Uprooted Dwarf

Unlike most dwarves, Uprooted dwarves live on the surface. Once hill or mountain dwarves, they were cut off from their kin and traditional ways of life. Where Fathom Dwarves went downward, Uprooted dwarves were forced onto the surface.   They are usually dwarves who had been driven there by volcanoes or earthquakes that shattered their subterranean homes, or perhaps by orcs or dragons and sometimes, Exile by their bretheren. Finding no safe haven underground, they were forced above. Rare and almost non-existent few even had chosen to abandon their homes and give up the subterranean life.   Over the centuries sundered dwarves adapted as best they could, but abandoning their natural habitat has taken its toll. They have lost much of their racial pride, and tend to be a miserable and dirty people. They have developed an irrational phobia of dark places, yet are uncomfortable under the open sky, in rain, and with most surface conditions.   Uprooted dwarves may be found living among other races. They may make up the majority of the inhabitants in a ghetto, or small groups of them may be found living or adventuring with other races.   Although their traditional homes are gone, Uprooted dwarves continue to follow the crafts, especially mining and smithing. They will work for humans or elves.