Dwarf

Dwarves are a race of short, broad, and hardy Shadowkind. The average dwarf stands between 4 and 4 ½ feet tall and weighs as much as an average human. Skin, hair, and eye color variation falls within human ranges.

Due to increased levels of testosterone in the dwarf population, dwarves exhibit more lean muscle development than humans, which contributes greatly to the increased height to weight ratio. Facial hair growth is rapid in male dwarves, and male-pattern hirsutism is much more common in dwarven females, with approximately 10% of dwarven women able to grow full beards.

Dwarven physical and mental development is much slower than humans, reaching sexual maturity around 50 years of age. However, they also live significantly longer than humans, regularly living up to 400 years.

Dwarves tend to be hardworking and tenacious, if somewhat gruff and surly with strangers. However, they are loyal and dependable friends to those few who earn their trust. They often congregate in industrial areas and blue-collar neighborhoods, where their strong work ethic is shared and valued by others.