Council of Dornogal

Council of Dornogal
Main leader	Councilward Merrix Stoneward Adelgonn High Speaker Brinthe Stormward Lufsela
Formerly	Stormward Baelgrim † High Speaker Eirich †
Race(s)	Earthen
Base of operations	Foundation Hall, Dornogal
Theater of operations	Isle of Dorn, Ringing Deeps
Sub-group(s)	Oathsworn (Peacekeepers, Stormriders), Unbound, Machine Speakers, Woldguard, Awakened
Reputation
Quartermaster	Auditor Balwurz
Notable reward(s)	[Shale Ramolith],  [Smoldering Cinderbee]

The Council of Dornogal is the ruling council of the earthen of Khaz Algar.

History

Foundation Hall, the capitol of Dornogal.

The Titans uplifted four wards to uphold the Edicts and oversee the construction of the Coreway and its fortress, Dornogal. The wards consisted of High Speaker Eirich, leader of the Machine Speakers; Stormward Baelgrim, leader of the Stormriders; Stoneward Adelgonn, leader of the Stonebound; and Councilward Merrix, who led the Council.

As time went on, the Stonebound began to seek more from life and abandoned their edicts, becoming the Unbound. Adelgonn supported their decision, who likewise abandoned her charge as Stoneward. Baelgrim was furious with them and revoked the protection of his Stormriders. After the Awakening Machine broke, Eirich retreated to the Ringing Deeps to repair it, leaving the Council. He eventually exiled Speaker Brinthe to the surface under the pretense of representing him on the Council.

Millenia later, the Earthen would encounter the Arathi in Hallowfall. They established fruitful relations with them and often traded, with General Steelstrike even considering the Councilward a friend. However, they lost contact after the Day of Darkness. With the Oathsworn's strict adherence to the Edicts and the Unbound's lack of access to the Coreway, the Earthen never reestablished contact with the Arathi.

The War Within

This section concerns content related to The War Within.

When Dalaran crashed on the Isle of Dorn after being destroyed by Xal'atath, Baelgrim went to investigate the crash site and left Stormguard Gorren in charge of the Stormperch. At the crash site, he helped the survivors thwart the nerubians attacking them, but ordered them to leave. However, he changed his mind when he mistook Magni Bronzebeard for a thraegar. They soon realized the attack on Dalaran had been a ruse and that Dornogal was under attack as well. Baelgrim then led the defense of Dornogal with the aid of the outlanders and managed to drive the nerubians from the city, but not before they destroyed the Coreway. Merrix thanked the outlanders for their assistance in repelling the attack and welcomed them to Dornogal as his guests.

The four thrones of the Council of Dornogal filled during  [70-73] Convergence.

Needing the aid of the Unbound to repair the Coreway, Merrix ordered Baelgrim to parley with Adelgonn at Freywold Village. Baelgrim begrudgingly agreed and met with her. Despite an initial tense reunion, Baelgrim managed to reconcile with Adelgonn, with some help from Moira Thaurissan and adventurers. Adelgonn resumed her duties as Stoneward and her Unbound returned to Dornogal, while Baelgrim pledged his protection once more. Merrix and Brinthe welcomed Adelgonn back to the Council, and together they decided they needed to repair the Coreway before they could bring back the Machine Speakers.

With the Unbound repairing the Coreway, Baelgrim set off to the Stormperch to rally the Stormriders to form a perimeter around the city. There, he discovered that Stormguard Gorren had betrayed the order and made a deal with Xal'atath for power, corrupting many of the Stormriders into skardyn and unleashing void monstrosities within the rookery. With the help of adventurers, Baelgrim was able to defeat Gorren, his followers, and the creatures they unleashed, but nearly the entire Stormrider order was wiped out by Gorren's betrayal.

