Snow Dwarves

Additional Information

Social Structure

Snow dwarves are a tribal people. Each tribe has two leaders. One to guide them to victory in battle and one to guide them religiously. The war-leader is responsible for leading the tribe in and outside of battle. They plan raids against other tribes and their defenses for their own tribe. A shaman leads the tribe religiously and mystically. While all war-leaders are generally seen as equals their is a clear hierarchy within the shaman. The most powerful tribe often see their shaman declare himself the All-Father. He will go through a purification rite and if he survives and is found worthy then the other shamans bow to his leadership.

Civilization and Culture

History

The Snow dwarves can trace their history back to the founding days. The time before the age of heroes. It is said at that time all dwarves were one people. A great division went up among the peoples of that time and the dwarves split to go their separate ways. The snow dwarves traveled by sea to the land of Sozar where they established themselves.
They are a tribal people with fierce pride. Every few generations or so one war leader might rise up to unify the various tribes of dwarves on Sozar but even when this happens they've never managed to form a proper nation state. Upon the death of the unifying warleader the tribes will scatter and return to their own ways of life.
They are a shamanistic people who worship gods of nature and war. They relish in battle and death. Unlike the Coastal Dwarves they are not particularly adept at mining or smiting.
They wield wooden or stone weapons during their inter tribal warfare which is seen less as actual warfare than a test of one tribes skill and strength over another. When they go to war or raid the other races they wield either bone or iron weapons. they prefer to wear little armor and usually rely on heavy padded armor.

Interspecies Relations and Assumptions

The snow dwarves of Sozarheim are a vicious and violent people. They raid the coastal cities of the Kingdom of Alteria , Clearwater , and Vestonia .

Lifespan

150