilled in blacksmithing and leatherworking. We've processed the dragon hides and scales, but figuring out how to turn them into weapons and armor is a huge problem!"
The Wildhammer Dwarves initially asked Meryl, Jaina, and Archmage Angela for help in carving a large teleportation array to transport the corpses of the Proto-Dragon to Aerie Peak, but Jiang Jie had no idea how to dispose of those corpses.
They actually ate all the dragon meat!
If the mages and alchemists of Dalaran knew this, they'd be heartbroken to death!
Dragon meat is one thing, but dragon blood, dragon heart, dragon eyes, and other miscellaneous things are all top-quality and rare materials for spellcasting and alchemy. How can they be used as food? That would be too wasteful.
The Wildhammer Dwarves have virtually no mage professionals, not even pure spellcasters. They only have Gryphon Rider, Warrior, and a small number of hunters, so naturally they don't care about spellcasting materials or alchemy materials.
After leaving Grim Batol, the Wildhammer Dwarves integrated into nature. Apart from a Stormhammer, they wore very little armor, covering only a few vital areas, at most half-body armor, and not even steel plate armor, but mainly leather and wooden armor, in order to stay close to nature.
Of course, another reason is that we don't want to add extra weight to our griffin companions, as flying is very tiring!
Unlike the Ironforge guards, who are armed from head to toe, with only their eyes, nose, and mouth exposed, their armor weighs dozens of kilograms. Some heavily armored shield guards, with their weapons and shields, weigh over a hundred kilograms. Only the strong and robust could bear such weight.
If this happened to a human, they would be crushed!
" The Wildhammer Dwarves aren't skilled in forging, but the Bronzebeard Dwarves are. The Highlord can commission the Bronzebeard Dwarves to forge shields. The Wildhammer Dwarves don't need heavy shields, but the dragonscale shields they create can be sold to the Order of the Silver Hand of Lordaeron, or other shield Warrior. I think Her Majesty the Queen would be willing to pay a high price, after all, dragonscale shields are lighter than steel heavy shields, their defensive capabilities are in no way inferior, and they also have strong magic resistance."
Jiang Jie smiled and said, "Also, Lordaeron has some excellent leatherworkers. You can ask Her Majesty the Queen for help. If needed, I can introduce you to one."
Falstad shook his head and said, " Nicholas, the Wildhammer Clan would be extremely grateful if you were willing to help contact leatherworkers, but forging dragonscale shields is out of the question. The relationship between the Wildhammer and Bronzebeard isn't as good as you think."
Jiang Jie smiled and said, " The Wildhammer and Bronzebeard were one family three hundred years ago. There's no need for them to be estranged forever, is there? Didn't you join forces when the Dark Iron Dwarves invaded? The Thandol Span is a testament to your friendship. Its existence is precisely for the convenience of communication between your two tribes, isn't it? Prince Brann came a few days ago and brought a letter from King Magni. Take a look."
Jiang Jie took out a letter and handed it to Falstad.
Falstad opened it, his expression changed, and he looked up at Jiang Jie in disbelief. " Magni plans to rebuild the Thandol Span?"
Jiang Jie propped himself up on his arms, interlacing his fingers, and looked at Falstad earnestly, saying, "This is my proposal. Half of the Thandol Span was destroyed in the war, hindering communication between Stromgarde and the Dwarves. Therefore, I want to join forces with Ironforge to rebuild the Thandol Span, helping each other and jointly developing the Wetlands. Of course, the Wetlands used to be your territory, and the Thandol Span is also related to you, so this matter still needs to be discussed with you, Highlord."
The Wetlands are generally part of the Khaz Modan Mountains, and the plains surrounded by mountains cover a large area, roughly the same size as the Arathi Highlands.
Wetlands are certainly not the territory of the Wildhammer Dwarves.
But three hundred years ago, the Wildhammer Dwarves built Grim Batol in the southeastern part of the Wetlands, which is why Jiang Jie said that.
Falstad hesitated.
There is a feud between the Wildhammer Dwarves and the Bronzebeard Dwarves.
Three hundred years ago, War of the Three Hammers, the three major tribes fought each other. In the end Bronzebeard Dwarves drove out the Wildhammer Dwarves and the Dark Iron Dwarves, and occupied Ironforge alone. Wildhammer Dwarves build Grim Batol.
Then, the Dark Iron Dwarves split their forces to attack Ironforge and Grim Batol, so the Bronzebeard Dwarves turned around and joined forces with the Wildhammer Dwarves to attack the Dark Iron Dwarves ' Blackrock Mountain.
Later, the Curse of Grim Batol spread, Wildhammer Dwarves to leave the city and travel to the Aerie Peak Hinterlands, where they built the Aerie Peak City.
The Wildhammer and Dark Iron have had their share of feuds and Alliance, but overall they are relatively close, even building the Thandol Span to facilitate communication.
However, as the Wildhammer Dwarves moved closer to nature and took a different path from the Bronzebeard Dwarves, their relationship gradually faded. Before World War II, they even had no contact for a long period of time.
During World War II, Grim Batol was occupied by the Dragonmaw Orcs, who used the Dragon Soul provided by Deathwing to enslave the Red Dragon Queen, enraging both the Red Dragons and the Wildhammer Dwarves.
Krasus, Rhonin, and the Wildhammer Dwarves joined forces to rescue the Red Dragon Queen. Then, the enraged Red Dragon destroyed Grim Batol, killing almost all of the Dragonmaw Orcs. The remaining Dragonmaw Orcs fled to the Twilight Highlands in the east.
The city is now completely abandoned, but the Wildhammer Dwarves will not forget it.
"The situation in the Wetlands is complicated now. Thousands of humans, thousands of Ironforge Dwarves, thousands of Bronzebeard Dwarves, thousands of Dragonmaw Orcs, thousands of Dark Iron Dwarves, a large number of Murloc and Gnoll, and some other scattered races have all established settlements there, and there are even red dragons."
As Jiang Jie pointed at the map, he explained, "Before World War II, this area largely belonged to Ironforge, so Ironforge wanted to reclaim it. During World War II, Lordaeron built Menethil Harbor here, and humans got involved. But they couldn't fully develop this area because the Dragonmaw Orcs and Dark Iron Dwarves didn't want to give it up. Under these circumstances, King Magni was naturally willing to cooperate with Stromgarde."
Falstad paused for a moment, then said, " The Wildhammer Dwarves love the scenery of Hinterlands and enjoy living close to nature. We have no plans to leave."
Jiang Jie smiled and pointed to Grim Batol in the southeast corner of the map, saying, "Don't you intend to reclaim this city? As far as I know, this city is the true pride of the Wildhammer Dwarves! It's even larger and more magnificent than Ironforge! Fifty thousand Wildhammer Dwarves once lived in that city! Can you... really forget it?"