Dwarves

**Dwarves** is a race in the Cradle of Civilizations.

They have been roleplayed in the world since the Age of Heroes.

## The Dwarves

During the Dawn Age, the first and greatest of dwarven halls where dug and named Duria after their first king, Durin Longbeard.

They traded the valuable and extremely rare ore with the Piglins, and this is how the world remembers that mithril exists in the depths where only dwarves dare to mine.

Before the Dawn Age came to an end, the dwarves of Duria dug to deep and to greedily, unleashing a Primordial Horror upon their kin. Most dwarves where slaughtered in the ensuing chaos, and the survivors fled their fallen capitol, and they have yet to return.

### The Age of Heroes

Main article: Age of Heroes

During the Age of Heroes, the dwarf MiketheMike was the last remaining dwarf in the world. His population had been massacred early by a Primordial Beast, and save for a few old piglin documents, none could've even known the grandness of the dwarven kingdom.

### The Great Doom

It is said that the city of Duria was destroyed in the Great Doom.

### Current Events

With the new server, more dwarves have appeared in the world.

## Dwarf Gameplay

Currently, dwarven gameplay is the same as for humans, meaning normal minecraft. Dwarves might get racial traits in the future with buffs and debuffs, but this is only in the planning stage as of 2023-06-22

## Government

The realms of the dwarves are often ruled by a king. No known dwarven democracies exists.

The dwarven capital of the old world was Duria, the largest underground kingdom in the Cradle. It was a seat of the kings of Durinfolk, but many kingdoms existed throughout the world, but all dwarves payed respect to the King of Duria. For this was the only place in the world where could be found Mithril, the most rare of metals. Duria grew immensely rich by trading this, primarily with piglins, but soon destruction found it's prey in Duria. The dwarven capitol was overtaken by a great flying beast who preyed upon the dwarves until they where almost extinct, and thus the halls of Duria fell to darkness and ruin. The scholars guess that it was destroyed during the Great Doom-event.

## Culture

Dwarves live most of their lives underground and focuses their efforts on mining, smithing and crafting. They are proud and watchful of their secrets, but also clever, inventful and good at barter.

Dwarves love to drink and eat meat.

They prefer to trade with other players for food, since dwarves don't really like to toil the soil.

## Religion

Main article: Gods

The religion of the dwarves where a mystery when they lived, and for historians practically guess-work since the fall of Duria.

Dwarves of old where known to hold many ancestors and gods in high regard and worship, especially the dead kings where often called upon as witness during oaths or as curses when justly angered. The spirits of the dead kings where thought to watch over their kin.

It is known that the dwarf prince Mike Longbeard was killed and resurrected as a servant of a dark death god whom he now serves as a harbringer of death.

According to piglin sources dating back from the Dawn Age when piglins and dwarves made contact and traded their goods and changed ideas, it is written by piglins that the worship of Babar grew popular amongst the smiths and forgemasters of the dwarven race, for Babar made their furnaces burn ever hotter and taught them the hidden secrets of fire and metal. Knowing the piglins incline to propaganda, the sources should perhaps be taken with a grain of salt.

## Legendary Dwarves

The oldest dwarven player on the server is MiketheMike Longbeard. He was a prince of Duria who had escaped the invasion of a flying Primordial Beast, who destroyed the capital of Duria. He made odd jobbs until he was killed in battle and resurrected by the Baron of Souls who saw great value in him. Mike Longbeard now the undead slave to the will of the Baron of Death.

## Towns

Here you can find lists of towns currently or formerly controlled by dwarves.