The Fracture of the Clans

Kendrix Payme's younger brother, Killian, didn't agree with his brother's choice to let the elves stay in Na 'Dor. Kendrix didn't see his reasoning. Then again, he has a habit of taking things at face value. To Kendrix, they were broken, travel-weary elves who had vowed to change their ways in exchange for refuge.

To Killian, they weren't to be trusted. So, while Kendrix went on about the business of running a kingdom, Killian watched the elves. True to their word, at first they were faithful attendants to the city's Pelorian temples. They tithed a percentage of their meager wages, and slowly began employing servants in their houses. The elves also enchanted the Dwarven hammers and axes, making their masonry work take half the time.

The first troubling thing Killian noted was that as the elves—and the city in turn—became more wealthy, the temples saw no more income and had difficulty keeping up with repairs. When Killian brought this to the attention of Kendrix, he vowed to 'talk to them about it,' but didn't seem too troubled. In response to Kendrix inquiry, the elves built their own temple on the ever-expanding Elven side of Xaylon's Crest which was funded and served entirely by elves. This seemed to more than satisfy Kendrix, but troubled Killian even more.

Over the years, Killian heard word among the workers of the elves taking slaves, but no proof could be found. Still, Killian would go to the local taverns and stir the pot, as it were, drumming up dissension among the dwarves. The appointment of Califast as the Chancellor was the last straw. By that time, Killian's beard had turned white, but he and a small faction of dwarves had pledged to leave Na 'Dor and establish themselves as a clan of Moradinian dwarves.

Killian himself would never see the shores of the Crag, but he was the first laid to rest on the outer bank of the extinct volcano. Killian's eldest son, Dunlok took charge of the Moradinian dwarves as they began carving out a home for themselves inside the Crag of Kymia.

Kendrix never turned his back on his brothers at the Crag, and sent many ships of supplies to them to help them get established. Dunlok begrudgingly accepted the supplies, as long as the food and goods came only from the Dwarven side of Na 'Dor. Once the Clan was established in the Crag, trade went both ways between the Pelorian and Moradinian dwarves, but Dunlok's clan never accepted anything that had been touched by Elven hands.