With the Stormriders decimated, it became imperative to divert the nerubians away from the city. Baelgrim planned to draw them to Cinderbrew Meadery and ignite the cinderbrew to cause an explosion that would wipe them out. Adelgonn managed to convince Wenbrandt of their plan with the promise of rebuilding the Meadery after. However, their plan did not go as expected, and Baelgrim was forced to sacrifice himself to trigger the explosion, killing the nerubian troops gathered.

Merrix, the leader of the council.

Merrix declared that they would honor Baelgrim's memory by having the earthen stand together once again, and that they would support the outlanders in their endeavor to stop Xal'atath, no matter what the Edicts said. He then sent Speaker Brinthe, alongside the outlanders, to the Ringing Deeps to bring back the Machine Speakers. When they arrived at the Ringing Deeps, they saw the work sites were in disarray and besieged by kobolds. With his attention solely focused on the Awakening Machine, the High Speaker had neglected his other responsibilities. They tried to ask Eirich for his aid, but he refused to listen to them, however, he allowed them to wander the Ringing Deeps. Still in need of the Machine Speakers, they decided to address the issues the High Speaker had ignored in order to gain their support directly.

With discontent growing, Eirich addressed his subjects in Gundargaz. He dismissed concerns about the nerubians and the worker shortage and assured them that he was investigating the disappearances in Taelloch, but dissuaded people from traveling there. Dagran was suspicious about Taelloch and went to investigate with Magni and an adventurer. There, they discovered the workers transformed into skardyn and that Eirich had made a deal with Xa'atath. She granted him the power to restart the Awakening Machine, but it would awaken the earthen as skardyn instead. They warned Brinthe of the High Speaker's plan and gathered a force to stop him. They wrested control of the Earthenworks from Eirich's followers and confronted him in the Hall of Awakening. Eirich was able to corrupt the machine and escaped through a portal, but Magni channeled Azeroth's power and cleansed it, allowing earthen to awaken for the first time in millennia. In the aftermath of Eirich's betrayal, the Machine Speakers elected Brinthe as the new High Speaker. Deposed, Eirich fled to the Stonevault and barricaded himself alongside his remaining loyalists. Dagran and a group of adventurers eventually found him transformed into a skardyn and ended the former High Speaker.

With the Coreway safe to traverse again, Merrix was sent a letter of recommendation by the outlander to meet with the Hallowfall Arathi. He traveled to Hallowfall with Teha and Andee Seabraid of the Trading Post and met with General Steelstrike and Auralia Steelstrike to discuss trade relations. General Steelstrike was worried that their envoys had offended Merrix and that's why they ceased trade, however, the Councilward revealed that none of them made it to him. With the outlander's help, the Arathi were able to negotiate trade with Dornogal and the Trading Post.

When the Alliance and Horde fleets arrived in Khaz Algar, Merrix welcomed the factions into the city and had the Dornogal Steward set up their embassies. In order to support the war effort, many earthen began training with the Horde and Alliance, however, they still needed the Stormriders. They were able to bring back the Stormrooks thanks to Rooktender Lufsela and formed a new Stormrider order.

A short time later, the earthen held a ceremony at the Proscenium to officially join the Alliance and the Horde in their war against the Harbinger. To do so meant renouncing the Edicts, and thus Merrix proclaimed that all the earthen of Khaz Algar were from that moment Unbound. Adelgonn then struck the titan console upon which the Edicts were written with her hammer, as a symbolic gesture of their newfound freedom. However, the destruction of the console activated a failsafe protocol and caused a Colossal Titan Construct to rise from the sea. The construct made its way to the Isle of Dorn to punish the earthen for abandoning the Edicts, so Merrix sent the newly appointed Stormriders to stop it. After the battle, Merrix asked Olbarig if he would take the mantle of Stormward. Olbarig instead proposed that Rooktender Lufsela was worthier of the title; thus, she became the new Stormward. High Speaker Brinthe wanted to contribute to the war effort and restarted an ancient golem facility with the aid of Dagran and ZZ-01-47.

