The Strength of a Mortal Craftsman
It turned out that the best craftsman working under the roof of the so-called Enlightened Church of Vulcan originated from the dwarven state that Ves had created and destroyed at his own hand.
There was a profound sense of irony in this confluence of events.
Ves thought that his meeting with the Iron Emperor was the last time he ever dealt with the radicalized and misguided members of the only true dwarven state to have existed in human space up to this point.
Of course, the legacy of the Vulcan Empire still haunted him to a degree.
He had most certainly caught the news about the ambitious dwarven ruler's attempt to gather the dwarven diaspora.
Vulcan even played a key role in furthering Rion Aaden's great ambition towards dwarvenkind.
Ves did not think that a strong-willed and visionary dwarf would go through all of this effort just to increase the voice of heavy gravity variant humans!