water from underground streams and showing through on some individuals.
channels. The dwur constitution is such that they need less water than humans The status quo is very important to to live on. Needless to say, the dwur can dwarves. What is important to dwur today also trade gems and gold for additional is important because it was centuries ago. food or water if needed. Korobokkuru Traditions tell a dwur when to wake up in and Bwan, both living above ground, the morning, when and what to eat, and find resources as other surface races how to comb his beard. There are at least do, usually by foraging in the forests or 300 beard styles, each with significance growing their own vegetables and herbs in dwarven culture. on small garden plots (note Korobokkuru have vegetarian diets). While dwur form marriage bonds and procreate as other races do, their culture Eastern dwur do not view gender as also not only allows, but encourages, other races do. In fact, for many non-dwur, intimate and deep bonds between it can sometimes be difficult to discern members of the same gender. Many dwur between a male dwur and a female. Both form such bonds with their brothers in sexes have similar external appearances; arms during war and these relationships both are usually muscular and robust can be as committed and important as the and both have facial hair although relationship between husband and wife. on females it tends to be sparse and finer than amongst the menfolk. Males Paradoxically, in some of the more evil normally wear intricate beards. In fact, mountain dwur clans, these same-sex one form of criminal punishment enacted relationships amongst males are preferred by dwur is the shearing of the convicts and women are sadly forced into very beard. While some Korobokkuru have repressive roles in which they have little beards, many instead favour long, pencil- social freedom. They are expected to thin moustaches. Bwan generally remain be child-bearers and little else, either clean shaven with short tufts of a beard working at the loom, the forge, or other means of producing food and goods while the men conduct all the affairs of political and social life. These are thankfully the exception however as the vast majority of dwur culture is as egalitarian as an elf or halfling community would be.
Dwarves can either deal with
other clans as brothers, or with a poisonous hate that exceeds even that of their enmity with the jebli and the euroz. They generally get on well with gnomes, although some gnomes resent the perceived paternalism they receive at the hands of some dwur. Most dwur and olves prefer to avoid each other at all times, the exceptions being some of the
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