Editing Dwarves in Polesia (section)

==Dwarven Characteristics==

Dwarves are a stubborn but considerate people who often think carefully and long on the potential outcome of their actions. However, there are many topics or situations in which a dwarf's ire can be raised quickly, and in such a state it is hard to get them to calm down again. This is especially prevalent in dwarven children who for the first tweny to twenty-five years of their lives seem wild, uncouth, and energetic compared to their older kin. It is however rare that this "raging" (as the dwarves refer to it) lasts much longer than thirty if the child in question is properly reared. 

The dwarven ideals of honor and family (which must be noted are a bit different than most humans' ideas on both subjects) are so deeply ingrained into their culture that many almost assume that dwarves are simply born that way. This is not the least bit true. A dwarf raised by elves or humans or some other race is no more predisposed to be lawful and honorable than an orc (though it is wise never to make such a comparison to a dwarf's face). Dwarves therefore can be found almost anywhere in Polesia doing all sorts of jobs from the noble to the villainous and while the dwarves of Radezhka and the rest of the remnants of the Kadazhem empire are held as the "standard" dwarf, those borne on the surface or in holds that no longer swear fealty to the empire are as varied as humans and can be found doing just about anything.