Dwarf

About

Dwarfs, sometimes called the Strong Ones, are a natural humanoid race common throughout parts of Tyrril. Dwarfs are tough, tradition-abiding folk, known for their strong martial traditions and beautiful craftsmanship.

Culture

Dwarfs highly valued the ties between family members and friends, weaving tightly knit clans. Dwarfs particularly respected elders, from whom they expected sound leadership and the wisdom of experience, as well as ancestral heroes or clan founders. This idea carried on to relations with other races and Dwarfs were deferential even to the elders of another, non-dwarf race.

Clans

Most Dwarf societies were divided into clans built along family ties and political allegiances. These clans were usually led by hereditary rulers, often monarchs of a sort and descended from the founder of the clan. Dwarfs strongly valued loyalty to these rulers and to the clan as a whole and even objective Dwarfs tended to side primarily with their kin over other races or communities.