The Voken

The Voken are a race of stone-based humanoids who come from the plane of Mechanus. They were among the races that traveled to Anura in the first age. The Voken were the ancestors of modern dwarves.

Skirmishes with the Eladrin
During the first age, the Voken devoted much of their resources to pursuing the mad dryad Belladonna. Under the leadership of Janidar, it was their intention to capture and kill Belladonna, but the Eladrin had other intentions, seeking to capture and imprison her. The Eladrin were allied with Lavenderis and would not visit death upon the ancient dryad, no matter her madness. The result was a series of skirmishes between the Voken and the Eladrin. The conflict ended after the Eladrin pursued Belladonna into the Undercaverns and successfully imprisoned her.

The Allstone
The Voken knew that the completion of the Allstone would cut them off from Vokenheim. Worse still, it would cut off their access to Vokenite, the mineral from which all Voken are forged. Effectively, the completion of the Allstone would prevent the Voken from producing more of themselves, effectively dooming them to extinction on Anura. For this reason, the Voken opposed the creation of the Allstone.

Second Age
The completion of the Allstone cut the Voken off from Vokenheim and from Vokenite. Unable to produce more of themselves, the Voken retreated to the undercaverns of Anura.