Dwarfs defeated by Chaos

In 506 a dire period began for the Dwarf Kingdom as they came under heavy attack from the Kaalroen Empire. A great force of beastmen of the Red Eye tribe travelled down the spine of the Mallvass mountains into Dwarven territory, looting a number of outlying mining settlements. A host of Dwarven warriors lead by Gimmle Thronson was mobilised from Karak Igor and marched north, meeting the Red Eyes at a narrow mountain pass where it was hoped the beastmen could not use their superior numbers.

However the Dwarfs had not reckoned on the sheer size of the horde, and for every slavering beast hacked down another would leap into its place. In the midst of the battle Gimmle ordered scouting parties to return to Karak Igor bringing news of the horde whilst his army prepared to give their lives. The force held up a desperate defence but was overwhelmed.

The two scouting forces desperately raced south, taking different routes to try and fool the enemy. The first found itself under attack when a daemonic force materialised around them and the blades of Khorne scythed down the Dwarfs. Elsewhere the other party also found itself under attack, this time from a force of Domovoi raiders. The scouts were no match for the might of the chaotic warriors and neither group would make it to warn Karak Igor.

The Dwarfs were saved in an unexpected manner. The Domovoi raiders that had killed the scouting party were only a small force ahead of a larger host that met with the Red Eye tribe shortly after their defeat of Gimmle's army. Instead of any sort of alliance the Chaos gods determined the two armies must prove their strength and loyalty by fighting each other. In a vast display of bloodshed the armies clashed, the Domovoi eventually proving their superiority. In time the battlefield would be known as the Crimson Pass, such was the amount of blood that stained the rocks.

Having done the bidding of their fickle gods both forces returned north to the Kaalroen Empire, taking much plunder from the Dwarven lands but leaving the Dwarf Empire safe again for the meanwhile. Gimmle's body was recovered from the field and entombed in the Hall of Heroes in karak Igor.