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Dwarf

Ever seen a seriously jacked midget?
Yeah, dwarves aren't like that. At all.
  Constantly referred to by the severely out of touch as just hairier small people, dwarves are an often overlooked metatype. Wait, no, I didn't mean it like that. It's just that they're not common, okay? They tend to group up with their own and fuck off to discreet corners, maybe a little too much like old fantasy stereotypes.. You can't fault me when it's true! Dwarves are insular by nature, preferring to stick with their own very similar to trolls. Probably because it's easier to live your whole life in a community where everything is built to your scale. Humans and elves love excluding people based on "inconvenient changes" after all, so it's usually just less stressful for dwarves to stay in what regions they've managed to carve out and let the tall folk do their business elsewhere. Doesn't mean you won't ever see one, though. They're not that reclusive, and plenty have a stubborn streak a mile wide. It just means if you do see a dwarf without a half dozen of his buddies, he's probably going to be in a sour mood. Not as gifted with intimidating looks as trolls, dwarven anger comes out less as brute force outbursts and more a dangerous degree of scheming. Anyone worth their salt knows to keep dwarves as allies over enemies. They hold grudges like nobody's business, and they're clever enough to make use of that long term spite in impressively terrifying ways.
  Despite all the hardships intentionally lined up for them, dwarves don't actually have much in the way of 'fight the power' groups. They always get what they want eventually. Enough so they don't often rely on in your face rallies to get it. Yes, that should scare you.

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