The Dwarven Clans

There are various Dwarven Clans located throughout the lands of Deralia, but only four are really prominent, and these are: 

• The Blackrock Clan 
• The IronFoot Clan 
• The Mor'Adin Clan 
• The Terra'Gar Clan 

The Blackrock, IronFoot and Mor'Adin Clans are all located within the mountains of Bellegast, where out of the three clans, the IronFoot Clan is the leader of the Dwarven Conclave. The Terra'Gar Clan used to also thrive on Bellegast, but was forced to leave their city of Terra Modan after a prominent attack by the newly formed Dwarven Conclave. They withrew to the mainland and founded a new city in the Storm Haven Mountains on Illdoridri. This city would come to be called - Terralode.

The History of the Dwarven Clans

Since the dawn of time, the four dwarven clans have always been struggling to become the ruling clan. The dwarven clans where only unified after the Terra'Gar clan made a crucial mistake.. and that was to raid the neutral clans. In the past, whilst most clans fought for power, there were some clans who opted to remain neutral. These were the Mor'Adin clan and the Blackrock clan, whom had decided to focus more on improving their unique crafting and mining skills, instead of engaging in impractical and futile fights. For decades, the conflict surged between the 2 greatest clans... the IronFoot clan and the Terra'Gar clan. 

Around a 100 years ago, the Mor'Adin clan and the Blackrock clan began cooperating with each other, by establishing various trade agreements. Where the Blackrock clan provided the materials to produce goods, the Mor'Adin clan would craft them. It wasn't long before the Terra'Gar clan grew weary of these agreements, and decided to strike a direct blow to the Mor'Adin clan, with the intention of stealing their newly forged weapons before the IronFoot clan could get their hands on them. Their attempt failed, and thereafter all neutral clans sought protection from the IronFoot clan.

The IronFoot leaders took this opportunity to plan a decisive blow against Terra'Gar insurgents. A move that would finally rid the island of Bellegast from the Terra'Gar Clan's raiding forces by rallying all the Dwarven clans together. The neutral clans agreed, and the Dwarven Clans finally established a unified front with the IronFoot clan as the ruling clan. The council of Dwarven Lords was established.

The largest dwarven force in history was sent against the Terra'Gar city of Terra Modan. But it was too late, for all they found was an abandoned city laden with traps. Weary of the new dwarven council, the Terra'Gar retreated from Bellegast to Illdoridri. There they founded a new city Terralode.. somewhere within the Storm Haven Mountains.

The Dark Ages

The dwarven council's appetite for revenge would not so easily be satisfied, an the dwarven army travelled to the mainland. There they sought the retreating forces of the Terra'Gar Clan, but their reckless actions brought them in direct conflict with the Elves of Thalasanar, and the Human Mining Tribes of the North.

The Humans and Elves were growing uneasy with the growing number of raids by the dwarves, and before long, armies were gathered to confront them. This became known as the beginning of the human and elvish conclave.

The war continued for over seventy years, during which the Dwarven council continued its search for the Terra'Gar Clan. Before long, the Dwarven Armies and the Elvin/Human allied forces, met on the Mirac Plataeu. The Battle Of Mirac turned out to be one of the bloodiest battles of all time, were both factions lost a large number of their best warriors. When the Dwarves realized they no longer had the upper hand, the Dwarven armies retreated back to Bellegast and the Human and Elven Forces reclaimed the Mainland.

Battle for Bellegast

Upon Returning to Bellegast, the Dwarven council, who's forces where dwindling and exhausted, had received word that there was once again activity within the deepest caves of Terra Modan. The Terra'Gar clan had returned, and with the help of their new allies, the Orcs, they were planning a major attack against Ebardrak, home to the IronFoot Clan and home to the dwarven lords council.

The Dwarven armies was in for a tough fight. The wounds of war were far from healed, but survived the initial onslaught, and Ebardrak was safe for now. During the next two decades, the Dwarven Clan Cities would come under continuous attack by the newly formed Dominion. As a last desperate attempt, the Dwarven armies sought the help of the Human and Elvish conclave to fend off the Dominion forces on Bellegast. They knew it would not be easy, but they traveled back to the mainland and into Conclave territory.

Upon arrival, the Dwarven Party tried reasoning with the conclave forces at the borders close to where they once battled so harshly. They frantically tried to explain to them that they come seeking help but alas, the Dwarven Party was captured and sent straight to Celestia. When the Dwarven Party arrived at the great city of Celestia, they faced the Achretian Senate, they pleaded the Conclave for help, picturing out the frantic battle with the Dominion.

In the meantime though, the Dominion forces on Dalador had become highly deluded by their new formed alliance with the Dwarves and thought they had become an unstoppable force. From the isle of Bellegast, they began sending raiding parties to the mainland to fight the Solarian Alliance. On the contrary of the Dwarven Conclave, the Solarian Alliance had grown strong and had become a powerful fighting force. As a result, they thwarted the Dominion's plans with ease and sent back most of the raiding parties to Bellegast.

After discovering the point of origin of the raiding parties - Bellegast, the alliance agreed to give a hand to rid Bellegast of the Dominion. The Dwarves were relieved and were allowed to return to Bellegast to give the conclave the good news. Before long, the Solarian Alliance sent their armies to the island of Bellegast to help the Dwarven Clans fight off the Dominion forces. It was not long before they succeeded and raised Terra Modan to the ground, never to be used as a city by the Dominion ever again.

The New ALLIANCE

After the Dominion forces retreated to Dalador, the Solarian Alliance recognised the skills of the Dwarves. The Dwarves from their end, recognised the Solarian Alliance as a friend, who is ready to help out should the Dominion return. The Dwarven Conclave decided they wanted to join the alliance, and it was at that point in history, that the new Solarian Alliance was formed. The Dwarves, Elves and Humans fought under the same flag, to defend their cities from the Dominion.