: Then why would Stoneheim collapse the babrican when they
: heard about the fall of Myrgard? I think the empire of
: the dwarves we see in Myth is at the low point in its
: history with only one city standing (unless the
: dwarves of Stoneheim still live underground) But I
: think during the last light age the dwarves were much
: larger and more prosperous but when the dark came
: again they had to retreat back into their
: fortress-cities to weather the assault. Besides we
: know that the dwarves had a king, Albrecht. Maybe he
: was king before the sword age and the ephors were like
: the governors of the two biggest cities with the King
: above them.
GURPS says that traditionally the Dwarves were ruled by the Ephors; there's no mention of a King above them. I think the King appeared post-TFL (after all, the only king mentioned lives during the Myth2 era) after the city-states had basically been nullified and all the surviving Dwarves formed a single state.
The Stoneheim Dwarves collapsed the barbican because they knew they were doomed if Myrgard had fallen and could no longer fight with them. Again, they were close allies of each other, and they had a common culture which made them both enemies of the Ghôls and of Balor; they just weren't politically bound together under a single ruling government. I don't think.
--SiliconDream
