Lies are said to not hurt people, but the truth is a sharp knife.
The Dwarf King can usually keep his cool, but when you tell him that he is no longer favored by the deities, that's when he really gets angry.
Because he is well aware that this is likely the truth.
Every kingdom has its own patron gods, and even when Katherine caused the great trouble of Mana Addiction Disease, the Elven Gods would step in to provide guidance. No matter how cruel that guidance might be, the gods would not stand idly by.
So when the dwarves had most of their territory taken from them, why didn't the Dwarven Gods intervene?
It's not like they were betting with the Lord of the Dawn with some restrictions. Issuing a divine decree should have been no problem.
But they did not do that, at least there is no official record of any such divine decree.
Having dealt with deities for a long time and after having seen many, Amberser often first considers issues from the perspective of the gods.