Confederation of the Holy Mountains

The first few centuries after the Cataclysm were dark times of political upheavals and struggles for survival.

In the Western Horn, the shattered remnants of the dwarves quickly fell to infighting and clan warfare. This collapse can be explained by the deprivation of their homeland combined with the diminished influence of their wounded god Grovsmed. Eventually, the dwarves imposed some measure of order on their society. They created a complex series of laws regulating their internal warfare, including rules for why they can fight, how long they can fight, on what days they can fight, ect. They also agreed to put aside their feuds for the purpose of repelling foreign invaders. Those clans who signed these treaties are known as the Confederation of the Holy Mountains. In times of danger, the High Priestess of Kjarmor can call a ceasefire and declare the Battle Lord of Haader as the supreme commander of the Confederacy.