Should have colored it with more colors before it got this complicated, but...
We are on the far east, southern half of the map. The mountainhomes are on the far west, southern half of the map. An ocean stands between us.
We probably had to go north and hitch a ride with the humans to a nearby human-occupied hamlet called "Laparozmo"/"Fedbuttered", and then hiked southeast through the swamps to our destination.
Fedbuttered apparently has a population of 55 humans, 38 dogs, and 1 water buffalo. It was founded only 2 years ago, and is far from the human center of power, moving in towards the southeastern elven empire's lands... will peace last?
An elven retreat from "The Velvet Of Power" lies dangerously close to our position, but we aren't at war... yet.
The closest retreat is called "Ayiamala", which translates to "EsteemedNature". It only has 35 elves in it, but it's part of a conglomerated network of forest retreats that has over a thousand elves in it total. None of the individual retreats are threatening besides one that has 848 elves, 8 humans, 10 goblins, and 10 yaks.
Goblins were decimated in the year 71 by the elves, who completely curb stomped their entire civ. Only a tiny fortress still survives in the cold north, thanks mostly to just being too far away and even then, it's been pillaged three times, and has not much longer to live, in most likelihood, unless it does the typical "kidnap a human child, then send that child out to fight the elven hordes" trick.
Some of these combats are humorous - 1 kidnapped elf versus 128 elves, 5 humans, 30 grizzly bears, 2 jaguars, and 2 leopards.
Our history:
We had 4 mountainhomes. Now we have 1. Its population is more human than dwarf. The last king died last year. Of starvation, of all ignominies. All the other mountainhomes died of starvation, too. Two died out in the year 27. Apparently, dwarves are really crappy farmers.
I guess the impetus for this is to get some mouths to feed out of their halls, and trying to fend for themselves, preferably out in elven lands across the ocean where they don't have to care anymore.