Dwarf

Dwarves are believed to be a sub race of the fire giants, who saw the more maliable metals and ores of the upper earth as the most habitable. Thanks to their racial roots, dwarves have a natural talent in shaping earth and metal. The still bear some resemblance their giant blood, their skin is reddish and they still have horns upon their heads. Dwarves are of course much smaller than giants; male and female dwarves are roughly 4 feet tall at adulthood. Male dwarves have a single horn, while females have two. A dwarf's horn grows throughout his or her young and adult life, and attractive dwarves have the longest horns. Male dwarves have reddish skin and often keep great beards. Female dwarves are red and hairless, and bear much more resemblance to a fire giant. Dwarves see fire giants as their leige lords, and in many cases as their gods. Volcanic cults are commonplace in dwarf culture and the influence of similarities between the anatomy of the female dwarf and the fire giant has in almost all cases lead to dwarf societies being ruled as Matriarchies. Dwarven society is very self oriented, but they are not opposed to outsiders, trade is a very important thing to dwarf culture, for there is not much variety in the diet and dress of an underground culture. And there is great reward in trading with dwarves, as dwarven metal and mineral workmanship is of the finest in the world. Seeing a dwarf above ground is rare, a female even more so. Most often a dwarf above ground has been exiled or outcasted their by their peers. Exiled dwarves can be spotted by their lack of horns, which are removed by their exilers to shame them. Rare is it to see a dwarf with his horns above ground.