Low King

The Low King (Dw: Rik-Dun-Karaz) is the highest office in the Dwarven culture. It is primarily a judiciary position, and the Low King is more akin to a supreme judge than a temporal lord. The Dwarfholds administrate themselves, and it is one of the Low King's jobs to ensure that everything is done in accordance with Embari law.

The Low King is elected from among the Hold Lords, though the process is somewhat more complex than merely drawing lots. The most popular candidate has omens secretly taken by the Vroz'd Kûm, the 'Waykeepers', who are the cultural guardians of the Holds. Both the ballot and the omens are done in secret, and since the Waykeepers never reveal the results of their omens more than affirming or (very rarely) refusing to swear in the Low King, there is no historical record of how their decision is made.

The encumbent Low King is Olff, son of Gurrik. He is the Lord of Kag-Sothra, a Hold rich in particularly pure diamonds.