Dwarf

Dwarves are a kind of Starspawn in Stildane - one of the more common Players Handbook Starspawn. They live in small groups throughout Stildane, typically near Prisms and Half Prism. This is because they are a kind of mutated Half Prism with a slightly more Human appearance; they can still eat rocks, hear a full prism range of pitches, and sense a mineral's composition with a touch, but they have lost their blindsense and natural armor entirely. Dwarves most recognizable for their metallic teeth and their brilliant gem-like eyes.
Dwarves began in the mountain-kingdoms of Varasa, specifically the prism-hold of Udragest. They spread through the region for many centuries, before a large number of them migrated North into the Cursed Rurateg Mountains. Their ability to navigate both prism and humanoid societies with ease has allowed them to prosper, just as half-prisms have prospered around the world.
"Hill Dwarves" are dwarves that are fully blended into settled societies and the "safe areas" of Stildane. Their name comes from their tendency to live above ground in accessible places, where they can best act as merchants between Prism and non-prism groups.
"Mountain Dwarves", are dwarves who live in more dangerous regions - typically descendants of the migrants into the Cursed peaks. Mountain dwarves are less healthy on average (as they eat less varied foods), but often live in very militarized societies that impart martial skills to all members. They are known as "mountain dwarves" because they tend to live underground, in fortified prism-holds protected from the worst of the wastes.

Civilization and Culture

History

Dwarves aren't really united enough to have a history, outside of the distant shared ancestry to the Udraklen tribe many many centuries ago. There are some who seek to forge a united history and identity for dwarves, but this is a small group that is largely in the minority.
It is unclear if Dwarves represented a single pre-Ederstone city or people, or if they simply gathered based on shared needs and physicality in the fallout of the Divine Scouring. Regardless, they came together and migrated out of the chaos wastes, specifically the part of the Rurategs known as the Marble Hives, and into Varasa well over a millennia ago. The earliest dwarf migration actually left Stildane altogether, fleeing further East and South in the migratory group known as the Kedrazir; later migrations stayed put in Varasa and joined the local prism clan in building the mine-city of Udragest in Inner Varasa. 
A number of disasters, migrations, and trading groups later, and dwarves are now scattered across much of Stildane - and, through the Kedrazir, the world. Beyond Stildane, Dwarves are categorized as Half Prisms almost universally.

Genetic Ancestor(s)

• Half Prism
• Starspawn