ord of the reappearance of the Nemesis Crown has reached the ears of High King Thorgrim. Now, dust rises over the Old Dwarf Road as a vast throng of Dwarfs marches to war, determined to stop those who would meddle in Dwarf business.

To the Dwarfs, the tale of Alaric the Mad is a sad one, for the Master Runesmith was one of the greatest of his calling, his name spoken across the Old World. Though Alaric created some of the finest runic weapons ever to exist, his last work, the Rune of Ages, earned him the name by which he has been known for two thousand years - "The Mad".

The Dwarfs would dearly love to erase the memory of Alaric's folly, and time alone might one day have done this, were it not for the earthquake that cracked open the crown's hiding place and exposed its evil to the world. The first band of miners dispatched to investigate were lost, in itself providing Thorgrim and his advisors evidence that something had gone awry. Even as the second band was sent to confirm the fate of the first, word was being sent to each of the great Dwarf holds in the Worlds Edge Mountains. Within days, a great army gathered at Black Fire Pass, made from the hosts of Karaz-A-Karak, Karak Kadrin and Karak Hirn. At the call of warhorns and to the beat of a thousand drums, the assembled throng marched forth along the Old Dwarf Road.

Passing through the lands of the Empire, Thorgrim learned of the forces massing to seek out the lost crown. He heard of his old enemy Grimgor Ironhide and the scores of Forest Goblin tribes throughout the Great Forest, and vowed that the crown would never fall into their greenskinned hands. Then, he heard that the Emperor Karl Franz desired the crown too, which filled him with sadness. He knew that he might have to fight the Men of the Empire to retrieve the crown, and though he would mourn the waste of lives, he would do what must be done.

At last coming upon the Great Forest, Thorgrim ordered his throng to encamp amidst the Färlic Hills, east of the Barren Hills. Before sundown that first day, the feverish sound of Dwarf Engineers erecting ironbound palisades carried for miles. By sunrise, the hill upon which Thorgrim's camp was erected was ringed with ditches and spikes, and Dwarfen artillery emplaced within fortified gun pits.

His camp secure, Thorgrim ordered his armies to scour the Great Forest, and to bring him the Nemesis Crown, no matter what the cost, and no matter who the foe.

Objective - Thorgrim seeks to recover the Nemesis Crown and lock it away deep beneath Karaz-a-Karak. In so doing, he will cross out one of the oldest entries in the Great Book of Grudges and redeem Alaric of his folly in creating the Crown so long ago. With every Dwarf victory, this noble end is advanced.

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