Deadmines

Dungeons & raids

1 min read

Levels 18–24

Westfall's abandoned gold mine, where Edwin VanCleef's Defias Brotherhood is building a warship in secret.

Before the First War these tunnels were the richest gold mines in human lands; the orcs' sack of Stormwind left them empty. Now the Defias Brotherhood has made them its hidden fortress. Its leader, Edwin VanCleef, was a master stonemason who helped rebuild Stormwind after the war, until the city's nobles refused to pay his guild. Betrayed, his workers turned outlaw and spread through Westfall.

The way in starts in the ruined village of Moonbrook. Far below, goblins such as Sneed and Gilnid help the Defias finish a great ship in a hidden cove, guarded by Mr. Smite and Captain Greenskin.

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Related lore

Chapter 20

Stormwind in Shadow

Rebuilt Stormwind faces a betrayed guild of masons, a vanished king and a dragon hiding at court, while the gnomes have lost their city.

Chapter 11

The Dark Portal and the First War

Medivh helped the orcs open the Dark Portal, and the Horde overran the kingdom of Stormwind.

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Edwin VanCleef

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Defias Brotherhood

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