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The Hammer of the High King (also known as Modimus's Hammer) was the hammer of Modimus Anvilmar, the last high king of Ironforge. After his death, when the clans battled for or control of Ironforge, the hammer had mysteriously disappeared. It was later found out that the hammer had been broken into three pieces. During the chaos of the war, each clan had, in one way or another, managed to obtain one of the fragments:

  • The Wildhammer clan had obtained the handle, taken by one of the clan and reforged into a scepter carried by Thane Kurdran, and before him, Thane Khardros.
  • The Bronzebeard clan had obtained the hammer's head, damaged beyond recognition in a fire during the civil war and tended to in the city's library along with other debris gathered in memory of the conflict.
  • And the Dark Iron clan had obtained the once-golden-hued crystal that had been set into the head of the hammer, found by one of the clan's sorcerers and altered in color to hide its identity.

The hammer would later be reforged, under decree of the Council of Three Hammers. It was decided that a dark iron smith should reforge the hammer. A few days before the reforging, the council discovered that the pieces of the hammer might've been fakes. Yet the majority of the council agreed to continue with the reforging without the public knowing about it being a fake. Kurdran however, disagreed with the lie. Later that night, Kurdran would come to where the pieces was stored, and removed the handle. On the day of the reforging, it was discovered that the handle was missing, and Kurdran admitted he had stolen it. But instead of letting it be reforged, he smashed the handle with his stormhammer, and it shattered to pieces. Kurdran declared that the union of the dwarven clans shouldn't start with reforging a hammer that could be fractured again. Instead, Kurdran proposed that the dwarven clans move forward from the past and unite with a fresh start. Muradin Bronzebeard and Moira Thaurissan joined him by fracturing their fragments.[1]

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