Dwarves of the Dark Path

Bal-Kriav has a sizable dwarf population.  The largest population is spread across the Clans.  Some of the interesting themes for some groups of dwarves is there downfall from working with dark powers.  This could be because they were taken to their edge of morality by incessant wars - such as with the Rethmorg and the Mîmêk.  There are the frost dwarves which escaped the Abyss, only to be cursed with their leaders becoming haunting ghosts on their death.   They build enormous crypts in the depths, not as a place of reverence for kings, but as a tomb prison.  There are many of these prisons for the ghosts, all linked, a dire place called Arakkhalgam.

All is not bad for the dwarves of Bal-Kriav.  There are many sizable empires and notable achievements and marvels attributed to them.