The Rescue That Was Not

From Ironforge, Magni understood his daughter’s absence as captivity. Adventurers entered Blackrock Depths to kill Emperor Dagran Thaurissan and return Moira to him. The assignment left little room for the possibility that she wanted a different life.

After Dagran’s death, Moira rejected the premise of the mission. She had loved the emperor and carried his child. Sparing her had not made the attack a rescue: it had left her bereaved.

The truth did not erase the Dark Iron kingdom’s cruelty or its subjection to Ragnaros. It did expose the gulf between a father’s belief and his daughter’s choice. The expedition returned with an answer Ironforge had not sent it to find.