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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8697685" data-attributes="member: 4937">It's a racial/cultural distinction that the dwarves themselves make among their people.&nbsp; Mountain dwarfs as a rule tend to look down on their Hill dwarf cousins (literally and figuratively).&nbsp; HIll dwarfs represent the majority of dwarves that the typical adventurer comes into contact with.&nbsp; They are less xenophobic, less gruff, more comfortable on the surface, possessing more wanderlust, have better vision especially in bright sun, and have darker skin to better endure the sun.&nbsp; If you can imagine tan or brown skinned versions of the seven dwarves in Snow White, then you aren't far off.&nbsp; Some mountain dwarves feel that the hill dwarves are bit degenerate, having evolved from the pure dwarven lifestyle and culture intended by the gods.&nbsp; Most dwarf communities living in human cities are hill dwarves, so when humans think 'dwarf' they tend to think 'hill dwarf'.&nbsp; There is a similar distinction between 'high' and 'wood' elves, although that one owes to Tolkien and while it follows his terminology it doesn't follow his cosmological reasons for the distinction.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8697685, member: 4937"] It's a racial/cultural distinction that the dwarves themselves make among their people. Mountain dwarfs as a rule tend to look down on their Hill dwarf cousins (literally and figuratively). HIll dwarfs represent the majority of dwarves that the typical adventurer comes into contact with. They are less xenophobic, less gruff, more comfortable on the surface, possessing more wanderlust, have better vision especially in bright sun, and have darker skin to better endure the sun. If you can imagine tan or brown skinned versions of the seven dwarves in Snow White, then you aren't far off. Some mountain dwarves feel that the hill dwarves are bit degenerate, having evolved from the pure dwarven lifestyle and culture intended by the gods. Most dwarf communities living in human cities are hill dwarves, so when humans think 'dwarf' they tend to think 'hill dwarf'. There is a similar distinction between 'high' and 'wood' elves, although that one owes to Tolkien and while it follows his terminology it doesn't follow his cosmological reasons for the distinction. [/QUOTE]

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