>>96371120
>personal politics
That nonsense again. Unless you're going to say that acknowledging there are differences between men and women is a political issue, in which case we can see where the actual politicization is seeping in.

But yeah, given the heavily clannish and insular nature of dwarven society, and that women are both more valuable at home than men and less outwardly agentic than men, naturally it takes a little more explaining as to why a female dorf in particular is out adventuring. To which end

>>96370707 perhaps her brother/father/husband/sworn friend was going to undertake some important quest, but he having either died or fallen into disgrace, she feels it her duty as his closest living kinsman to go forth in his stead to (avenge his death / repair his honor).