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Hero
How would you tell? You are basing your definition of species on myth?
Closer to the real world pre-DNA definition of species, but you go on to explain why that doesn't work in fantasyland.
I'm shorter and stockier than the average human, does that make me a dwarf?
Members of the Mbuti tribe have an average height of less than 4 foot 11', but are definitely human.
Dwarf
The dwarves, or dwarva, as the dwarves refer to themselves, are one of the major humanoid races of the Dragon Age setting. Strong, stocky, and shorter than any other humanoid race, the dwarves are skilled builders and boast a long tradition of courage and martial skill that has served them well...
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Lace Harding
“Maps are all right, but nothing beats a guide.” Lace Harding is the lead scout for the Inquisition. Harding was born in the Fereldan Hinterlands, just outside of Redcliffe, to a seamstress mother and a trader father. According to her father his bloodline can be traced to a Merchant caste family...
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Like it or not, she's a Dwarf according to Dragon Age's definition of a dwarf, now can you please go argue something less based on semantic nitpicking?