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<blockquote data-quote="Boojum" data-source="post: 1819368" data-attributes="member: 21028"><p>The dwarves in my world, Shattered Skies, were created by the goddess of prophecy during a great war between the gods and the demons, because the elves, the first humanoids created, were too afraid to help in the battle, so it was going against the gods.&nbsp; She created them by squeezing drops of blood from the fingerless palm of the all-father (the fingers had been severed and made into the progenitors of the elven race), and each of the drops became a dwarf as it hit the ground, immediately joining in the fight.&nbsp; Because of this origin, the dwarves in my world are properly referred to as Zokh-dre, which means 'bloodborn' in their tongue.&nbsp; They have blood-red skin, and have a knack for prophecy and a burning hatred of all demons and devils (as well as combat bonuses against them rather than against goblins and giants).&nbsp;&nbsp; After the war, the greatest fiends were bound into crystal prisons along with the greatest heroes of the dwarven race, who accepted this fate to ensure that the fiends could never escape.&nbsp; Their society is organized around massive citadels known as holdfasts (each bearing the name of the hero bound into the crystal there), each built to house the crystal prisons of the demon lords and archdevils.&nbsp; Apart from that, they are fairly traditional, as they are great miners and stone and metal-workers, and have one of the highest levels of technology among the races of the world.&nbsp; [Shameless plug alert] A much more complete account of their origin can be found in the fourth post of my brand-new story hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Boojum, post: 1819368, member: 21028"] The dwarves in my world, Shattered Skies, were created by the goddess of prophecy during a great war between the gods and the demons, because the elves, the first humanoids created, were too afraid to help in the battle, so it was going against the gods. She created them by squeezing drops of blood from the fingerless palm of the all-father (the fingers had been severed and made into the progenitors of the elven race), and each of the drops became a dwarf as it hit the ground, immediately joining in the fight. Because of this origin, the dwarves in my world are properly referred to as Zokh-dre, which means 'bloodborn' in their tongue. They have blood-red skin, and have a knack for prophecy and a burning hatred of all demons and devils (as well as combat bonuses against them rather than against goblins and giants). After the war, the greatest fiends were bound into crystal prisons along with the greatest heroes of the dwarven race, who accepted this fate to ensure that the fiends could never escape. Their society is organized around massive citadels known as holdfasts (each bearing the name of the hero bound into the crystal there), each built to house the crystal prisons of the demon lords and archdevils. Apart from that, they are fairly traditional, as they are great miners and stone and metal-workers, and have one of the highest levels of technology among the races of the world. [Shameless plug alert] A much more complete account of their origin can be found in the fourth post of my brand-new story hour. [/QUOTE]

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