Moira Thaurissan
- For strategy on the Blackrock Depths encounter, see Princess Moira Bronzebeard (tactics).
 Moira Thaurissan
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| Title | Dark Iron Representative, Queen - Regent of Ironforge |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | Mountain dwarf (Humanoid) |
| Character class | Priestess |
| Affiliation | Ironforge, Dark Iron clan, Alliance |
| Former affiliation(s) | Bronzebeard clan |
| Occupation | Council of Three Hammers, Queen-Regent of the Dark Iron clan, Princess of Ironforge |
| Location | The High Seat, Ironforge |
| Status | Alive (lore), Killable (WoW) |
| Relative(s) | Elder Bronzebeard, Madoran Bronzebeard (ancestors), Magni Bronzebeard (father), Muradin Bronzebeard, Brann Bronzebeard (uncles), Dagran Thaurissan (husband), Dagran Thaurissan II (son) |
Queen-Regent Moira Thaurissan (born Bronzebeard) is the daughter of King Magni Bronzebeard of Ironforge and the widow of Emperor Dagran Thaurissan of the Dark Iron clan. As such she is both Princess of Ironforge as well as Empress of the Dark Iron clan. She is the Dark Iron representative of the Council of Three Hammers that rules Ironforge following the petrification of her father.
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Background
World of Warcraft
Moira Bronzebead was born to King Magni Bronzebeard, King of Ironforge. While Magni did love his daughter, he had always wanted a son to rule the throne after him, and was disappointed that Moira was not the male heir he had hoped for.[1] The laws of succession for Ironforge state that Moira, having no brothers, would be the rightful heir to the throne.[2] However, even though it would have been highly unlikely that Magni would ever dispute that claim, he still believed that a woman could not rule with the same ability as a man would be able to. His opinion on the matter was known to those he would have had some regular contact with, such as Advisor Belgrum, High Priest Rohan and at least some of the Ironforge Guards, such as Aerin.[3]
Moira was later kidnapped on the way to Lakeshire by Dark Iron dwarves and brought to Emperor Dagran Thaurissan in Shadowforge City. Rather than simply being a prisoner, Thaurissan showed her the respect her father did not give her, listening to her when she spoke, and expressed the belief that she could rule just as well as any man. Thus, Moira fell in love with the Emperor and married him. Kharan Mighthammer, the only escorting guard to survive the kidnapping, came to believe that the Princess was presumably ensorcelled, reporting this to adventurers that came to rescue him.
King Magni, upset that Moira was with an arch enemy of his family, sent a team to kill Emperor Thaurissan and retrieve the presumably ensorcelled Moira back to Ironforge. However, Moira refused to come home and announced that she was pregnant; additionally, the death of her husband has left a terrible, fiery rage within her heart. She would not be heard from for a few years, estranged from her father, who still prefered to believe that she was captured and seduced via magical means rather than contemplate that she had fallen in love and married a Dark Iron of her own free will.[4] Although devastated by the news and despite the rift between father and daughter, Magni hoped that some day Moira would return to Ironforge, and never made any move to disinherit her.[5]
After all of this happened, Aerin and a few other qualified female guards were promoted to become a part of Magni's elite guard. Aerin believed this was a result of him finally realizing that his sexist attitude had not been very fair to Moira.[6]
The Shattering
In the wake of King Magni’s petrification, Moira returned to Ironforge with her infant son Dagran Thaurissan II to claim the throne. Backed by the Dark Iron clan, Moira ruled Ironforge arrogantly and with an iron fist. She held all the people of Ironforge hostage—including Prince Anduin Wrynn, who was there as a Stormwind diplomat that would aid the dwarves in such troubling times. In a dinner with Anduin Wrynn, Moira revealed that she was not ensorcelled by her husband but rather fell in love with him because he respected her, unlike her father who always wanted a son and didn’t think a female was fit to rule. While Anduin agreed that she had been wronged, he quickly realized that Moira had not turned that into a strength, but had allowed her resentment of her father to eat away at her.[7]
When King Varian Wrynn heard that Moira and her Dark Iron clan had taken over Ironforge and held his son hostage, he was enraged. Varian and eighteen SI:7 operatives embarked on a mission to liberate Ironforge and assassinate Moira. When Varian was about to execute Moira, Anduin — who had rushed back to Ironforge — convinced Varian that it would be better to guide Moira to be a better leader instead. Despite Moira being a tyrant who held the city hostage, she was still the legitimate heir to the throne and killing her would only put the succession of Ironforge into question, thus leading to more chaos and conflict that could lead into another bloody civil war and suck the rest of the Alliance into it. Where as if she lived; through her and her son all dwarven clans could unite. Varian slowly agreed, but was also conflicted as Moira had caused so much chaos and had already threatened the safety of his son. Varian agreed to spare Moira’s life but stipulated that if Moira was to be a leader and unite the dwarves, then she’d have to earn her crown by earning her people's respect. In order to take into account the opinions of all dwarves, Varian called for the formation of the Council of Three Hammers, which includes Moira's uncle Muradin and Wildhammer Thane Falstad Wildhammer.[8]
Fire and Iron
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Cataclysm
Even though Moira is Queen-Regent to the Dark Iron clan, some Dark Irons are not loyal to her or her son. Moira refuses to believe that Dark Irons are attacking Ironforge until Muradin vouches for the loyalty of the messenger. After Muradin and Falstad call her out for not being able to control her own people, she determines who is responsible for the attacks and has Dark Iron Ambassador Slaghammer, who is working for the Twilight's Hammer, arrested for treason.
Quests
During the Dun Morogh storyline, Moira is involved in the following quests:
[10] Demanding Answers 
- [10] Seize the Ambassador
Quotes
Ironforge
- Greetings
- You stand before Moira, Queen-Regent of the Dark Iron Clan. Watch your tongue!
- Why have you approached me? Take care, my patience is short!
- Ironforge has need of our sorcery, as well as our strength.
- In time, my son shall rule the Dark Irons, and perhaps all of Ironforge as well.
- Aggro
- IMPUDENCE!!! YOU WILL DIE FOR THIS!
- How DARE ye!!
- Killing a player
- Hail to the QUEEN!
- No mercy for the weak!
- Death
- My son... shall avenge me...
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Trivia
- Due to storyline issues, Moira is the only racial leader that can be killed by her own race and faction. The echoes of End Time are also defeatable.
Gallery
Moira in The High Seat of Ironforge.
Moira while she was in Blackrock Depths.
References
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg 115
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg 168
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg 168
- ^ World of Warcraft #9, Page 10
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg 168
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg 115
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm, pg 227
- ^ The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm
External links
| Preceded by: Dagran Thaurissan |
Position: Empress of the Dark Iron Dwarves (as Queen-Regent to Dagran Thaurissan II) |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
| Preceded by: Advisor Belgrum (Interim) |
Position: Lord of Ironforge |
Succeeded by: Council of Three Hammers (as Regent to Dagran Thaurissan II) |
| Preceded by: Moira Thaurissan |
Position: Lord of Ironforge (as the Dark Iron clan representative of the Council of Three Hammers and Regent to Dagran Thaurissan II) |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
