The Root of the Mountain

The title "Root of the Mountain" pertains to the past kings of the past Ironfoe Clan and the Ironfoe Empire specifically.

Dwarfs have never used or enjoyed the title of "Emperor" and have always held the term of King of Kings, Grand King, or more importantly, The Root of the Mountain.

The title was first held by Barunthal Ironfoe when he finally managed to fulfill the dying wish of his great grandfather to bring the dwarven people together in binding union under one king. This occurred twelve hundred years after the dwarfs awoke from their “Sleep Change,” the period when they slumbered after the destruction of the Void Portals of the first Void Invasion, and transformed from their ancient Mygloin selves into the dwarfs.

Barunthal was said to be crowned by the Dwarf Gods themselves who are said to have descended from their lofty halls for this specific and once ever time. A daughter of Clan Grimaxe married the crown prince. A daughter of Clan Dreadhammer married Barunthal's second son. Barunthal himself married a rare immortal Mygloin woman, which filled the line with their ancestral, and ancient power.

For each successive Ironfoe king, they were proclaimed The Root of the Mountain and crowned by immortal Mygloin who always managed to vanish until the day of the Root's death, when they would arrive always bearing the vestments, sigils, symbols and runes of the seven dwarf gods, five male and two female.

These same Mygloin appeared for each coronation, until the last when the Ironfoe after many millennias of wise and binding rule had a king with no heir.

Since that time the Mygloin have all vanished save for one, known as the Deep Hermit at Thryng'A'Medmygloin, The Temple of the Mygloin where it is said he waits for the birth of the next Ironfoe heir.