Soon, Brann Bronzebeard will no longer be by the side of the heroes from World of Warcraft. But many believe there is a secret reason behind this.
With the upcoming expansion Midnight, Brann Bronzebeard is retiring – at least he will no longer accompany us in the Depths. Instead, in the next addon of World of Warcraft, we will get Valeera Sanguinar as our companion, whom we will need to level up and who will surely keep us on our toes with her witty remarks. However, some players have their own theories about why Brann is no longer interested in us. The most popular theory: He has exploited us long enough and is simply loaded.
What is wrong with Brann Bronzebeard? Basically, since the introduction of the Depths, many have felt a bit robbed by Brann Bronzebeard. Because while the dwarf always cheerfully points out that he has “found a bit of gold” and then tosses it to the players, many wonder how much gold Brann has really made by now.
After all, at the end of every Depth, there is a large treasure chamber filled with gold – but only a tiny fraction ever makes it into the characters’ pockets. This has led many to believe: Brann Bronzebeard has coldly cheated us and has become rich while we only received trifles.
The theory: Brann is now incredibly rich and has been exploiting us all along.
Even though the post in the WoW subreddit was meant more as a meme, it has gained a lot of traction. Over 2,000 upvotes and plenty of comments make it clear that it’s not just the thread creator Siggythenomad who had this thought.
- “But seriously. Brann makes even goblins look like they are generous with money. And that alone is an achievement.” – Chocolatelover4ever
- “Yep, there’s a lot more gold in these treasure chambers than what ends up in my pockets. Brann Belfort. The Wolf of War Within.” – jnthhk
Brann is unfair – and this is no meme
That there is more to the whole thing than one might think at first glance was even shown quite clearly in a questline. Because at the start of the second season, when the “Underpin” was introduced as an antagonist, we could catch a brief glimpse from Brann Bronzebeard’s perspective:
- “This is indeed the canon. At the beginning of the season 2 questline, you briefly play as Brann and when you loot gold, it is divided into two items. A pile of copper that you toss to Johnny Imba and a large pile of gold that Brann keeps for himself.” – Deathleach
However, DebentureThyme also notes that we could not stop Brann anyway. We must probably come to terms with the fact that we were used for his enrichment:
“The guy is now level 100. We couldn’t stop him even if we really wanted to.”
While the heroes of Azeroth are still limited to level 80, Brann has long surpassed this limit and can currently be leveled up to level 100. Everyone should really think twice about whether to confront Brann about all the gold that somehow went missing from the Depths.
Even if such theories are just silly figments of the community’s imagination, Blizzard is known for addressing such things. During the expansion Shadowlands, the only repair NPC in a raid was gradually provided with an increasing pile of gold – until he became one of the richest characters in the entire Shadowlands.
