The deeper they went underground, the more dwarf corpses they found.
However, the general casualty ratio still hovered around ten to one, meaning the lives of ten dwarf warriors could trade for the life of a medium devil. The devils invading here basically had no low-tier cannon fodder; they were all elite troops who had formally participated in the Blood War. Their efficiency in slaughtering these dwarves was neat and swift, and the only place where the devil legions paid a heavier casualty price was near the temple district.
That was the place consecrated to Moradin, the chief god of the dwarven pantheon.
The radiance of divine power and faith shrouding the temple district had already dissipated. The devil legions had polluted this temple in some way while thoroughly destroying it, severing the connection to the deity.
Outside of the Time of Troubles, the defensive power of a temple was astonishing!
Right now, however, the powers of the gods suffered severe losses, so a temple could only retain a fraction of its original might. Absolutely no deity would risk directly descending an avatar to guard a temple.
The temple primarily consecrated the dwarven deity Moradin.
Aside from that, the temple district also consecrated two other deities: the dwarven god of exploration, Dumathoin, and the dwarven god of theft, Vergadain.
Both of these deities possessed medium divinity.
The former's primary aspect of exploration lay in treasures, minerals, and esoteric artifacts, commanding widespread faith among dwarves and miners. The latter, meanwhile, was the deity among dwarves who controlled the portfolios of trade, luck, and opportunity, while also holding domains like dwarf, luck, trade, and trickery.
Being gods of theft alike.
Clearly, Vergadain had a much better lot in life, as both wealth and luck were two very crucial portfolios.
Under normal circumstances,