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What is Khaz Modan
Khaz Modan is the mountainous kingdom of the Ironforge Clan, ruled by the Bronzebeard Clan, founded after the awakened dwarves ventured out from the ancient city of Uldaman. Named the "Mountain or Mountains of Khaz" after the Titan shaper Khaz'goroth, thought to be the creator of the dwarven race. The kingdom is ruled from the great underground city of Ironforge. Khaz Modan is also the name of the continent in which the kingdom is located, comprised of Dun Morogh, Loch Modan, the Wetlands, and the Badlands. The mountains here are also called the Khaz Mountains.
Server History
Khaz Modan was the name given to Realm Number 86. This realm was created to help alleviate the growing populations of other servers which were becoming increasingly over crowded with log in queue times up to 30 minutes. Blizzard blamed this on the growing population from the 2005 Holiday shopping season. On January 3, 2005, Khaz Modan went live.
Khaz Modan was specifically set up to allow transfers from four well-established realms:
- Blackhand
- Draka
- Hellscream
- Proudmore
During the first weeks after Khaz Modan went live there was not a lot of community activity. Cities were empty, battles between the Horde and the Alliance in the battlegrounds did not exist. Some were afraid that after they transfered they made a mistake due to the emptiness players felt when exploring Azeroth. However many players also enjoyed the wide open space and lag free major cities.
Over time the population began to grow.
The players of Khaz Modan communicate with each other via the World of Warcraft Realm Forums. WoW Forums: Khaz Modan
Khaz Modan is in the Central Standard Time zone.
Server hardware retrofit
On Tuesday, September 19th, 2006, the server was taken down along with a group of servers for new hardware upgrades. The server was down for 36 hours, and noted results have been lag improvements and smoother game play.
The Gates of Ahn'Qiraj: Patch 1.9 Unleashed
Coincidently this Patch went live the same day that the Khaz Modan server went live. During the Opening of the Ahn`Qiraj Gate, the Alliance guild Sunder led both sides in the war effort to get these gates open as soon as possible and was also the guild that rang the gong to open the gates.
On Feburary 28th, 2006, the Gates were opened, and Ahn'Qiraj became available to the people of Khaz Modan. Khaz Modan was the 83rd realm to complete the War Effort.
C'Thun, the final boss of AQ40, was first killed by the Alliance guild Sunder on December 3, 2006.
Player vs. Player
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Player vs. Player combat did not exist at all during the first month of the realm's existence - a player would be lucky to have at least one battleground match a day. Out of frustration the Alliance would lay siege to Orgrimmar or the Crossroads in a attempt to get their PvP fix.
Over time PvP became more frequent in the Khaz Modan community. Players would face off with other players from the opposing faction and destroy one another.
Patch 1.12 and PvP
Patch 1.12 introduced cross realm battlegrounds. This allowed players from several different realms to come together for battlegrounds and reduced queue times tremendously. Before patch 1.12 it was common to wait for hours to get into a BG, but now queue times are often non-existent or a matter of minutes. Khaz Modan is a member of Battlegroup Vengeance.
Patch 2.0 and PvP
On December 5th 2006, server patch 2.0.1 was released and introduced the new honor reward system. This new reward system allows players to accumulate honor points that can be spent like currency to purchase weapons, armor, and various other items beneficial for player-vs-player progression. The rankings no longer exist with this new system. The last players on Khaz Modan to reach Rank 14 were Ixnay (Alliance) and Wanagetdrunc (Horde).
Estimated Server Populace
Total characters: 15,127
Alliance characters: 10,441 (69%)
Horde characters: 4,686 (31%)
vs 
Ratio: 2.2:1
vs Activity Ratio: 2.1:1
Note: Statistics above are based on a Warcraft Census accurate as of 24 January, 2007 and should be considered strictly informational.
More statistics available at Warcraft Census for Khaz Modan. There are too few Horde entries for this realm to give reliable results! Please help today by submitting data for this realm! Find out more about how to help here: http://www.warcraftrealms.com/censusfaq.php
Guilds of Khaz Modan
Khaz Modan is still young compared to other servers in the matter of content progression and player base, but it has a close community and welcoming player environment.
A small number of guilds transfered to Khaz Modan when the realm went live, including Sunder, Vision, Dark Sin, and Skunk Canyon Brigade.
Having already cleared Blackwing Lair, the Alliance guild Sunder stood as the furthest progressing guild in Player vs Environment content, getting many "server firsts" by default. They continue to be the top guild on Khaz Modan, having been the first to down many bosses in content released since their transfer.
At this time, Sunder continues to lead the pack in instance progression, having downed C'thun in AQ40 on December 3, 2006, and cleared the Spider Wing of Naxxramas. A significant number of other Alliance guilds have also completed the content of MC, BWL, and Onyxia.
Scoundrels leads the Horde in PvE content and are currently working on downing C'Thun and progressing in Naxxramas. Retribution is close behind, with Onyxia, MC, and BWL completed.
Legendaries on Khaz Modan
Template:Llegendary is wielded on the Alliance side by Gunnarr <Sunder>, Katay <Sunder>, Dinghy <Infamous>, Amie <Evil Doers>, Chibiko <??>, Fenz <Oceanic>, and Furock <Synergy>. Horde warriors Hellhawk <The Vicarious> and Vanak <Scoundrels> also possess a Thunderfury.
Template:Llegendary is owned on the Horde side by <The Eternal> warrior Astayld, and shaman Zumì of <Retribution>. The Alliance paladins wielding this mace are: Doff, Tofu and Argent of <Sunder>, Hypes <Phoenix>, Rodomir <Prestige>, Shalashaska <Vision>, Jarold <Leviathan>, Baromir <DarkSin>, and Bainstoneaxe <Reliant>. Warriors Rigel <Infamous>, Solazun <Impendence>, and Stikman <Synergy> also possess the mighty hammer.