When the Dark Dragon's legacy reached Odin's generation, the Min'er People's civilization and rule had reached their peak. Yet beneath that prosperity lay discordant notes. At that time, the masters of the land were not the Black Iron People who now ruled Vonder. They were still barbarians of the mountains and forests, while the main members of the Black Iron People—the humans and High Mountain Dwarves—were both vassals of the Min'er People. The Min'er People were extremely cold toward their vassals. In particular, by Odin's generation, the empire had become brutally exploitative and increasingly harsh toward its subject peoples. Odin once conscripted the humans of the Great Plains to build a chain of fortresses on the glacier, then relocated the dwarves to the Cloud Mist Mountains. Those two Great Migrations alone cost the dwarves and humans nearly half their population.
If the Min'er People treated their own vassals this way, their treatment of the other Black Iron People went without saying: it was usually bloody suppression. They also paid no heed to the other races beyond the Black Iron People. By then, the Silver Elves and Mist Elves already had kingdoms of their own. Though most had cut themselves off from the world, they still had to deal with the outside world from time to time. Yet the Min'er People held themselves above all others and ignored these Silver People, showing regard only for the Buga people, who had established cities along the Shining Coast. These wizards were said to be the guardians of the Tower of Babel, descendants of the Ochidu Scholars.
As for the dragons, that era was caught up in the famous Otu Rebellion. They had no time for anything else, much less for dealings with the outside world.
The Min'er People grew prouder by the day,