The Dwarfs Of North Geona
Tuesday, 6. June 2006, 21:33:54
(the spelling-trial on Notablog had multiverse-reaching effects)
First, the MAP. Today, we add rivers! We go down toooo the riiiiver, and into the river we diiiive...
And then... the Dwarfs! In theme with my other weblog-pushing conworld these days, even. It's late in the evening, so I apologise to those having read my earlier works on North Geona for this being something of a rehash.
In North Geona Dwarfs are 1,4 metres tall at average, but as tall ones as 1,7 have been recorded. They have very solid and broad bodies, with thick skin (though nowhere in the vicinity of the Orcs'), thick bones, and an immense amount of thick, rough facial hair. Females have been known to have sideburns, too, though that Dwarfish women have long beards is indeed a myth. Dwarfs generally have great stamina and raw strength, but little speed and agility.
Dwarfs have three main ways of identifying themselves: Who is their Earl (i.e. where do they come from, geographically), what is their Clan, and who was their father (or in females' cases, mother). This leads to them also having a complex view on loyalty, as the three identifying traits might often have leaders who are at odds with one another. Usually a Dwarf would pick his Clanchief over his Earl, and his father over both, but that is only as a general rule, and the individual cases differ greatly.
Dwarfs are, as a species, stubborn, but easily amused, and aggressive but easily calmed down. They marry for life, and only take one spouse. Re-marrying is allowed, but frowned upon. Males are considered better fitted to govern military institutions (surprisingly, as there is as many female Dwarfish warriors as there is male ones), and females are considered better at managing a household, but other than that, both genders are considered equal.
The lifetime expectancy is approximately 800 years, but Dwarfs have died of natural causes as early as in their 500s, and as late as at the age of the Dwarfish Seidmaster Dürg the Blue, who lived 'til he was a staggering 1239. A lot of Dwarfs die in Holmgangs and war, though, so the actual average age of death would probably be somewhere around 300.
There are no known racial differences between the Dwarfs of North Geona, who are themnselves members of the Grey Dwarf-subspecies of the Dwarfish species. There are signs of the Dwarves in the area of North Geona known as Bendoria growing quite different from their homeland-cousins, though, so in a millennia or two, one can perhaps talk of a racial separation. But not yet, and Dwarfs, if anything, change slowly.
First, the MAP. Today, we add rivers! We go down toooo the riiiiver, and into the river we diiiive...
And then... the Dwarfs! In theme with my other weblog-pushing conworld these days, even. It's late in the evening, so I apologise to those having read my earlier works on North Geona for this being something of a rehash.
In North Geona Dwarfs are 1,4 metres tall at average, but as tall ones as 1,7 have been recorded. They have very solid and broad bodies, with thick skin (though nowhere in the vicinity of the Orcs'), thick bones, and an immense amount of thick, rough facial hair. Females have been known to have sideburns, too, though that Dwarfish women have long beards is indeed a myth. Dwarfs generally have great stamina and raw strength, but little speed and agility.
Dwarfs have three main ways of identifying themselves: Who is their Earl (i.e. where do they come from, geographically), what is their Clan, and who was their father (or in females' cases, mother). This leads to them also having a complex view on loyalty, as the three identifying traits might often have leaders who are at odds with one another. Usually a Dwarf would pick his Clanchief over his Earl, and his father over both, but that is only as a general rule, and the individual cases differ greatly.
Dwarfs are, as a species, stubborn, but easily amused, and aggressive but easily calmed down. They marry for life, and only take one spouse. Re-marrying is allowed, but frowned upon. Males are considered better fitted to govern military institutions (surprisingly, as there is as many female Dwarfish warriors as there is male ones), and females are considered better at managing a household, but other than that, both genders are considered equal.
The lifetime expectancy is approximately 800 years, but Dwarfs have died of natural causes as early as in their 500s, and as late as at the age of the Dwarfish Seidmaster Dürg the Blue, who lived 'til he was a staggering 1239. A lot of Dwarfs die in Holmgangs and war, though, so the actual average age of death would probably be somewhere around 300.
There are no known racial differences between the Dwarfs of North Geona, who are themnselves members of the Grey Dwarf-subspecies of the Dwarfish species. There are signs of the Dwarves in the area of North Geona known as Bendoria growing quite different from their homeland-cousins, though, so in a millennia or two, one can perhaps talk of a racial separation. But not yet, and Dwarfs, if anything, change slowly.
WIDGETIZE
Erlend # 6. June 2006, 21:38
Also, what's with the obsession with dwarfs these days?
Georgius the Peasant # 6. June 2006, 21:40
It doesn't - it's two rivers running down from the same source. It'll be clearer once I add mountains. ;-)
"Also, what's with the obsession with dwarfs these days?"
The Notablog-thing is just because when rambling, it takes quite a lot of time - and posts - to get some information out. This one was just because they were conveniently well described in my notes already, and were among the species on North Geona least requiring an understanding of the local politics, geography and nations, which I've yet to give a quick introduction to.