Accompanied by his commanders, they started to plot a bigger attack for Stormwind. VanCleefвЂ™s ship in the DeadminesДЇrom inside the Deadmines, VanCleef oversaw every operation that the Brotherhood made. In the name of his success, he named his gang The Defias Brotherhood and proclaimed himself as the leader. Mercenaries, brigands, criminals, soldiers,В outlaws, and rebels also joined the brotherhood.

Once his laboratory was constructed there, he entered the mines.

VanCleefвЂ™s search for a secure location for his Brotherhood led him across Westfall to Deadmines. His men inside the Stockades gathered a mass of followers and started to attack Stormwind from within. Therefore, VanCleef used this to his advantage and started a prison rebellion. Some of his men were captured and put into the Stockades prison. Step by step, he started to damage Stormwind in a variety of different ways. Using the money he steals, VanCleef paid his followers and the different bands of mercenaries. The Brotherhood started to rob merchants, occupy the gold mines in Westfall, destroy farmsteads that provided food for Stormwinds. (artist unknown, image is taken from pinterest) They unleashed the devices called Mechanical Harvesters and started to terrorize the farms and farmers in Westfall. He and the tinkers that left Stormwind with him started implementing mechanical devices and terrorize Westfall. When the Stormwind Guard began to respond to their actions, VanCleef turned to another tactic. This helped them to adapt to the wild until their ability was perfected and ready to ambush travelers. He taught the Stonemasons with various skills that he learned from the cityвЂ™s thieves. The BrotherhoodДЄfter fleeing from Stormwind, VanCleef started to make plans of how can he make Stormwind pay for their actions. Knowing that the kingвЂ™s anger would never go away, they were forced to remain in hiding. The Stonemasons, aware of the consequences, fled Stormwind and started to hide in the rural areas of Westfall. As a result, Varian vowed to punish those responsible for his wifeвЂ™s death and the riots. The riots were dangerous and several people died, including the King of StormwindвЂ™s wife, Tiffin Wrynn. Shortly after, under the command of VanCleef, workers rioted in the streets of Stormwind. He refused the offer and said that Stormwind will pay double for this. VanCleef was not willing to betray his workmen about this matter. The terms of the jobs were to be set only if the workers were quiet about this and played along. Governmental jobs were offered to some of the seniors in the Stonemasons, including VanCleef himself. However, the House of Nobles refused to pay the Stonemasons Guild for their work on Stormwind. The rebuilding went smoothly and Stormwind was completely rebuilt in less than 10 years. With a mastermind such as him overseeing the operation, it was a huge success. VanCleef was originally one of the architects that worked on rebuilding it. Reconstruction of StormwindДЄfter the end of the Second War, Stormwind was razed by the Horde and almost completely destroyed. When the reconstruction of Stormwind began, VanCleef was one of the first to offer his talents and help rebuilding it. His father was a master stonemason and Edwin learned his skills as a child at the side of his father. There are even some speculations that VanCleef was once a member of SI:7. Mathias Shaw, the leader of the SI:7 was a childhood friend of VanCleef and he personally trained him as a rogue. Edwin is also a peerless fighter, as explained by Baros Alexston. He is a mastermind when it comes to defeating mechanical defenses. (artwork from Hearthstone collection) Early LifeД®dwin VanCleef was once so called a вЂњroofwalkerвЂќ of Stormwind.

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