When the nerubians launched an all-out assault against the Arathi, the earthen supported their defense. After the battle, the Council thanked the outlanders for uniting the earthen again and helping them see that tradition can evolve and change.

After a mysterious island with a giant crystal was discovered, the Council launched a joint expedition with the Hallowfall Arathi and Bilgewater Cartel to explore it. As Steelvein, Merrix sent one of his purveyors to assess how the island may benefit the earthen. The Earthen also brought along Kobolds from the Assembly of the Deeps to help excavate the Shuddering Hollow.

After a rocket drill from Undermine burrowed its way into Dornogal, the goblins attempted to get the Council to pay out their insurance, to which Merrix refused.

Faction description

Ruling from the Foundation Hall under the leadership of Councilward Merrix, the Council of Dornogal makes decisions affecting all earthen in the Isle of Dorn.

Rewards

Renown levels

1. Convening With the Council
2. Weathered Harbinger Crests
3. Restored Coffer Key, Pouch of Resonance Crystals
4. Performing Artist
5. Honorary Councilmember's Cloak, Weathered Harbinger Crests
6. The Show Must Go On I
7. Council's Collection I (ilvl 571 shoulder), Restored Coffer Key, Valorstones
8. Earth-Encrusted Gem, Pouch of Resonance Crystals
9. The Show Must Go On II
10. Honorary Councilmember's Tabard
11. Transport to Azj'Kahet, Carved Harbinger Crests
12. Profession Knowledge, Restored Coffer Key, Satchel of Resonance Crystals
13. Down on the Farm ( [Loamy])
14. The Show Must Go On III
15. Honorary Councilmember's Spaulders
16. Council's Collection II (ilvl 584 boots)
17. Restored Coffer Key, Valorstones, Resonance Crystals
18. In the Pastures (Shale Ramolith), Trove of Resonance Crystals
19. Carved Harbinger Crests
20. Earth-Encrusted Gem, Trove of Resonance Crystals
21. The Show Must Go On IV
22. Restored Coffer Key, Valorstones
23. Busy Bee (Smoldering Cinderbee)
24. Treasure Trove Key, Carved Harbinger Crests, Trove of Resonance Crystals
25. Formed Under Pressure (<Honorary Councilmember>), A Heroic Reward ( [Enchanted Runed Harbinger Crest])

Activities

Main article: Theater Troupe

The theater troupe at the Proscenium requires aid with preparing for their shows.

Notes

• The faction "Earthen" appears to be a stand-in for the Council of Dornogal, commonly associated with the earthen across Khaz Algar.
  • Seemingly as a bug, some unrelated NPCs from previous expansions now bear the Earthen faction. This includes Aethas Sunreaver during the Legion's Mage Campaign, Vindicator Boros during the Argus Campaign intro, Nat Pagle and Val'zuun in Dalaran, Lord Maxwell Tyrosus during the Paladin Campaign, Prophet Velen in Krokuun, Battlelord Gaardoun on the Fel Hammer, Rocket-Chief Fuselage on Mechagon Island, Margaux and Vintner Iltheux in Suramar, Playful Trickster in Ardenweald, several denizens of Bastion, Proudmoore Charger in Boralus, Warren Ashton in Drustvar, Taivan and Gerithus in the Ohn'ahran Plains, Merreck Vonder and Fiona in Shadowmoon Valley, Reshad and High Ravenspeaker Krikka in the Spires of Arak, Kura the Blind, Darkscryer Raastok, Crystal-Shaper Barum, and Raksi in Talador, Brother Pike, Samuel Williams, and Taelia in Stormsong Valley, Littlefur in Val'sharah, Shafina in the Emerald Dream, several orcs in Frostfire Ridge, Adarrah in Uldum, Farmer Yoon in the Valley of the Four Winds, The Monkey King in the Jade Forest, and King Varian Wrynn in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Patch changes

• Patch 11.0.2 (2024-08-13): Added.
  

External links

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