Deep Dwarves

Dwarves living deep underground. Their main concern is with mining the earth's riches. They don't much care about the outside world. They avoid contact with other races as much as possible. Most of their interface with the outside is done through the Mountain Dwarves, in the form of trading.

They are the sole producers of black powder, and keep its production secret from other races. All of the black powder seen in the outside world is sold by them through the Mountain Dwarves. They use it mostly in mining. The actual weaponization was done by the Mountain Dwarves, who started using it as a propellant for handguns and cannons.

They are stocky and short, with a powerful and resilient build. They tend to have very unusual hairstyles, which shock humans in the rare cases of members of the races meet.