Dwarves

The Dwarves are exceedingly strong for their height, and hard to break or corrupt, but often at odds with other folks over old quarrels or new slights. They are short and stocky, with robust limbs and heads crowned with long hair and longer beards that give them their typically elderly appearance.
When on a journey or in battle they plait their forked beards and thrust them into their belts.
Dwarves generally start their life on the road in their fifties, and do not usually consider retiring before their nineties. Around that time, many among them choose to dedicate themselves solely to the perfection of their crafts. In battle most Dwarves use axes and swords, but those belonging to their easternmost kin wield heavy two-handed mattocks, a weapon derived from their mining tools.
CULTURAL BLESSING — REDOUBTABLE
Dwarves make light of burdens, especially when it comes to wearing armour. You halve the Load rating of any armour you’re wearing (rounding fractions up), including helms (but not shields).
NAUGRIM
Dwarves are shorter than Men, but their work as miners and smiths endows them with powerful arms and shoulders. Yet, they still favour shorter weapons over longer ones. Dwarven adventurers cannot use the following pieces of war gear: great bow, great spear, and great shield.
STANDARD OF LIVING — PROSPEROUS
COMBAT PROFICIENCIES Copy the following Combat Proficiency ranks onto the character sheet, selecting a preferred Proficiency when offered a choice. Axes OR Swords 2 Choose one Combat Proficiency 1
DISTINCTIVE FEATURES Choose two Distinctive Features among those listed: Cunning, Fierce, Lordly, Proud, Secretive, Stern, Wary, Wilful.
LANGUAGES AND TYPICAL NAMES All Dwarves speak the Common Tongue, but preserve a knowledge of a secret Dwarvish language. They receive a true name at birth that they do not reveal to members of other folks, and adopt another name in the tradition of their neighbours.
This custom has been in use for so long that a number of names have become traditionally associated with Dwarves, and are used almost exclusively by them. Dwarves of renown are sometimes given an honorific title, celebrating an exceptional deed or distinctive quality (for example, Thorin Oakenshield or Dáin Ironfoot).