Dwarves

Dwarves
Dwarfs are the short, and stocky natives of Hammerheim. They are expert warriors, and blacksmiths. Their impressive crafts of Dragonsteel bring many warriors to buy their metalworks. Dwarfs tend to stay away from human, or elven lands, preferring their great halls of stone. They either dig these fortresses into great mountains, creating cave-like castles, or carve their immense cities out of the mountains themselves, high up, and far out of reach of any other race. Dwarfs live long lives, aging nearly up to one-thousand years old, and in their society, the eldest dwarfs are respected with the highest honor, often as nobles, and patriarchs. Dwarfs originally hail from the Earth itself, and it is speculated that they were the first race on it. But when the titans descended into the Earth, some two thousand years ago, they began destroying the Dwarven civilization. A brief war occurred

between the Dwarfs were driven to the surface. Surrounded by xenophobic races around them, the Dwarfs fled to the treacherous mountains north of Leora. Using their knowledge of caves, and strong physique, the Dwarfs built the kingdom of Hammerheim, carving great cities into the stone. From there, they began to dig down, once again mining into the earth, in an attempt to reclaim their long lost home.

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