Dwarf

Dwarves are usually about half the height of a Human, with strong, barrel chests and thick muscular arms. The most famous trait of the Dwarves is their incomparable talent in the art of metallurgy. Dwarves are known the world over for their tremendous ability harvesting and working rare metals and gems. Items of dwarven craftsmanship are objects of beauty and great durability, often fetching a high price in markets all over Arawyn. Having mined the great northern mountains for so many centuries, Dwarves are resilient to many compounds and elements that would normally kill or harm other races.

A male Dwarf’s beard is a sign of age, maturity, status, and adulthood. Male Dwarves without beards are considered a disgrace in dwarven society. Female dwarves braid their hair, denoting status and maturity based on the braid's length.
Sloth is greatly disdained and Dwarves hate laziness of any kind. They are generally hard-working, good folk, keeping the company of people of a similar nature. However, their fear of outsiders getting their treasure makes them difficult to deal with sometimes. They have an irrepressible appreciation of quality craftsmanship and critical remarks about such works are a good way to engage a Dwarf in conversation.
Another group of Dwarves, often referred to as Darrow’Mar, currently live deep under the earth in the ancient ancestral home of the Dwarves called Flamestone. Because of this location, their mines run deeper and richer than any other race.
Having lived most of their lives in the harsh underground, Darrow'Mar tend to have a gloomier outlook on life, far more serious then their cousins on the surface. They often subjugate weaker underground races to do much of their hard labor, saving their own strength for their crafting and tasks of great skill that only they can perform.
Relations between the Darrow’Mar and their surface cousins are very volatile. This shared hatred of one another stems back to the days when civil war ravaged the Dwarven kingdom. After their defeat, the Darrow'Mar somehow managed to fortify themselves in Flamestone. This fact has made them feel that their defeat was not a defeat at all but rather a victory. To this day they have held the territory to the great anger and disdain of the Dwarves.