Dwarves

The stalwart dwarves of the Critheis Canyon are generally a much more pleasant experience than their serious visage exudes. They are highly driven in their desire to reach the moon, as they believe it houses more riches than any lifetime could imagine. Incidentally, the dwarves were created by a stray meteor, the Demigod Zitón, which broke off from the Moon Goddess Theia, forming the canyon after crashing into the planet. The heat and dust, mixed with the mystical properties of the Goddess Theia, created the Dwarven people. They believe that stars and shooting stars are the vessels of other dwarves who are on journeys to reach their own moons as well.

Among the first of the races, they traveled to other continents to gather resources to build their massive underground city of Homer at the end of the canyon. They use these resources to spur on technological advancements that may bring them closer to the moon. Inventors are highly esteemed in the canyon, with the most notable ones having statues built of them. Their greatest advancement so far may very well be the creation of mechanical limbs, powered by magnetic stones they wear in the jewelry on their body. It is no secret that the Dwarves wish to further understand and control magnetism, in order to create a ship that will propel them to Theia.

Many dwarves have come to regret their disregard for their negative impact on the environment, as they now have to work with the other races that they may have snubbed in their advancement efforts. They strongly hope to quell these woes by offering trade for resources the other races desire. Not much for history keeping, it is unknown why they refuse to return to the continent to their east, where they retrieved most of the wood used in their early mining endeavors. All the Dwarves know of this place is that it is a forbidden, lost land that none of the Ancient Dwarves would speak of.

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