Dwarf

''This article is about the Common Dwarven race of Iuldar. For their ancestors and close relatives, see Deep Dwarf''

Short and powerfully built, with the natural ability to see better in the dark, Dwarves have attributes of a cave-dwelling people, though they’ve lost the infrared vision of their forbears. Their eyes do glow, more dimly than an Elf but more brightly than their Deep Dwarven ancestors. Unlike modern Deep Dwarves, “Common” Dwarves never lost the ability to grow hair on their heads. Their muscle is denser and more powerful than a Human’s pound for pound, but the efficiency of their khaalnas has decreased as a result. Contrary to popular belief, and unlike their Deep ancestors, Dwarves can actually tolerate direct sunlight to the same degree as Humans, and most Dwarves have melanin pigments in their skin, giving them human-like skin tones. They also have the same range of eyes colors, with the exception of orange and red, which Dwarves have and Humans don’t. Dwarves inhabit both above-ground and underground settlements throughout their range, which is largely in eastern Kelviah. They diverged from the Deep Dwarves when they started travelling closer and closer to the surface. Many are skilled and dedicated miners and metallurgists, and are well known for producing one of the most sought after alloys in use throughout much of Iuldar: an alloy of Iron and Mithril (With some other ingredients) called “Dwarfium”, which is a blue-grey in color. Dwarves tend to prefer power over form when it comes to fighting, and are far more likely to wield a heavy but unwieldy bludgeoning weapon than a fine-bladed sword. Dwarves tend to fight each other more than they fight other races, though much of this fighting takes place underground and goes unnoticed by surface dwellers. They are the most technologically advanced people of Kelviah, and among the most technologically advanced in Iuldar.