Dwarves

The Dwarves are a race of humanoids that live in the eastern parts of Aranor.
== History ==
Born in the mountains of the Highlands, there they built the great kingdom of Vorn. Masters of both magic and crafts, they were a civilization of great technology that prospered for thousands of years until the destruction of Vorn and the death of its King. With no place to call their home, the dwarves were wary of the wild and feral Dvergar clans and migrated west to build the first settlements in the Obsidian Mountains. 
Soon after, they created Ordgar, meaning "New City" in Old Dwarvish. The city was to perpetuate the values of Vorn where knowledge, craft, magic and alchemy were at the center of their culture. Over the next hundred years Ordgar was destroyed and rebuilt two times due to attacks from the demons of the Dark Ages.
On the third destruction it was decided that they would abandon the pursuit of knowledge in favour of warfare, so they could better protect themselves against the terrors of the world. The study of magic was outlawed, and a paradigm shift to the life of the warrior took place. 
They rebuilt their city a third and final time, renaming it Düngar (meaning "Strong City"), with an emphasis on towers and barracks rather than libraries and laboratories. Thus they lived through the Dark Ages; their secrets forgotten, their blades sharpened. Once the roads were safe to travel once more, Düngar began trade with the rest of the world, soon to realize they were at a disadvantage having no way to protect themselves against the magics of the world. And so any who practiced magic or bore with them a magical item would be imprisoned or executed. 
The King's brother believed this to be folly, that they should instead re-learn what they had forgotten over the centuries, rebuild the libraries, seek out the broken fragments of the runestones and attempt to put the pieces back together and rediscover the magics and crafts of old. But the King did not listen and so his brother, along with the clans that supported him, left the Obsidian Mountains and began the Long Migration. Two years later, they settled in the Copper Slopes and established the Kingdom of Deen Morith.
During the Dragon Conquest, the dwarves of Deen Morith called for aid from their kin in Düngar, but their plea was not answered, and the dwarves of the North shut themselves off from the rest of the world.
== Biology and appearance ==
Short, stocky, strong with thick facial hair. Most dwarfs become expert smiths, warriors and stonemasons.
== Society and culture ==
Dwarves are a warrior race and expert smiths. Dwarves usually worship the mountain god Moradin, whom they believe is their creator. According to their legends, Moradin fashioned the dwarves into a likeness of himself.
== Known clans ==
* Clan Barrelhelm
* Clan Umber
Category:Races