The Betrayals of the Stoneborn: Third Betrayal

by Dulagdur, House Paleore, Dun Oromir

The Third Betrayal

It was the cursable pride of the Fairies which caused them to make Majk and to play with powers they did not then, and could never ever, fully understand. Untold evil and certain destruction loomed over the world because of the Fairies. So, in their great wisdom the Stoneborn hid from the threat of these new lords and the new lords’ experimentation. The Stoneborn sought solace and privacy from the chaos of the Fairy Warlocks. To protect their civilization from decay, the Duns of old were located deep in the shafts of mountains and beneath the mighty hills. There the Duns became places of unsurpassed beauty and craftsmanship.

But the Fairies could not bear it when the Stoneborn would not partake of their decadence and they grew jealous of the beauty that the Stoneborn had created. When their jealousy had reached its peak, the Fairies sent some of their number to lay siege to the Duns and compel the Stoneborn to return to the surface, lest they be starved. But we are a stubborn people and so deeper still our ancestors went into the very heart of Erenth. There they learned under Dunseath to take sustenance from the depths and in the farming of things which need not sunlight to grow.

This great achievement only angered the Fairies who sent hunters after them and many were needlessly killed before the madness of the Fairies was abated by the Short Peace. To this day, the Fairies do not take responsibility for their actions. They claim that every lord and tribe only did as they thought right. They say that only those who actually killed Stoneborn could be made responsible. For this reason, the Short Peace, and every peace of the Fairies, has failed.

The Benediction

The last age of Erenth looms, and the Stoneborn await the restoration of all things. Justice will prevail for the Children of Moradin and the rightful heirs of Erenth. For we are the Stoneborn!