Dwarves

The Dwarves are a race of people once spread widely across the Central Continent. At the height of their combined civilisations they are said to have possessed academic theory and technological marvels far advanced of any contemporary human equivalents. Many of their academic works were influential on human civilisations that arose alongside and after their peak and many of the Dwarves' technological achievements, stretching back over centuries, still eclipse much modern, human technology.
== Dwarven Lineages ==
Dwarven civilisation is considered to have peaked around 1800-1500BGE. During this timeframe their cities were most populous and widely spread and there was still limited competition between dwarves and humans.
Dwarven civilisation is generally split into "Lineages" that consist of different cities, city-state nations or clans that each possessed distinct cultures, architecture and social foci. 
Dwarven Lineages are generally split between the northern High Dwarves and the southern Lesser Dwarves. High Dwarves are considered to be the older, more established Lineages and are the Lineages that have generally persisted through to the modern era, whilst Lesser Dwarf Lineages were established later and were often short lived, relatively speaking.
=== Imcando ===
The Imcando or Imkando were a Dwarven Lineage that inhabited the area which later became the human city of Alasorra. They were a highly philosophical lineage with the penchant for prophecy and astrology that was typical among the Lesser Dwarves. The Imcando were known for their brutalistic and often minimalistic architecture.
=== Dum'Thol ===
The Dum'Thol were one of the youngest Dwarven Lineages and resided around the area of Mount Edmund. They were known for their radical theoretical science, technological focus and also for their adaptation of traditional dwarven philosophy into their scientific methods. Their architecture was grand, colourful and extensive. They were viewed as a foolhardy but highly advanced Lineage by other dwarves.
== Influence on Human Civilisation ==
=== Schools of Philosophy ===
The Dwarven Fundamental Schools of Philosophy were six fundamental categories of philosophy that formed the basis of Dwarven explorations of philosophical problems. The fundamental schools were devised in time immemorial and, whilst different understandings and approaches to them have developed over the subsequent millenia, their fundamental themes remain.
==== Primacy/"Primality" - The nature of (Primal) Creation: Universe Creation, Planar Creation, Planar Resonance ====
==== Creation - The nature of Life: Biological Creationism, Natural Creation, Nature of Life, Nature of Birth, The "Soul" ====
==== Knowledge - The nature of Knowledge: Epistemology ====
==== Fate - The nature of Free Will: Determinism, Indeterminism ====
==== "Undoing" - The nature of Finality: Entropy, Regeneration, Physical Cyclicality, Nature of "Death" ====
==== Time - The nature of Time: The flow of time, Planar Cyclicality, Linearism, Parallelism ====
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