Dwarves

The story of Dwarfs is a sad one. Long ago they ruled the under earth. Mined the mountains, and dug deep tunnels into the earth. Their ingenuity, and mechanical genius was renowned. Though at times the complexity of the machinery, and the extended life span of the machines, many generations of Dwarfs later and the knowledge of how they worked, and the ingenuity that led to there creation was lost. Even those that worked with them had little understanding of how they actually worked.

Regardless, life as a dwarf was once easy, but then the Reavers attacked. That started around 500 years ago, the first Reavers were encountered. No Dwarf alive then is still around to tell the story, but they have told of that time well enough that any Dwarf could tell you the tale.

Today the Dwarf's live as normal cities in most of the nations of the Aygess, while perhaps not all prejudice has faded, much of the world has come to accept the circumstances that led to the Dwarfs joining the surface world. And while very few Dwarfs remain who had lived beneath the surface, many Dwarfs dream and sing of a return to there ancestors cities.

Because of this complication, very few Dwarfs are in positions of power outside the Oryn Empire which had welcomed them with open arms for the rich's and firepower that the dwarves came with, The riches in the forms of precious gems some brought with them, did allow them to buy properties and businesses. While many are still worshiping their God Phaestus, the Smith.