Edwin VanCleef was once a mason for the kingdom of Stormwind, and when the Orcs of the Horde and their Ogre allies assaulted the great capital city of Stormwind, Edwin was called upon by the nobles to rebuild the city once the Orcs were driven away. Edwin and his employees began their work, and after a long time of reconstruction, the city was rebuilt. When Edwin visited the nobles to receive his payment, the nobles refused to give him any money for his work. Instead, the nobles offered him and some of his workers government jobs, but Edwin spat on the floor and walked out of the building he rebuilt with his bear hands. After starting a riot in the city that resulted in the deaths of several people, Edwin and his allies were banished from Stormwind. Edwin was not done for, yet, and he and