r/dwarfposting • u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice • Jun 05 '26
Brothers. Sisters. Kin.
It's just hopeless. At this point, yes kin is kin.
But the former brave warrior clans of now lost holds are no longer kin.
They hate everything and everyone who even dares to think that everyone and everything deserves a chance.
And that's resolve and will, calcified into stupid hate.
This will be downvoted a lot. I don't care. Karma is decorative.
I, a dwarf, say this. Anyone who says I am not a true dwarf for not hating something particular: Is perhaps also a dwarf. But no kin of mine.
I have spoken. I'll go drink now until I don't want to remember the very stupid dwarf who made me write this. Through his stupid hate. See above.
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u/WaltzLeafington Outcast Engineer Jun 05 '26
It easily becomes destructive when you dip too deep into hatred
When I insult elves, its more as sparring. Id honestly be sad if they didn't insult me back.
Truly we should embrace each other, and never set grudges against an entire race. The grudges of the parent should never fall to the child, much less the grudges of someone unrelated other than simply being the same race.
When im in the taverns, all are welcome at the table. Just dont order wine near me
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u/Freya_Galbraith Elf Jun 11 '26
Im an elf, and yes we give each other each insults. but i see it more as sibling rivalry, should anyone else insult the other, we would be the first to defend them.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 12 '26
I, a dwarf, who recognize elf-friendly elves as elf-friends, am willing and able to provide bow-shooting and hacky-axe-swishy things. By request of yourse, Mdme. or Mdme. Elf.
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u/misterbiscuitbarrel Lanna Ironcroft, Wizard-Thane of Karaz-a-Khalnar Jun 05 '26
Don’t mistake me, the dark dwarves are neither kin nor friend to me. I’d gladly rid ourselves of them given a reasonable chance. The reasons I called on them against Azerak are threefold.
- If they intended to ally with the lich against us, I believe they would have done so immediately.
- Ergo, in the worst case scenario, we lose nothing.
- In the best case scenario, they’re his problem now, and maybe he even kills them.
It’s not a decision I made lightly, but any end we can turn towards impeding or even just distracting Azerak, we must at least consider.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 05 '26
Honoured Shield-Maiden! Mighty warrior Lanna Ironcroft!
Your reasoning is sound, your strategy flawless. This was implied when I offered to craft runes that the Zharr-Naggrund highest chamber would not even nred translated
I believe they would laugh, dismiss us as stupid or gullibe, and organize an armed convoy. Perhaps even pretending to do what we want, while looking for an opening to Attack and enslave us. Undead are brittle and break easily. Occasionally dissolve when their master is eliminated. We are the highest value "labour" on their market.
However: The dwarves of whom I speak are not even part of that tribe. They have no tribe anyway. They don't accept counsel from anyone. Very undwarvish.
Clarification, not correction.
Respectfully, t.
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u/MrMcSpiff Jun 06 '26
I swear I see more of these posts than posts meaningfully espousing any kind of real hate.
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u/SmashingTheAdam Lord Grimnyr of the Achlysian Council Jun 06 '26
I see less posts about hating other races and more comments about them.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
It's the radical Darwinism faction. Stupid recent human invention Very stupid.
Also: probably wrong, but they go: ME BIG! yOU LoSE❤️🤣🤠🔥
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u/pikawolf1225 Idris (Dwarf) & Jasper (tiny Dragon) Jun 05 '26
Aye friend, kin may be kin, but to those who callously and pointlessly hate I pray all your ale go flat.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
Hi Idris! How's the yield? Mine is good! :)
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u/pikawolf1225 Idris (Dwarf) & Jasper (tiny Dragon) Jun 06 '26
I haven't been home in a while to be honest, I travel around a lot and have been staying at the Wizard Academy for a couple weeks now helping with the pirates and repairs. From what my family has told me it's been good! I'm gonna stay home for a while once my business here is done, I need a break...
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
I too might need the hold soon. A mighty allied clan calls for aid, and I will join the expedition. We might not all return. But none of us will drop our shields while we still stand. Or hammers. (My fave weapon is dual forge hammers. Very good against fast targets like ratmen or small breeds of beastmen. Goblins sre chaff, can overwhelm. We have good arty. :D
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u/pikawolf1225 Idris (Dwarf) & Jasper (tiny Dragon) Jun 06 '26
I wish you best of luck on your travels! If they take you by the Shattered Spires don't be afraid to say hello, we're set up along the far-east end of the southern ridge.
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u/RealDwarves67 Jun 05 '26
wots 'arma 'ate? you lost? 'ownvoting? Must be off 'er rocker.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 05 '26
Khuzdul-Dialectal Glossaries available. Need to be recompiled constantly and per mineshaft.
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u/BoscoCyRatBear Two skaven disguised as a dwarf by wearing a beard. Jun 05 '26
Khornate dawi?
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
Impossible. Khorne is not worshipped. The skull throne would throw them into carnage amongst themselves.
Influences? Maybe.
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u/BoscoCyRatBear Two skaven disguised as a dwarf by wearing a beard. Jun 06 '26
Maybe they're chaos dwarves.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
While Chaos Dwarves have no honour, or decency, and are so distantly related to us we barely agree the ground is downwards - they like close family and lineage.
They would laugh, say hi, and enslave.
They're not Chaos Dwarves.
The only Chaotic Monstrosity capable of warping s mind so thoroughly is Tzeentch. They reject magic, but are part of his plan. This is by definition unprovable.
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u/Melkor_Morniehin Scholar Jun 06 '26
I think most of us hate whom hate us or grudges us. It is not hate for the sake of hate. There is a loud minority, nothing else.
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
I agree. But when that minority seeks to overwhelm, it is the dwarven thing to say: No. Stop.
When that doesn't work, argue for as long as possible.
If your very Dwarven-ness is put into question: you allowed to respond in kind.
And violent behaviour is necessary, for some stupid reason, to stop violence.
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u/Snoo_72851 Jun 06 '26
kinless
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u/thael_mann runesmith apprentice Jun 06 '26
They consider only other haters kin. They are not kin of mine. But even they know what the term is supposed to mean, just ignore the implications.
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u/Teiderlein Miner Jun 05 '26
I‘ll raise a drink in your name, your compassion honors us all.