My Lord,
This should be a time of joyfulness and celebration. Your efforts to reunite the Dwarf clans have succeeded. A king has arisen and the ceremony to awaken Arkath, the Fire Dragon, is planned for the advent of the new moon.
However, a shadow looms over proceedings.
Strange creatures have seized our Fortresses. Worse still, our scouts inform us that the Dark Elves are readying themselves to launch an attack! My Lord, you must intervene!
Our Runic Fortresses must hold. We are already very much in your debt, but our need grows ever larger. We beg of you my Lord, raise your armies once again and use them to protect the sanctuaries devoted to Arkath. Without them, the ceremony will not be able to take place and all past efforts will have been in vain.
The future of the world is at stake. The Runic Fortresses must be protected and held until the Ceremony. If they should all fall into the hands of the Dark Elves, we are lost..
May Asha come to our aid,
Theogrim the Wise, Dwarf King.