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Dwarves

ORIGIN & HISTORY

Dwarves

Dwarves

Soulless exiles. Corruption reduces their HP directly. Cling to craftsmanship and grudges.

Read more → in Symbar

Symbar

Legendary capital of the fallen Symbaroum empire. Never found. Every treasure hunter's ultimate prize.

Read more →oum are nothing like the dwarves of typical fantasy. They are the remnants of an ancient servitor race, created — or more accurately sculpted — by the sorcerers of the Symbar

Symbar

Legendary capital of the fallen Symbaroum empire. Never found. Every treasure hunter's ultimate prize.

Read more →oum Empire. Some scholars attribute their creation to the Morphantic Lords, legendary figures who had mastery over the very shape of life itself. One tradition holds that dwarves emerged as worms from the body of the World Serpent and were shaped into a labor force.

Dwarves cast no shadow. This eerie quality is impossible to hide and immediately marks them as other.

When the empire fell, the dwarves were freed from their bondage but left without purpose or homeland.

UNIQUE TRAITS

Dwarves

Dwarves

Soulless exiles. Corruption reduces their HP directly. Cling to craftsmanship and grudges.

Read more → have several extraordinary characteristics that set them apart from all other peoples:

No shadows. Dwarves

Dwarves

Soulless exiles. Corruption reduces their HP directly. Cling to craftsmanship and grudges.

Read more → cast no shadow. This eerie quality is impossible to hide and immediately marks them as other. A secret language. Dwarven speech, when spoken with intent, carries physical force — described as feeling like tremors before an earthquake or impossible weight settling on a building. This language has magical properties. Houses and exile. Dwarves

Dwarves

Soulless exiles. Corruption reduces their HP directly. Cling to craftsmanship and grudges.

Read more → organize by noble houses. Exile from one's house is not merely social punishment but a magical compulsion — an exiled dwarf literally cannot return until their penance is complete. The Oath of Retribution is so potent that creatures can die from harming a dwarven Speaker who has invoked it.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Unlike traditional fantasy depictions, Symbar

Symbar

Legendary capital of the fallen Symbaroum empire. Never found. Every treasure hunter's ultimate prize.

Read more →oum dwarves are similar to humans in appearance — no shorter or stockier than an average person. Only the absence of a shadow and certain behavioral quirks distinguish them from humans at first glance.

CULTURE & SOCIETY

Secretive and insular. Dwarven houses operate with complex internal politics and strict codes of honor. They value craftsmanship and knowledge, and their understanding of artifact crafting — once lost to humans and elves — remains one of their most jealously guarded secrets.

HOW OTHERS VIEW THEM

Most peoples find dwarves unsettling. The shadowless quality provokes superstitious fear. The Church of Prios

Church of Prios

The dominant religion of Ambria. Worships the sun god Prios. Immense political and military power.

Read more → regards them with suspicion. Ambrians

Ambrians

Civilized human refugees from Alberetor. Hierarchical, expansionist, devoted to Prios.

Read more → generally tolerate dwarves as useful artisans but maintain distance.