Dwarves

Dwarves are a race of Pellas native to the Dwarven Mountains. Renowned for their industriousness, dwarven smithing, steelwork, and alchemy, the dwarves are unparalleled craftsmen. They have a strong tendency towards stubbornness matched only by their loyalty and bravery.

Dwarven society is based on loosely confederated clans based in mountains. Clan chiefs are hereditary, passed on to the selected offspring of the chief. As each mountain clan possesses almost complete autonomy, dwarves as a race have never united on a large scale. They are tied together only by tradition, culture, and shared lineages traced back for millennia. The most influential of the dwarven mountain-cities are Vargal Skur, Rangras Tysk, Kyloth, and Grinkor. Of these, only Grinkor lies beyond the dwarves' ancient homeland.

The great hero of dwarven legend is known as Goldenbeard.

There is a distinct subrace of dwarves known as Red Dwarves. While most non-dwarves find them much more pleasant to deal with than their cousins due to their comparatively gregarious and easy-going nature, other dwarves see 'those lazy reds' as utterly lacking in ambition and discipline.