An outpost of the 450 strong dwarven
expedition based at Bael Modan, the Bael'dun Digsite is a large quarry dug into
the mountainside in the western edge of Mulgore[33, 47]. This incursion has
provoked the local Tauren tribes, who see the excavations as an affront to the
Earthmother, and as diplomatic solutions failed, the Bloodhoof Tauren have
resolved to drive the invaders out by force.
Lands
of Mystery
According to Lands of Mystery, after Brann
Bronzebeard visited the dwarves of the digsite he knew he needed to act before
his friends were put in greater danger. While he visited Thunder Bluff he
suggested to Cairne Bloodhoof that he send a group of his own people to work
with the dwarves in exchange for making sure that the land was properly cared
for. Cairne agreed to bring up his offer to his council of elders for
discussion. Apparently it worked, as Baine Bloodhoof asked a group of young
tauren to act as emissaries to the dwarven excavation of Bael’dun to convince
the dwarves to cease their careless digging. Given enough effort, the tauren
apparently convinced the dwarves to allow a shaman to oversee their site to
make sure that the land is properly cared for during the excavation, and that
the dwarves return to the land as much as they take.
Cataclysm
Cataclysm however paints a different
picture of the events leading up to now. In Cataclysm, it is revealed that the
dwarves refused to heed their taurens warnings and their reckless digging
infuriated the spirits of the land who killed them. Ahmo Thunderhorn now sends
tauren to calm the Earth spirits in the ruined dig site with a magic drum.
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