I mean they still use axes as weapons, right?
If their going to give up super valuable weapons tech just because the Ancestors use them ... wouldn't they have switched to spears by now? Was gonna say swords but I remembered that Gazul uses those.
If anything, hating the Ancestors is an additional reason to use Runes. Use their most loved and sacred things for their own purposes that would horrify and enrage the Ancestors like nothing else, it's a pretty solid revenge.
Those are some good points, but I always say the use of the Axe as a sort of uh, utility type thing rather then a cultural/Religous that the Ancestors brought in. They are still dwarfs, and they still love their efficiency.
Also I never said they wouldn't use the Runes if they had them, but as far as im aware all the runes smiths died or got sacrificed to Hatsheut when the Dawi-Zharr converted. I rather said Dawi-Zharr runes are, from my memory which I also said I would be happy to be corrected on, Daemons forced to take the shape of runes to enchant their weapons. They're called Daemon smiths afterall.
The Dawi Zhar hate the Ancestor Gods for abandoning them and their western kin for staying with them, but it is worth noting that they still sacrifice dwarfs to Hashut with special predilection, they have fund use for it, just it would be reasonable for them to find use for the lore of Thungi. If they had not than it would imply that Kragg the Grim can't tell the difference for sure between the work of his fellow runesmiths and a bound daemon just doing daemon things.
For further proof consider the fact that Kragg gave Mathilde the Dhar get out of jail free card with the implication that he would be in axe range of her, he would not be so generous to another wizard. That implies that runes while connected to the Glittering Realm are not directly connected to Thungi who can just turn them off. There is no god doing the heavy lifting in runecraft which theoretically means you could change the source of power from the Glittering Realm to the warp and reap the benefits.
The Dawi-Zharr are many things, but wasteful is not one of them. If they have the Runesmiths to sacrifice, you know they're going to do a ritual or forge an item WORTH the boost that a runesmith gives/is required for said ritual or item, of this I'm never going to argue not in a million years. Also I would hardly call Kragg the Grim being fellows with Norse Dwarf Runesmiths, but as far as the Daemon runes, its actually not easy to tell the difference from what I can tell
With Ghal Maraz being a bit iffy on if it has runes, heres offical art from 8th edition army book
The lighting effects similar I feel like its a definite concern for Kragg.
And while I only ever said Thungni would know the most underlying principles of Runes, as well MAYBE his immediate successors, the idea of managing to feed runes from the warp of all places seems... Redundant? Runes get charged off absorbing the winds anyway, why use the warp, though there is definitely an argument of redundancy, it would be Thungni's runes then, it would be Hatsheut's, I suppose anyway.
Also, Mathilde took a class on R(r)unes (No not dwarven ones). It was an action we did at some point after Eight-Peaks was retaken, so runes can be made without having to interact with Runes (Dwarven), because Human wizards have been doing it. MATHILDE can do it already! I just don't see the point of trying to go after dwarven ones. If we wanna go after the Dawi-Zharr and learn to beat Daemons into being runes that an entirely different discussion.
EDIT: Dwarven Loremaster of all things Runic has ninja'd me. Such an honor to tread in where his shadow has touched.
I'll take a stand against kissing the ground hes walked though
