Kadrinfolk

**Kadrinfolk** or **"mountain dwarves"** are one of the four main dwarven cultures of Onixana, created when their people were sundered during the Cataclysm. They control three of the seven remaining dwarf holds.

## Description:

Kadrin tend to be slightly taller and hardier than their kinsfolk, with lighter skin and hair. Like all dwarves, both genders have long beards of brown, black or red, which the Kadrin wear in braids. In day-to-day life they, they wear earth colored cloths of leather with many decorated buckles of steel and iron. In battle, they wear strong armor of dwarven alloy, nobles having runes of protection carved into their sets, though unlike their kin from the White Mountains, they never tattoo them on their bodies. They favor axes and crossbows as their preferred weapons.

## History:

Dwarves of Onixana were once one people under a great realm, but that all changed durng the Cataclysm of Onixana, when their capital of Mountenholm was destroyed by Jun’huru in his first fit of rage, which began the disaster. Kadrinfolk were the dwarves that survived in the mountain strongholds of Ifariasld, Aeinim and Boregost. They have helped form the Dwarfmoot with their Mimtor and Aeduka kin, and lived peacefully until war broke out between the mountain dwarves and the heretical Aeduka over their abandonment of the Forge-Father for the gods of Volrak.

## Practices:

Kadrin of the Mountains are more reclusive than their hill and runite kinfolk, though less so than their deep kin, the Gray Dwarves. They tend to focus on mining, forging, and crafts more then diplomacy or trade.

Kadrins also enjoy eating meat and drinking dwarven ale which is made from a special form of fermented fungus. It tastes great to dwarves, passably to humans and utterly foul to elves. That is what dwarves collectively agree on; elves can’t handle their drink.

## Religion and Holidays:

Like most dwarves of the Keyvaile Universe, Kadrin worship Nelcan, the Forge-Father who created the dwarves. Kadrin do it more zealously then most due to their suffering in the Cataclysm.

Darok Ei: Celebrates the last moon of Autumn, a scary day for the dwarves of Onixana.

Kuzatar: Four days of celebrating the creation of their race by the Forge-Father Nelcan:

**Day of Stone**: May 9th. A day of gatherings of family and the lighting of candles, stone candies are eaten and stories are told.

**Day of Spirit**: May 10th. Day of rest and fasting where the dwarves find their spiritual side and tell of the forges of Nelcan.

**Day of Flesh**: May 11th. Celebrated with great feasts and parties, one of the few times mountain dwarves become more liberal with their appetites.

**Day of Awakening**: May 12th. Celebrated by a great festival thouout the hall, all dwarves are given food and gifts by the nobility and the court storyteller tells of the fortresses history from the gold days though modern times

Ustosmelist: A great tournament held once every ten years at one of the mountain strongholds, involving a melee and cooking competition amongst other things.

## Notable Characters of Kadrin Origin:

Durain Auga'son:

Diagon Dorren’son: Hold-king of Aeinim and Champion of Nara.

Korin Korin'son: Dwarven hero who helped drive the undead out of the White Mountains.

## Trivia:

* Kadrin is the dwarven word for mountain.