Dwarf

The Dwarves are short creatures, renouned for their mining and forgery.

History
Although Naril Trastia respected and loved the creations of Ivir Masdar - the trees, plants, mountains and caves, he felt there was something missing from the world. There needed to be and overlord, a race to rule everything else in might and intelligence.

He put this idea to Ivir Masdar, but it was revealed to him that Masdar was soon to awaken his own races to rule The Haligeard, this holy ground.

After much debate between the two, it was decided that each race would have its own contintent to rule over. Trastia would get the continent of Sentres to place his race on - to the west. Masdar would awaken his own two races on the continents of Eternia and Edorlund - to the east and south.

The 'Valtana' - or 'Children of Masdar' became what we know today as Elves and Men. You can read about their story on the relevant pages.

After the discussion about the future ruling of the world had happened, Ivir Masdar had one condition for Trastia - that he would awaken his race after the Valtana had been awakened. Trastia agreed, and left The Halls of Eaminaré and went down to Sentres.

He set about digging homes for his race. (For the idea of free-standing buildings had not crossed his mind). He created Gabel Karad (The Great Mountain) and Jernkared (The Iron Mountains). Deep under Gabel Karad he crafted his perfect creatures from the rock and stone. He kalled them Khrakdenir - Stone Masters. We know them now as Dwarves.

He gave the Khrakdenir bones as strong as iron, and skin of stone. He gave them tough, stout bodies - perfect for work deep in the earth.

However they lay asleep in the mountain - for they had to wait for the Valtana to awake first. But after one thousand passings of winter, Trastia grew impatient. Masdar had not woken his second race yet! Going against the agreement, Trastia awoke the Khrakdenir early.

Ivir Masdar knew immediatly and was furious. He exiled Trastia from the Halls of  Eaminaré for two thousand years, and bound him to a mortal body of one of his creations. Trastia was trapped in the body of a Dwarf. Though Trastia was in anguish beyond belief, he became the king of his people.

He was called Thorir I, and his people called him strongwill, as he had defied Masdar. He established his capital under Gabel Karad, and named it Giretor. He created the language and script of Gormki.

Languages and Scripts
The language and script created by Naril Trastia for his people was called Gormki.

The language used my most Dwarves on Sentres now is Dhraki.

The script used to write Dhraki is Drakdi.