Talk:Campaign/@comment-78.131.86.163-20180124163359/@comment-5395153-20190721110737

The reason for the poor relationship between the Dwarves and the Dark Dwarves and also the explicit origin of the Dark Dwarves is not known. The timeline says that a group of Dwarves which were seeking to outrun the Dwarf plague travelled across the Northern Tundra, but that's all it says. After they travelled across the tundra, they became known as Dark Dwarves. The most popular fan theory is that the travelling Dwarves made a pact with Bane (possibly due to the war between Dwarves and High Elves, which was a Dark Elven plot). This is supported by Puzzle Quest, where Dark Dwarves of Kal-Ungar help Bane by constructing machines.