Fire Dwarves
The Sons of Azrhodan are well known for embodying the qualities of the flames they claim to be birthed from. At times, they can be seen as hot headed and short tempered, but often they are unparalleled craftsmen, having such skill and control over the forge, they but their cousins that dwell in the mountains to shame.
Additional Information
Facial characteristics
Fire Dwarves often have thin lips and angular facial features. Their noses are often sharp and eyes sunken slightly deeper into their skulls.
Civilization and Culture
Beauty Ideals
Many Fire Dwarves observe a tradition of coloring their already naturally red hair to resemble different temperatures of fire. Some do this for fun, while other clans use it as a means to articulate at a glance a clansman's station within their society. The difference has caused some confusion within the species as a whole as there is no hard and fast rule for how or why to color one's hair. The only exception to this is that all Fire Dwarves are strictly forbidden from coloring their hairshirted as this is seen as pseudo-sacrilegious as the color of white is reserved for Azrhodan.
Fire Dwarves will rarely wear their facial hair in beard, choosing instead to keep them in chops on the side of their faces, connected across their top lip by a moustache. This is a precaution to keep their beards from falling into open flames they may find themselves around.
Historical Figures
Azrhodan, the first Fire Dwarf.
Genetic Ancestor(s)
Lifespan
180 years
Average Height
4'-9" - 5'-1"
Average Weight
195 lbs.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Fire Dwarves can be easily identified by their darker skin tones. Generally, they will have a skin tone ranging between a resemblance to soot or a deep burgundy. It is more common to find Fire Dwarves of the darker complexion. In very very rare cases, Fire Dwarves will inherit a skin disease that over time turns their skin to the color of ash. In these rare cases, afflicted persons do not bear their people's fortitude before the flames.
