Created by Phaestus and given a soul by Sarapis/Proteus/Ayar, the dwarves are primarily hill and mountain dwellers. Having a common hatred with the Tsol'aa of the goblin races, they have occasionally allied with the Tsol'aa against the goblin hordes, but for the most part the dwarves kept to themselves until the time of the Selucarian Empire. Little is known of the their history until they began mixing with the human race a few hundred years ago.