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 | The Naugrim (commonly called "Dwarves") are one of the 5 pivotal species of the Ring Worlds. They lived on Khazad, with the largest Clan being the Gonnhirrim and the largest Nation being Dwerrows. They are a proud and stern race and were made to be sturdy to resist the dangers of their world. They are physically stronger than average humans and Flyjts, and have great endurance, especially in the ability to resist great heat and cold, so they made light of heavy burdens. Naugrie lived up to two hundred and fifty years and have the ability to learn new skills quickly. A normal Naugrim is stubborn and secretive, but loyal friends and allies. Fully 50,000 Sentinel Alliance members were Naugrie. The thing they care most about is mining and metal crafts. They are not hurt by insults, but they have a dangerous propensity to hold a long-lasting grudge, both individually and as a collective. They know special skills and lived by mining for precious minerals such as gold, iron, copper, and silver from all over Khazad. In ancient times, they also found Mithril in the mines of Khazad-dum. They were also able masons, and smiths. They crafted many famed weapons, armors, and items of art and beauty, amongst them Narsil, the sword of Elendil, the Dragon-helm of Dor-lomin, and the necklace Nauglamir and built many famed halls including Belegost, Nogrod, Khazad-dum, and Menegroth. Agriculture is not one of their strengths because they lived mostly underground. The number of Naugrie women were few, only about a third of their total number, which is the reason for the slow Naugrim population growth, and is in peril when dwellings are scant. After the invasion of the Ring Worlds by the Atorians, the Naugrie generally fared better than the other Ring Races because of their knowledge of mining on two levels: Firstly, they were able to buy off the worst of the Atorian wrath by giving them what they really wanted (metals) and secondly when the Ators wrath did boil over the Naugrie were able to dig deeper to escape the worst of the bombardments. In fact, the only known and unaffected survivors of an anti-matter bomb were the Naugrie Of Aule. Naugrie will as a rule not tell people of other races their real names but take pseudonyms and keep their real names secret. This ended with the close of the Unification War, wherein the Naugrie were given the choice to join the Inter Planetary Alliance as full members, and therefore reveal their true names to be held accountable, or be interred on Khazad as the Atorians were interred on Ferhan. They capitulated (internment is something akin to a death sentence, even to such an anti-social species as the Naugrie), but under the condition that their true name was never to be used against them. Naugrim are commonly referred as Dwarves, but Dh'rvv is their primary language and the largest nation, not their species. They rarely take offense at the term. Breeding Naugrie can breed with Humans and Atorians; The child thereof is more Dwarvish than otherwise, reaching a freakish height of maybe 5 foot 6 inch. They can breed with Paraxian, and these children reach a freakish height of 6 foot 8 inches. They can not breed with other species and produce a viable offspring. Language All Naugrie can speak Dh'rvv (Dwavish), Fljyt, and T'sentraedi. Many speak English and Japanese, and some speak either German or Spanish. They pick up languages easily, and most speak at least 8, and some as many as 15. | |||
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| Any but usually good. | ||||
| Hand to Hand Basic unless trained. | ||||
| Dwavish, Fljyt, T'sentraedi. | ||||
| None normally. | ||||
 | Low light vision. | |||
| Mining +15% (not applied to OCC skills); Dwarves are natural miners. | ||||
| 4 feet +2D6 inches. | ||||
| 130+2D10 lbs. | ||||
| Khazad-dum of the Ring Worlds. | ||||
| The Mines Of Moria. | ||||
| Any, though Miner is a de facto racial OCC. | ||||
| Yes. | ||||
| Business Naugrie were and still are master craftsmen, and this hasn't been impinged upon in the slightest by the advance of science. It's been made WORSE. Whereas once they created marvelous metal things, they now create marvelous alloys and compounds. And they do so without even a hint of a thought to any unintended effects this may have. They neither understand nor care; Their attitude is that they only made a thing, they can't be held responsible for who abuses it. Naugrie aren't much for explorers; They don't mind moving to knew places, but they're not interested in discovering new lands. They'd much rather settle places that have already been surveyed, extracting minerals en mass. However, they have settled whole galaxies, including half of the Boötes Void, setting up extensive mining operations. Interspecies Relations Naugrie get along with most species, but not T'sentraedi since they occupied Khazad-dum nor Fljyt because those two species have never gotten along. The T'sentraedi have tried to improve their relationship with the Naugrim to limited effect, but the Fljyt have not; They just don't like each other, and that's it. Insulting a Naugrim is pretty difficult; They don't take offense at much, unless you're another Naugrim. One of the few way to get under their skin is to speak their language fluently and THEN insult them. | ||||