"...destroyed the friendship..."
No Zarin, you destroyed the friendship. While Gardon did give you reasons to do so, it was the Dwarves that rejected to join the Ironfist and instead side with the Golden Guard.
"Who knew how long it would be until the Demons would invade again?"
Oh, so now you are concerned about the demons? Maybe you should have thought about that when you sided with van Durce, the guy that wanted to leave the entire continent to its fate.
"Zarin raised his hand and immediatly silenced his daughter by doing so. She was getting ahead of herself, she had not even waited for him to give permission to continue. While this was something a father COULD forgive, a high king certainly could not. She looked back on the ground, not saying a word. Zarin, on the other hand, slightly raised his voice to highlight his discontent."
Wow, Zarin, what a good way to treat your daughter...
Let's hope that it doesn't come to bite you later on, right?
"Such a thing was impossible. Neither Zarin nor any other king had forgotten that Dorten and his followers had actively supported Gardon during the Second Voidwar – not only in the war but also politically by accepting him as king of two kingdoms and as if that had not been enough, accepting the return of the Black Dragons, allowing him to bring back Zyainor! An unforgiveable crime. A human king might have forgotten or forgiven this act of betrayal, but no dwarf. After the Humans of the Kingdoms had now, for the second time, allied with the Black Dragons, most Dwarven rulers had little doubt that the Humans of Zyainor and the Kingdoms – what still remained of them anyway – had proven that their kind would NEVER be in a position where they could be accepted as allies or even trade partners ever again. And so, Zarin returned to his thoughts."
Gee, why did Dorten choose to side with Gardon, I wonder. It is not like van Durce gave MORE THAN ONE reason for him to do so, right?
Let's see:
-Act like the douche he is
-Commence a coup on a neighboring kingdom
-Support said coup in a war against not only the Ironfist but against the other kingdoms as well
-Decide to remove all Imperial support on the continent, no longer caring if the Demons were to overrun it and kill everyone living on it
Plus, Dorten wasn't aware that Gardon wanted to recreate the kingdom of Zyainor until it was too late for him to do anything about it.
Zarin, you were wrong in supporting van Durce over Gardon and now you are wrong in not supporting Dorten. So, go ahead, stay in your caves being a lousy father while Zyainor takes over the entire continent, and next thing you know, Gardon will come and deal with both you and the rest of your kind like you deserve. I at least am certain that your daughter will be a more reasonable ruler than you are. Let's hope that you, in your stubborness, won't drag the rest of the Dwarves along with you to the grave.