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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 2819711" data-attributes="member: 1164">Dwarves DID rule the world. Who do you think BUILT those dungeons you are raiding? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> The Dwarf empire stretched across the world, with dwarven subterranean strongholds in strategic locations to supervise humans farming brew able crops in exchange for “protection” from giant and dragon attacks. Time passed and the dwarves, having had no difficulty with the humans in the past, reduced many of those Underholds to skeleton crews to devote more dwarf-power to a war in the Underdark. The Elves, seeing the dwarves’ actions as exploitative, seized this opportunity and began to teach certain eccentric humans the secrets of summoning and creature-mutating magics and whispered dreams of ruling from subterranean strongholds. Overt time, these mentally bent humans had conquered many of the dwarven Underholds. The dwarves, while capable combatants, were often unable to cope with reckless spellcasters with unending hordes of monsters. Most Underholds were given up as unnecessary due to a greatly reduced Dwarven population, thanks to the Underdark conflicts.</blockquote>