Races and Cultures of Hermertia

• Casadians
• Mercurians
• Östrons
• Hrynjandi
• Kairatites
• Kacenik Tribes
• Sejuk Horse Tribes

• Aethen Sige Tel
• Wood Elves
• Pyrencians

• Common Dwarves
• Mittilari

Origins and History:

Appearance: Dwarves are admittedly of a smaller stature than most men, but their stocky and muscular build tends to bring them to about equal weights. They tend to have long hair kept in braids.

Estimated population size and spread: Approximately 30,000 dwarves live within the empire, though estimates are historically unreliable. They are mostly concentrated in the realms of Ardol and the Duroth Commonwealth, though they are present in small numbers in other realms.

Particularities: Dwarves are an extremely developed race with long-held traditions. Their life expectancy is nearly twice that of men, with disputable upper limits. Their intelligence, at its best, is directly comparable to the best of Men's, but tends to be more reserved and patient. At its worst, Dwarves are stubborn, solemn, and often refuse to work together. However, the dimmest of Dwarves tend to be content spending their lives in the mines, so they are rarely seen.

Dwarves live primarily underground, but hold no real reservations for exploring the surface or heights (they often frequent mountaintops for fresh air). It is not quite understood to Men why Dwarves insist on building and living underground. Similarly, Dwarves do not understand many of Men's quirks, such as privatization within a community.

Dwarves are not provoked easily, but are tireless and stalwart warriors, making up for their typically slow marches with brilliant resource and force allocation, as well as a large industrial backbone to grind out the necessities of war when needed.

Origins and History: a dwarven people that lived in isolation until their discovery by Casadian explorers in 530 A.I., little is known about the Mittilari. Casadian scholars embedded in their society have gleaned one important historical detail: the Mittilari were once a more widespread people, but suffered a great catastrophe that drove them into hiding.

Appearance: the Mittilari have the short, stocky build typical of most dwarves. Unlike other dwarves, however, the Mittilari shave their heads, likely in an effort to keep cool in the heat of the jungle.

Estimated population size and spread: the exact population of Mittilari is unknown, but it seems they live exclusively in the southern jungles of Casadia.

Particularities: the Mittilari are a secretive and cautious people with little desire to trust outsiders. Their secretive nature is believed to have arisen after the great cataclysm that sent their people in to hiding. Little is known about their social structure other than that their leaders are the priests of the local temple. They worship a strange crystal called the Tarmoq, which they say keeps the evil that nearly destroyed their people at bay.