: Don't forget that we only know that 'The Last Battle' and
: 'The Great Devoid' took place on the same day, and
: while 'The Great Devoid' didn't take place at night,
: there would still have been time for them to teleport
: elsewhere. Perhaps to get some more dwarves?
Maybe also to end the civil war--I imagine that the infighting among the Nine would seem pretty silly if Alric popped in and said, "btw, while you ninnies were beating each other up with Rubber Chicken Dreams back here, I took care of a few problems out east for you... wanna see something gross?".