Dwarves

Classification: Humanoid.
Subspecies: Polevik.

CHARACTERISTICS

Short and stocky, dwarves generally stand around the height of a human male's chest. They are more sturdy than humans, making them tougher and stronger with far greater endurance (with fully laden dwarves being able to march over 30 miles a day). They usually grow long beards, which the women are also fully capable of growing. Once at waist level, generally occurring around the age of 55, dwarves are considered mature.

HISTORY

Dwarves arrived on The Continent between three to four-thousand years before the "First Landing". The meeting between dwarves and gnomes was peaceful, as the dwarves had no intention of invasion or expansion.
After humans arrived and began expanding, dwarves integrated into northern society; often living peacefully in large cities, like Novigrad, and occasionally even small villages.