False Queen Empora

Empora, who once held the title of Dwarf Queen Empora but is more commonly remembered as the False Queen, was a female dwarf from the early Second Age, perhaps being ammongst the first dwarves ever to have been created. She was said to have been beautiful, and had great powers of persuasion. It is said that she was to marry one of the first Dwarf Lords, (name lost to history,) yet this could not satisfy her. Observing that the ratio of women to men in the dwarven species was 1 woman to every three males, she came to the conclusion that it would be suitable for her to claim three husbands. The legend states that Empora ended up being wedded to three of the Dwarf Lords at the time. She was arrayed in such fine jewellry and craftsmanship as she wished, and carried a nation's fortune upon her clothing. Having her husbands under her thumb, as it were, she was able to manipulate them to doing her will, so that it could be said she was in charge of three seperate nations. So great and powerful she was, that she decreed herself to be a Queen ammongst the dwarves.

However, when the Golden One had created humans within the First Age, he had purposed it so that they would be the ones to lead the world, and that they were the only ones entitled to the rank of King or Queen, which in it's original incarnation meant to be Ruler of All. Though many of her advisors told her to drop the title, and warnings came from the Golden One himself, Empora was so vain that she refused to give up her title. Therefore, the Golden One made it so that all of the dwarven females sprouted beards so as to mar their looks, and to show that one does not outright refuse the Gods. Empora, being as self-centered as she was, was so appauled with her new image that she slit her throat on the spot.

Many are of the belief that the word, 'Emporess,' descends from the False Queen. It is also said that before her death, Empora had a child, the Eighth Lord, though to which Lord was his father is widely disputed- some even go as far as to say that he is a mixture of all three. The Eighth Lord, name lost to history, gathered those that were loyal to him and to Empora, all of their supporters, and took them into hiding, decreeing that one day they would rise again and overthrow the Gods.