Dwarven
Dwarven culture is the primary culture of the Dwarf race. It is centered in Erdelan but spread throughout most of the northern half of the world.
Dwarven culture tends to celebrate extremes. Celebrations are wildly exuberant or devoutly solemn, fashions are glittering and extravagant or purely practical, craftsmanship is intensely ornate or sleek, simple, and utterly without flaw.
Culture
Culture and cultural heritage
Soups, stews, and broths are a cornerstone of dwarven cuisine. It is rare for a dwarven meal not to include a soup of some sort.
Art & Architecture
Dwarven music tends to be bombastic, maximalist in both aesthetic and scope. Many dwarven works are beloved in Erdelan and other dwarven diaspora communities, but widely derided as corny or tiresome throughout the rest of the world. The most famous dwarven Opera is Phantom of the Opera.
Ideals
Gender Ideals
Because of the almost complete lack of sexual dimorphism among dwarves, dwarven fashion tends to be the primary way to emphasize one's gender. Dwarven women, in particular, tend to adopt beauty, fashion, and personal grooming standards that exaggerate their own femininity.
Occasionally-- whether to fulfill the terms of an inheritance or apprenticeship, or for reasons of personal preference-- a dwarf assigned female at birth will adopt traditionally male dress and sign documents declaring themselves "proxymen." A proxyman is considered male for all legal purposes and most social purposes, though many proxymen also take pride in their technical distinction from men and seek out the company of other proxymen. Dwarves assigned male at birth who adopt traditionally female dress are rarer but still fully accepted in society; furthermore, any dwarf can still transition the same way anyone of any other race can, and this is seen as equally valid.
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