Dwarves (Wildemount)
Dwarves' long memories give them uncommon insight
into the world of the past. However, this connection to
the past can make their societies resistant to change,
even when change is desperately needed.
DWARVES IN THE DWENDALIAN EMPIRE
Most folk in the Dwendalian Empire think o f dwarves
as greedy, cave-dwelling hermits with a passion only
for jewelry, drinking, and fighting. Most dwarves in
the empire come from the city-state of Grimgolir and
its settlements under the Dunrock Mountains, whose
miners, jewelers, and warriors are some of the finest in
the empire.
Imperial beer, particularly smooth, sweet Trost
ale from Trostenwald, is a delicacy among Grimgol
dwarves. The people who lived beneath the mountains
never grew wheat or hops, and so never brewed beer.
Until the dwarves began trading with humans from
the long-fallenjulous Dominion, dwarven liquor was a
potent, ugly-smelling spirit called riitga, distilled from
heavy root vegetables.
DWARVES ON THE MENAGERIE COAST
Along the Menagerie Coast, most folk see dwarves as
foreigners possessed of fiery passions and an eagerness
for action. Dwarves are uncommon visitors on the coast,
with most coming from the distant realms of Tal'Dorei
and Marquet as sailors or travelers, as pirates from
the notorious Revelry, or as soldiers from the Dwendalian
Empire.
Ancient legends tell of dwarves living in mountaintop
citadels in the ominous Cyrios Mountains, performing
strange rituals that call upon the power of the Storm
Lord. Along the coast, stories of the strong passion and
swift judgment of the dwarves are often a product of the
legends of these religious zealots. But these beliefs have
been strengthened in modern times by the clear-eyed
marquis of Port Zoon, Ala mads Haddou, who lays down
laws in plain language and enacts swift justice by the
letter of those laws.
DWARVES IN XHORHAS
Dwarves are few and far between in Xhorhas, and
those few who remain are known as duergar, or "deep
dwarves." Though some duergar have joined with the
Kryn Dynasty and dwell on the surface, most live in the
ancient tunnels of the Underdark and harbor a deepseated
enmity for the drow.
Duergar insurgents, striking Kryn settlements or
seeking hidden paths toward the surface from perhaps
a dozen small outposts in the Underdark, are trying to
carve out their own underground dominion. Kryn forces
have been successful in holding onto their underground
territories so far, but many generals fear that the war in
the west is drawing more and more soldiers from their
fortifications in the Underdark. If duergar aggression
is left unchecked, territory might inevitably have to be
ceded to the insurgents.
Basic Information
Genetics and Reproduction
Subraces: Mountain Dwarf, Hill Dwarf, Duergar.
Traits found in the Players Handbook.
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