Haldir Frenzies

The cries of a hungry people lead to the bloodbath that people of Matona know today as the Haldir Frenzies. The people of The Dwarven Mining Enterprise with the help of the Kingdom of Illtresi poured in their best efforts to come to a peaceful solution with the dwarves. However, the Haldir, already driven mad by the lack of Zedonias, took their frenzy to the streets of the town forcing the hands of all the parties involved.

These.. decaying dwarfs look scary. They want the Zedonias all to themselves, but we cannot allow for that to happen. We offered them other goods and aid, but it seems like they are deaf to all our proposals. It is as if there is more it than they are willing to let on. Why are they so reliant on the Zedonias? Either way, I hope we can keep the city safe...

— Snippet from the first report on the Haldir Frenzies

Missing Investigators

During the excavation of Zedonias, a few miners from the Mining Enterprise noticed that the number of calcified eggs in the lair decreased at a faster rate than they were digging up, so they informed the company. In response, a small team of investigators set out to the lair and deeper into the mountains to find the cause of the disappearance. After ten days, none of them had returned.
Worried about their employees, The Dwarven Mining Enterprise sent another group of investigators into the mountains, this time accompanied by a squat from the Limani Supplier Security Services for their protection. What they found was not a pleasant sight..

We found them... I've taken their personal belonging and put them together for each investigator, so we can bring it back to the family. There is... let's just say there's not much left of the bodies. Whoever did this can consider themselves monsters, who can do something like that to a fellow dwarf?!

— Snippet from the Diary of Thannik, one of the security guards from the Limani Supplier Security Services

The second group got safely back with their report of what they found in the mountains, including their suspicions of the people responsible. With this knowledge in mind, especially what they had done to the first group of investigators, the company called in a close ally of the city: the Kingdom of Illtresi.

Sortly after we had begun our operation, the Haldir must have noticed that their supply of Zedonias reduced rapidly. We suspect that they likely have sent scouts to have a look, just like we sent our investigators, and the two groups have met somewhere in the middle.

— Snippet from Thanniks report

Location
Greze Urngorr
Matona

Involved Parties

HaldirInstigator The Dwarven Mining EnterpriseInitial Casualties Kingdom of IlltresiAllies People of MatonaVictims

Root Cause
Ownership of the Zedonias in Greze Urngorr

Cause for Violence
Haldir became more aggressive during negotiations after having killed a group of investigators from the mining enterprise.

Negotiations

Spokespeople from the mining enterprise and the kingdom have tried to negotiate with the Haldir to find a more peaceful solution. However, the Haldir dwarves were adamant and didn't want to share the Zedonia as a resource. Every proposal was met with resistance and refusal which frustrated the spokespeople enormously. Furthermore, the Haldir became increasingly more aggressive with every potential solution we present.
After 30 days, they gave up. It was simply impossible to negotiate with these people. The Kingdom of Illtresi sent troops to Matona to help secure the lair with Zedonias and prevent the Haldir from getting their hands on more of it, effectively cutting them off fully. They hoped that using a power move, they could get the Haldir to cooperate and accept one of the earlier proposals.