Editing Ourworld:Dwarves (section)

== How the Dwarves see other races ==

'''Ailokim:'''
The Dwarves have little to do with the Ailokim, and this suits them fine. They find the construction of Ailokim artifacts to be adaquate, though they are as happy to accept Ailokim money as anyone else's. They have heard the rumours of baby killing, but since Dwarves never produce psionicists, they have no firsthand evidence and thus do not credit the stories with any belief.

'''Keltoi:'''
The Dwarves have strong trading relations with the Keltoi, the Dwarves make high quality goods, and the Keltoi are happy to pay for them. Also the shared love of strong drink and communal singing serves as a common bond. This being said the Dwarves find the cunning and poetic elements of the Keltoi psyche baffling.

'''Goliaths:'''
The Dwarves have a bit of a hard time dealing with the Goliaths, for they have been in constant contact with them for 1500 years, and in that time, despite easy acces to Dwarven made goods (vastly superior to the wood and stone the Goliaths use) yet the Goliaths seem content to keep using their inferior tools and living in leather huts. This makes the Dwarves' brains hurt. Even more galling, the Goliaths seem uterly unwilling to adopt any form of monetary system, which makes the Dwarves' stomachs queasy. On the other hand, they are happy to trade for various Dwarven goods, and they are a useful source of leathers and hides.

'''Lizardmen:'''
The Lizardmen , and theur cousins the Kobolds and Troglodytes are the biggest combined threat to the Dwarves (though the giants inhabiting the peaks of the World Spine Mountains come close. A simmeing border war has been going on underneath the World Spine Mouintains and at their eastern boarder for as long as any race records. 

'''Northern City States'''
Laidiann gold glistens like any other, though the Talic Theocracy's attempts to convert those they trade with rubs the Dwarves the wrong way.

'''Summer Islanders'''
The Summer Islands produce many fine comestables, and the Dwarves do like fine food, although they prefer "hearty" to "sophisticated". They will happily trade with the Summer Isles.

'''Teleri'''
The Dwarves feel a certain abivalence towards the Teleri. On the upside, they are obviously master crafters, and this is to be respected. On the downside all the Teleri make is "fine" and "airy" and "light". That being said, the Teleri will pay good money for Dwarven goods. 

'''Umberkim'''
The Dwarves do not know of the Umberkim, and if they did, they would not care, for the Umberkim do not control the purse strings of Ailokim society