The Mountain Wars erupt again this day, pitting dwarf against dwarf in their endless civil war over the splintered dwarven kingdom. No longer caring about any other politics within the Basin, the dwarves of Rockholm declare themselves free and no longer under the sphere of influence of the Grand Dominion of Hallifax, and the dwarves of Southgard declare themselves free and no longer under the sphere of influence of the Grand Dominion of Gaudiguch.

Meanwhile, the undead masters of Angkrag have forsaken the Free Collective of Glomdoring in order to focus their attention upon taking advantage of the dwarves during this time of upheaval and chaos.

Deep below the Basin of Life, the war to contain the illithoid reaches a peak in violence, causing the Ptoma Hive to cast off associations with the Grand Dominion of Gaudiguch in order to lend assistance to the Kephera Empire. Joining the fray in hopes of freeing their kin, the Overmind of Ixthiaxa cuts ties with the Free Collective of Glomdoring.