Red Eye Mountain

At the dwarves height during the Golden Age, Karak Ungor ‘Delving Hold’ boasted the deepest – and some of the richest – mines in all of Karaz Ankor. As the ore and mineral deposits were played out the dwarves simply abandoned them; the unsuspecting dwarves never seeing the dangers to come. The War of Vengeance was nearing an end and the elves were a spent force, the greenskins still kept to the Dark Lands, and the skaven were yet unknown. The occasional troll wandering through the mines, was seen as only a minor threat.

Soon after the final victory over the elves at Sith Rionnasc’namishathir (where the City of Marienburg now stands) the World’s Edge Mountains shuddered with massive earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Fissures were created in many of the tunnels of Karak Ungor, through which surged the night goblins of the Red Eye Tribe. King Morek Stonehammer and the army of Karak Ungor, however, were still in the west – at Sith Rionnasc’namishathir. They returned to find that Karak Ungor had fallen, and though they made fifty attempts to breach the gates, they were betrayed by the quality of their own work and easily repulsed. In despair they retreated to Karak Kadrin and Zhufbar, hoping one day to recover their fallen hold.

Karak Ungor soon became known as , after its new tenants, and over 500 years passed before the dwarves made another attempt to reclaim it. King Skorri Morgrimson led the assault known as the ‘Battle of a Thousand Woes.’ The dwarves succeeded in capturing the southern valley and gate, but were unable to enter the citadel. After substantial losses, Skorri’s army was forced to withdraw to Karaz–a–Karak. Skorri passed the crown to his younger cousin Rogni Stonehammer, and took the Slayer’s Oath and die soon afterwards.

Ulther Stonehammer is the current Prince of Karak Ungor, having recently succeeded his father King Ulfar as head of the Durazgrund Clan. He has sworn never to take the title of King, less Karak Ungor is reclaimed. Prince Ulther has founded an elite force of dwarven warriors known as the Dragon Company. Nominally based at Karaz–a–Karak, the Dragon Company has sworn an oath to retake Karak Ungor, and to this end they roam the northern World’s Edge Mountains raiding greenskin settlements.

Source

 * Dwarf armybook
 * Orc & Goblins armybook