Borfo Battleboots

Borfo Battleboots is a Bronzebeard Dwarf shaman, soldier and elected committee chair to the Miner's Union.

Appearance
Borfo Battleboots is a stout and stocky dwarf. Short, for a dwarf, and very wide, Borfo isn't very unusual, though he definitely isn't the norm. With eyes that are a mix of reddish-orange, and a very tanned, almost dark skin, one might mistake the dwarf for a half-dwarf between a dark iron and bronzebeard.

The dwarf is usually clad in a set of green clothes, his green shirt, and gloves are well fitted, yet his dark green trousers are cut at the knee. His most memorable feature is a well kept green pointy Brewfest Hat. In terms of weaponry, Borfo has given up on conventional weaponry, instead opting for a piece of wood with a nail through it, and a very small shield.

Leaving Khaz Modan
For once in his life, Borfo has done the odd thing of leaving his home. He has decided to travel, spreading the word of Dwarven Unionism in an attempt help organize workers across the rest of Azeroth. His first stop has been the city of Stormwind, however he´s run into a problem, he speaks not a lick of common! However, with the aid of his brother, nephew and some helpful folk he meets he hopes to raise awareness to the plight of workers.

As he entered Stormwind he was met by a massive culture shock, the city wasn't what he expected and as he wanded around he had no luck in finding those he could speak to. Eventually, however, he did run into a mage by the name of Elyanna. The young mage had a knack for languages and could speak and understand Dwarvish, leading her and the older Battleboots to become quick friends after he helped her with a study she was doing.

Dwarven Senate and Gilnean Hallow's End Festival
At the behest of the Speaker of the Dwarven Senate, Borfo as a representatitve of the Miner's Union of Kharanos, represented all unions during a discussion on a vote about whether each union should have a vote. This would mean that each union (the Explorer's League, the Miner's Union, etc.) would each have one vote to use by an appointed representatitve to the Senate. As expected, however, the Thanes and Senators assembled cared not for the voice of the people, and overwhelmingly voted the measure down. With only one senator voting in favor for the measure.

Annoyed by the ineptitude of the Senate, Borfo left Ironforge, heading north to Gilneas for the final day of the Gilnean Hallow's End Festival. It was here the dwarf was able to cool down, meeting two new acquaintances, Egrin Oakstump a Wildhammer, and Meren T. Young, and seeing an old friend in the form of Elyanna. It was also here that he spread some pro-union literature to a few Gilneans, though none of them could understand it.

Shamanism
Borfo discovered late in life his affinity to the elements.

Dwarven Unionism
Borfo is a staunch unionist which (until recently) has kept him at odds with his younger brother, Bodad Battleboots. The dwarf strongly believes in the rights of the union in Ironforge society and advocates, sometimes violently, for their rights. While the event has fallen out of the public eye for being so long ago, Borfo was well known some two-hundred years ago for leading a Miner's Strike across Dun Morogh, which saw some fifty-thousand miners and another twenty-thousand other union workers go on a mass strike for three weeks. Borfo works hard to organize workers into councils and committees, advocating away from the current method of union organizing. This current method seems union presidents and representatitves being elected, instead Borfo advocates for a type of syndicalism where worker unions are organized by councils and committees, with no one leader.

Current
Borfo has always been involved with the Miner's Union of Dun Morogh, he was the main organizer of the union in the prelude to the Great Strike of 487 K.C. Before the strike, the Thanes and Senators of Ironforge had been fighting to ensure workers weren't organized. These bosses used violent tactics to scare organizers, all the while cutting pay and sending Dwarves into more dangerous working conditions.
 * Miner´s Union of Dun Morogh

As the strike happened, Borfo began organizing these workers, joining them in their strike and helping them form the Dun Morogh Miner's Union. To this day, he's been involved with the union as a committee member.
 * Earthen Ring

Past

 * 175th Pike Formation

Common
"Aye" - Borfo, saying the only word he knows in common.