Post by Elyon on Mar 28, 2014 18:27:50 GMT -8
Dwarfs: Hortus Decorus - "Lawn Ornament"
The plural pronounced and spelled as D-w-a-r-f. Ergo, instead of dwarves or dwarven, it is spelled dwarfs and dwarfish.
Approximately 4 feet tall, stocky, bearded, long-lived (Avg. 300 years) and with a natural attraction to mountains and mineshafts.
Female dwarfs are common, but are traditionally indistinguishable from males at all times. Dwarfs prefer not to spend much time on the subject; the dwarfish language has a gender neutral pronoun, usually rendered as "he" when speaking human languages. Dwarfish courtship is an incredibly tactful affair, primarily concerned with finding out which gender the other dwarf is. Despite the awkwardness that comes of this, it is traditionally considered rude to discuss female dwarfs in conversation.
Because of the actions of a certain female dwarf and the subsequent social movement she caused, many dwarfs are finding that their 'sons' are dabbling in make-up and heeled boots. These “sons” are indeed, beginning the journey to "coming out" as female thanks to her.
All dwarfs are by nature, dutiful, serious, obedient, and thoughtful. Their only failing is their one tendency, after only one drink, to rush at enemies, screaming above human chests, and axing off their legs at the knee. Some dwarfs attempt to project greater machismo by carrying more and larger axes, and wearing heavier and more elaborate armour than standard. This is known as "clang" (Here on Roundworld, the same sentiment is known as “Bling”) No one knows why dwarfs who come out of their natural habitat, become so unruly and rambunctious. But the same can be said, with minimal adjustment, about the Irish in New York, the Welsh in London and Australians everywhere.
Traditionally, dwarfs are miners in the mountains. (Nowadays there are also Dwarf artificers, jewellers, bakers, etc.) With extremely little exception, Dwarfs dress the same and act the same – quaff beer, sing about gold, wave a pickaxe and / or battleaxe at people when drunk.
A traditional Dwarf axe is on one side a pickaxe, to extract interesting minerals. The other side is a war axe, to deal with the sometimes very unreasonable people who own the land with the interesting minerals in it.
The plural pronounced and spelled as D-w-a-r-f. Ergo, instead of dwarves or dwarven, it is spelled dwarfs and dwarfish.
Approximately 4 feet tall, stocky, bearded, long-lived (Avg. 300 years) and with a natural attraction to mountains and mineshafts.
Female dwarfs are common, but are traditionally indistinguishable from males at all times. Dwarfs prefer not to spend much time on the subject; the dwarfish language has a gender neutral pronoun, usually rendered as "he" when speaking human languages. Dwarfish courtship is an incredibly tactful affair, primarily concerned with finding out which gender the other dwarf is. Despite the awkwardness that comes of this, it is traditionally considered rude to discuss female dwarfs in conversation.
Because of the actions of a certain female dwarf and the subsequent social movement she caused, many dwarfs are finding that their 'sons' are dabbling in make-up and heeled boots. These “sons” are indeed, beginning the journey to "coming out" as female thanks to her.
All dwarfs are by nature, dutiful, serious, obedient, and thoughtful. Their only failing is their one tendency, after only one drink, to rush at enemies, screaming above human chests, and axing off their legs at the knee. Some dwarfs attempt to project greater machismo by carrying more and larger axes, and wearing heavier and more elaborate armour than standard. This is known as "clang" (Here on Roundworld, the same sentiment is known as “Bling”) No one knows why dwarfs who come out of their natural habitat, become so unruly and rambunctious. But the same can be said, with minimal adjustment, about the Irish in New York, the Welsh in London and Australians everywhere.
Traditionally, dwarfs are miners in the mountains. (Nowadays there are also Dwarf artificers, jewellers, bakers, etc.) With extremely little exception, Dwarfs dress the same and act the same – quaff beer, sing about gold, wave a pickaxe and / or battleaxe at people when drunk.
A traditional Dwarf axe is on one side a pickaxe, to extract interesting minerals. The other side is a war axe, to deal with the sometimes very unreasonable people who own the land with the interesting minerals in it.
