The Dwarves

"Appearances are there to be ignored, for the biggest hearts may reside in the smallest and unlikeliest creatures. Those who fail to look beyond the surface will never encounter true virtue-not in others and certainly not in themselves"

- From "Collected Wisdom of a Dead Stranger" in Philosophical Letters and Texts from the archive of the Hundred-Pillared Temple of Palandiell in Zamina, Kingdom of Rвn Ribastur.

"Dwarves and mountains have one thing in common: It takes an almighty hammer and a tremendous amount of persistence to overcome them"

– Traditional saying from the Murk region, northeast Idoslane. "Fleeing from an angry dwarf requires fleetness of foot. For consider this: The target of dwarven wrath must be capable of outstripping the irate warrior's flying ax. Those lucky enough to escape with their lives should take pains to alter their appearance. The dwarven memory is dangerously good. Even after twenty cycles the threat remains and no one can predict when the chamber might ring with vengeful dwarven laughter as a tankard smashes against the offender's head."

- From "Notes on the Races of Girdlegard: