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Megabeasts	Bronze colossus • Dragon • Hydra • Titan
Nonexistent	Centaur • Chimera • Griffon • Treant • Wizard

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An engraving of a dwarf

Dwarves are intelligent humanoid creatures that live in fortresses carved from mountains. They are the featured race of Fortress Mode, and also a one of the races playable in Adventure Mode. They are mainly interested in acquiring wealth and rare metals, especially adamantine. They are alcohol dependant, and work slowly if deprived of it for long. Their most hated enemies are the goblins.

Dwarves in Fortress Mode

Dwarves will send a caravan every year in the fall, typically bringing food, booze, and miscellaneous supplies. Unlike other races, the dwarven civilization will never attack even if their traders don't make it home. Immigrants will be attracted to your fortress as your wealth grows, and arrive every spring.

Living among them

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This section needs to be written. If you are the first to take over a mountainhome, please share your findings!

Dwarves in Adventure Mode

Dwarven mountainhomes and outposts do not have any shops, but usually have a variety of fighters to recruit. Outposts have or quest giver^[Verify], but the monarch of each civilization will give quests at their capital city.

Dwarven characters always start with iron weapons and armor, making them the best-equipped race. Unfortunately, human armor is too large for them to wear, and humans are the only race with shops, so all armor upgrades will have to come from looting dwarven fortresses. Most human weapons must be wielded two-handed by dwarves, due to their size.

Dwarves have the highest natural armor of the adventuring races, at +1, but are one size smaller than elves and humans, so they cause less damage and absorb less damage. Dwarves are the only race that sometimes enters a martial trance when beset by many foes, which gives them combat bonuses.

Mythology

In real-life mythology, Dwarves are much like humans, but generally prefer to live underground and/or in mountainous areas. In their fortresses they have accumulated treasures of gold, silver, and precious stones, and pass their time fabricating costly weapons and armor. They are famed miners and smiths, although, like humans, they can specialise in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, they are on average stockier and hairier, and usually sport full beards. Though slow runners and poor riders, dwarves are excellent warriors and defenders of their strongholds. Dwarves have the ability to forge magical items, which shows off their culture's and species natural craftsmanship. For instance, dwarvish smiths created some of the greatest and most powerful items of power, which inspired the in-game strange moods and artifacts.

See the Wikipedia article

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-Dwarves are lovable, creative, yet sometimes incredibly stupid, creatures.
+[[Image:Dwarf.jpg|100px|thumb|An engraving of a dwarf]]
-In Dwarf Fortress, the primary advantage humans have over Dwarves in combat is their increased height, which allows them to wield larger weapons than Dwarves, and wield weapons normally two-handed for Dwarves single-handedly. Dwarves, however, have the advantage of being able to enter a [[martial trance]], which grants them bonuses in combat.
+'''Dwarves''' are intelligent [[humanoid]] [[creatures]] that live in fortresses carved from [[mountain]]s. They are the featured [[race]] of [[Dwarf Fortress mode|Fortress Mode]], and also a one of the races playable in [[Adventure Mode]]. They are mainly interested in acquiring wealth and rare [[metal]]s, especially [[adamantine]]. They are [[alcohol]] dependant, and work slowly if deprived of it for long. Their most hated enemies are the [[goblin]]s.
+__NOTOC__
+== Dwarves in Fortress Mode ==
-If you are in a location that is considerably close to another Dwarven civilization when you pick your Fortress location at the start of Fortress mode, you will receive immigrants every year and Dwarven trade caravans will come trade with you once a year.
+Dwarves will send a [[caravan]] every year in the [[Calendar|fall]], typically bringing [[food]], booze, and miscellaneous supplies. Unlike other races, the dwarven civilization will never attack even if their traders don't make it home. [[Immigrant]]s will be attracted to your fortress as your wealth grows, and arrive every spring.
-This is essential to your survival because without immigrants running a Fortress is much, much harder.
-In real-life mythology, Dwarves are much like [[human]]s, but generally prefer to live underground and/or in [[mountain]]ous areas. In their fortresses they have accumulated treasures of [[gold]], [[silver]], and [[gem|precious stone]]s, and pass their time in fabricating costly [[weapon]]s and [[armor]]. They are famed [[miner]]s and [[smith]]s, although, like humans, they can specialise in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, they are on average stockier and hairier, and usually sport full beards. Though slow runners and poor riders, dwarves are excellent warriors and defenders of their strongholds.
+=== Living among them ===
-Dwarves have the ability to forge magical items, which shows off their culture's and species natural craftsmanship. For instance, dwarvish smiths created some of the greatest and most powerful items of power, which can be seen in-game when craftsdwarves go into strange moods and create [[artifact]]s.
-<gallery>
+{{Notice Box|In Progress|This section needs to be written. If you are the first to take over a mountainhome, please share your findings!}}
-Image:Dwarf.jpg|Here we see a fully grown Dwarf.
-Image:Axe5.jpg|And here is a favorite among Dwarves to craft; there are many Battle[[Axe]] artifacts to be found in the game.
+== Dwarves in Adventure Mode ==
-Image:Pton104l.jpg|Dwarven [[Manager]]s can be frustrating.
-</gallery>
+Dwarven mountainhomes and outposts do not have any [[shop]]s, but usually have a variety of fighters to recruit. Outposts have or quest giver{{verify}}, but the monarch of each civilization will give quests at their capital city.
+Dwarven characters always start with [[iron]] [[weapon]]s and [[armor]], making them the best-equipped race. Unfortunately, [[human]] armor is too large for them to wear, and humans are the only race with shops, so all armor upgrades will have to come from looting dwarven fortresses. Most human weapons must be wielded two-handed by dwarves, due to their size.
+Dwarves have the highest natural armor of the adventuring races, at +1, but are one [[size]] smaller than [[Elf|elves]] and humans, so they cause less damage and absorb less damage. Dwarves are the only race that sometimes enters a [[martial trance]] when beset by many foes, which gives them combat bonuses.
+== Mythology ==
+In real-life mythology, Dwarves are much like humans, but generally prefer to live underground and/or in mountainous areas. In their fortresses they have accumulated treasures of [[gold]], [[silver]], and [[gem|precious stone]]s, and pass their time fabricating costly weapons and armor. They are famed [[miner]]s and [[smith]]s, although, like humans, they can specialise in any number of trades. Generally shorter than humans, they are on average stockier and hairier, and usually sport full beards. Though slow runners and poor riders, dwarves are excellent warriors and defenders of their strongholds. Dwarves have the ability to forge magical items, which shows off their culture's and species natural craftsmanship. For instance, dwarvish smiths created some of the greatest and most powerful items of power, which inspired the in-game [[strange mood]]s and [[artifact]]s.
+''See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf Wikipedia article]''
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