The Alliance is a home for outcasts and the disillusioned from many civilsations who seek a new life and purpose – and the stubborn dwarfs have proved their worth many times over as artisans, labourers and warriors. Free Dwarf Raven-masters set out to subdue the most cunning of the giant mountain ravens of Abkhazla and Halpi. The dwarfs may raise the birds from hatchlings, or have their rangers capture and tame the best of those found in the wild. Many refugees from the Free Dwarf clans have travelled north of late. Under threat of invasion and unwilling to join the Imperial Dwarfs, these outcasts are drawn to Chill, braving the harsh frozen wastes to reach sanctuary and fight alongside the armies of the Alliance.