The Dwarven Creation Myth

At the beginning of time, the world was a vast sea of untouched water and earth. At the sight of this, the god Moradin, the All-Father, wept for joy at the sight of such possibilities. With the blows of his hammer, he created the mountains and lakes of the world, the sparks from his anvil became the stars of the sky, and his tears of joy became all the riches of the earth. Happy with his work, Moradin went to work on creating the first inhabitants of this world. Moradin crafted the dwarves into his own image, sculpting their bodies of rock, minds with flint, and lighting the fire in their souls. In the early days, Moradin walked among his chosen people, rejoicing with them in his creation.
But this was not to last, for the forces of chaos, seeing this new creation, sought to make it their own. Demogorgon, the Prince of Demons, rose from his lair in the abyss seeking to corrupt the world. Moradin answered the challenge, and for 8 days they battled across the landscape; from it’s highest peak to it’s lowest cavern. During the fight, both Moradin and Demogorgon were seriously wounded, with Moradin losing an arm, and both were eventually forced to retreat.
Moradin’s arm never healed back, and due to the energy he used up fighting the Sibilant Beast, he became permanently weaker than he had been before. As such, he fashioned himself a new name, Reorx, and he stopped visiting his own creation. Meanwhile, the removed arm began to regrow itself into a completely different being. Corrupted by Demogorgon, Moradin’s arm grew into Abbathor, the dwarven god of greed. Both being equally powerful, the brothers vied for the worship of the dwarves, both claiming to be the rightful successor of Moradin.
Both dwarven gods amassed a great following between them amongst the early dwarves. This lead to a great schism within the people, and created the Tribe of Reorx and the Tribe of Abbathor. The Tribe of Reorx ultimately created the city of Kraggenhammen and tell the story of how the Tribe of Abbathor split from them hundreds of years ago and disappeared, never to be seen again.