Dwarf Kingdom suffers setbacks

Between 450 and 460PC the dwarfs had continued their expansion. Under the King of Karak Brynaz, the Dwarf Kingdom had expanded the kingdom north into the mountains known as the Alpinos. These peaks were generally lower and older than those further south, and making a living from mining them was consequently harder. Nevertheless the hold of Karak Igor was founded and the dwarfs continued to push ever northward, heading for the Mallvass mountains.

This was something the ruler of Hovedstaden could not watch without intervening. Lord Tragean feared an alliance of dwarfs, Ogres and men - which would threaten the dominion of the Kaalroen Empire. The Holy Sigmarite Empire and the dwarfs simply couldn't understand any other way of life, and were steadfastly opposed to what he considered a free way of life.

To prevent such an alliance, the Kaalroens decided to stop the dwarfs advancement by sending a formidable army to the Alpinos. Here they faced the dwarfs of Karak Igor in open battle, and crushed them. The dwarfs fled back to the safety of their hold. Lord Tragean had no wish to expend energy pursuing them, the dwarfs had stopped moving north.

Then in 470PC the dwarfs suffered another unexpected setback. They had been cutting back the Lothlaer forest to use in their construction, most notably as fuel for their ironclad navy, which was sending expeditions north to the mountains across the north of Palurin. Little did they know there were wood elves in Lothlaer, and after receiving support from the Wood Elf Realm, the elves began ambushing work parties of dwarfs who ventured into the forest.

Angered by this, the dwarfs sent an army. In front of the Kazad-A-Wutroth brewery, the dwarfs faced a formidable wood elf army, the like of which the dwarfs had not anticipated. A brutal battle followed, and the dwarf army was defeated. The dwarfs abandoned the Lothlaer forest and were forced to watch as their beloved brewery was sacked by the furious wood elves.