Dwarf

''"Ho, Ho, Hold your ax; Yo'r ax, Yo'r pike, Yo'r fee.

Yarruc gets Saph, Yo'r ma a Tapse, the rest for mine and me!"

Old mining song of Valenfir Hall

Origins
Once human, the dwarves are a solitary creature. Born from their love of treasure the god Yarruc, they live in mines, caverns and great halls carved from the various mountain slopes in Siccarus.

Kingdoms
Various kingdoms have formed since the 2nd eon, with most becoming famous for the jewels, coin and treasures they have dug from their mines.

The kingdoms are ruled by the mountain kings with some holding central control over their subjects, and others being simple puppets for the dwarven banks. Located around Siccarus, most can be found in Millard and Orfea. Some of the kingdoms are merely great halls on lone mountain tops, while others are strong enough to hold whole mountain ranges under their influence.

Arhull Hall
The Kingdom of Pertyh

The Mountains of Moc Nurain

Mersingheim Slopes
The Kingdom of Mortensin

The Pinched Hillside
Fortress of Baile

Hall of Fenn

Hall of Ard

Hall of Uin

Hill Kingdom of Grucx

Culture
Dwarven lives are spent predominantly underground and with a solitary lifestyle. While greed often dictates their feelings and gold often fills up their coffers, it is not the want nor need to spend it that drives them, but the adventure of finding it to horde. The purest of Yarruc's followers spend their time in the mines, often in burrows dug by their own hand. These burrows often start in a crack in the wall, a natural break in the house and can become warrens that meet up and entwine with other tunnels.

While that might be seen as the purest form of worship, some dwarves cling to power as following the will of their deity. Kings, Banks and power-brokers have carved their own treasures around them through war or sometimes buying land from bankrupted landowners.

The dwarf can be ruthless in working towards its goals. Some however can and do buck the trend and have rejected the mountain kingdoms for the other races. These are the more friendly dwarves who sometimes just want to own and work in their own shop.

Dwarves are complicated creatures but with a ruthless reputation, often they are regarded as good workers who you can never trust.