Duergar (Deep Dwarf)

Duergar are a subrace of dwarves that live in the far caverns of the Deep. They have dusky grey skin and either burning red or luminescent green eyes which see in complete darkness. They aggressively defend their entrenched fortresses against wandering monsters and marauding drow. They broke off from the olgura of Arvenlaad in the early Age of Veradorianis.
== Split from the Olgura (612-615 AoV) ==
In Year 612 of the Age of Veradorianis, Dorhaun shook and the Darkwater Road was created. There was a planetwide earthquake, and the caverns beneath Arvenlaad were flooded. Thousands of duergar died drowning in the Deep. In the next year, the newly-born drow arrived in their underground ships and began raiding what was left of Dorskenbard from the Olathniar. King Dorsk Deepking II pleaded to King Dunder Mountainking for aid, and together the duergar and the olgura fought against the invading drow.
After two years, the casualties from the drow's strange magics and poisons became too heavy for them to bear. King Dunder offered free asylum to those who would come live with them in Arvenlaad, but few would take the offer and abandon their hard-built homes. King Dunder pulled his troops and King Dorsk II severed all ties between Arvenlaad and Dorskenbard, though after many years and much blood, Dorskenbard was declared safe.
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