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<blockquote data-quote="The Green Adam" data-source="post: 4605358" data-attributes="member: 50821"><p>I too have Dwarves made from stone...though the origins and effects are quite different. </p><p> </p><p>Without getting too deeply into my cosmology, a single diety imagined and designed the world and then made dragons to construct it. When the dragons were done they went to sleep (which is why they sleep so much to this day. World Building is exhausting <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />). The various pantheons of gods (Egyptian, Norse, Greco-Roman, etc.) were made by the original diety to manage the place.</p><p> </p><p>Over time, reality fell into disrepair. The gods of the Norse-like pantheon had an idea. They carved statues from rock, mud, precious gems and metal and brought them to life. These creatures were small so they could get into the nooks and crannies of the world to fix it and were tough to handle various environments. The other pantheons applauded and the Dwarves were born.</p><p> </p><p>Now...essentially constructs of the gods, Dwarves have an 'off' switch if you will, their 'True Name'. If a Dwarf's true name is spoken by a non-Dwarf, that Dwarf turns back into stone. Therefore all the Dwarves on my world have no 'Proper Name'. They're called Redeye Thunderfist, Deepdown Tunnelhonor, Grimhammer Soulforge, etc. This protects them from having any outsider discover their 'True Names' which sound like Scandanavian meets Gaelic meets having pebbles in your mouth.</p><p> </p><p>AD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Green Adam, post: 4605358, member: 50821"] I too have Dwarves made from stone...though the origins and effects are quite different. Without getting too deeply into my cosmology, a single diety imagined and designed the world and then made dragons to construct it. When the dragons were done they went to sleep (which is why they sleep so much to this day. World Building is exhausting :p). The various pantheons of gods (Egyptian, Norse, Greco-Roman, etc.) were made by the original diety to manage the place. Over time, reality fell into disrepair. The gods of the Norse-like pantheon had an idea. They carved statues from rock, mud, precious gems and metal and brought them to life. These creatures were small so they could get into the nooks and crannies of the world to fix it and were tough to handle various environments. The other pantheons applauded and the Dwarves were born. Now...essentially constructs of the gods, Dwarves have an 'off' switch if you will, their 'True Name'. If a Dwarf's true name is spoken by a non-Dwarf, that Dwarf turns back into stone. Therefore all the Dwarves on my world have no 'Proper Name'. They're called Redeye Thunderfist, Deepdown Tunnelhonor, Grimhammer Soulforge, etc. This protects them from having any outsider discover their 'True Names' which sound like Scandanavian meets Gaelic meets having pebbles in your mouth. AD [/QUOTE]
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