Depends- if they're smart, they run, and if they're reeeally intent on finding out more about their heritage, they might just do something stupid^^
After playing Dragon Age: Origins, I'm basically yoinking the whole elves and dwarves dynamic from there- the elves are a thin remnant of what they once were, trying to keep safe among humanity while striving to recapture their past glory, and the dwarves, well- any dwarf you see on the surface is roughly equivalent to a penal colonist. Proper dwarves never see the sun, and if you do, you lose your place in society. You can try for a new start there, but you're not welcome back as anything but casteless scum. At best, you get to bring your merchant wares to the entrances of the great halls.
Which makes it interesting when a sort of Henry VIII dwarven king uproots his entire kingdom, brings it to the surface, and establishes a surface colony in order to break with tradition and marry his new, favored wife. And what's more, he does it in turf that technically isn't part of the Empire, but was left to the orcs for their mercenary services.
The empire wants the dwarven trade, but doesn't have to grant them land. Unfortunately, that pisses off their staunch allies- the hardcore traditionalist tribal orcs are telling their cousins in the cities and the legions that their turf is being infringed on, and that's leading to mounting tensions and torn loyalties.
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After playing Dragon Age: Origins, I'm basically yoinking the whole elves and dwarves dynamic from there- the elves are a thin remnant of what they once were, trying to keep safe among humanity while striving to recapture their past glory, and the dwarves, well- any dwarf you see on the surface is roughly equivalent to a penal colonist. Proper dwarves never see the sun, and if you do, you lose your place in society. You can try for a new start there, but you're not welcome back as anything but casteless scum. At best, you get to bring your merchant wares to the entrances of the great halls.
Which makes it interesting when a sort of Henry VIII dwarven king uproots his entire kingdom, brings it to the surface, and establishes a surface colony in order to break with tradition and marry his new, favored wife. And what's more, he does it in turf that technically isn't part of the Empire, but was left to the orcs for their mercenary services.
The empire wants the dwarven trade, but doesn't have to grant them land. Unfortunately, that pisses off their staunch allies- the hardcore traditionalist tribal orcs are telling their cousins in the cities and the legions that their turf is being infringed on, and that's leading to mounting tensions and torn loyalties.