Duergar

Duergar, also known as gray dwarves, are a subterranean race, closely related to dwarves and devils, that carve out their existence in the Underdark, often near volcanoes, and are akin to surface dwarves in a manner similar to how drow are to surface elves.

Physical characteristics


Like their dwarven brethren, duergar are typically stocky figures, though beyond this there are many differences. Both male and female duergar are typically bald, with females also lacking the capacity to grow facial hair. When they are not bald, however, duergar grow spiny quills like those of a porcupine rather than typical hair, both along their scalp and in their beards, which they can shoot at their enemies. Many are also thinner than their dwarven brethren. Most obvious, however, is their dull, gray skin and hair, often matched with an equally stolid expression.

Duergar are in some ways even better adapted to underground living than dwarves. While dwarves lack the capacity to see completely in the deepest darkness, this is not a problem for duergar, who are so adapted. This comes at a cost, however, and duergar, like drow of the past, have a special vulnerability to sunlight. Duergar are also immune to many of the ancient techniques used by the mind flayers to control them, such as paralysis, phantasms, alchemical poisons, or some types of illusion, as well as a general resistance to fire or poison. Duergar are also a sneaky, crafty people, unlike their honor-bound cousins and often excel at setting up ambushes or moving out of sight. Conversely, many also are good at detecting hidden objects. A few duergar also possess natural abilities akin to the enlarge and invisibility spells.

Because many duergar found on the surface world are criminal exiles, a surface dweller who encounters one of the gray dwarves is likely to notice facial and arm tattoos that mark the duergar as a traitor to his or her people.

Culture
Duergar are, as a whole, generally cruel and malevolent creatures, but as in most evil races this is as much a cultural affectation as a psychological trait. In the past, before the Spellplague, a few duergar turned away from the worship of the wicked gods who ruled over the Duergar such as Deep Duerra and found salvation through the Morndinsamman. Other duergar have found escape from their society through petty crime, tattooed and cast out from their cities beneath the surface and driven into the arms of other races. Their grim disposition, however, makes them unlikely to form many lasting friendships.

History
The duergar were once a settlement of shield dwarves in the dwarven kingdom of Shanatar. The shield dwarves that eventually became the duergar lived in certain strongholds that fell under attack of mind flayers, or illithids, and were captured. During their captivity, which lasted for generations, the illithids performed many cruel and unusual experiments on the dwarves. It was during this harsh period in their history that the duergar, desperate and believing that Moradin had abandoned them, turned to the worship of devils, cementing their ties to the fiends and eventually even taking on some of the devils' blood. Eventually, the resulting race rose up against their captors and gained their freedom from the mind flayers. Now the duergar inhabit the Underdark and have been left as cruel and evil as their captors and bitterly withdrawn as a result of their experiences.

He went by the name of Archreise Bloodhammer (Ar-ch-rise) he was a Duergar. he was abandoned on the surface. good thing he had built up an immunity to sun light. most durgar are wounded by sun light. he still didn’t like it and it made him uncomfortable and irritated. He was kin to the dwarves so he wasn’t so tall. he had grey skin and white eyes with a significantly large red tattoo across his face marking him as a traitor. Across his back was a large iron crossbow. He had to go some where so he headed to the great dale. Ruled by humans the dale is not a pleasant place for a Durgar. humans are known to discriminate against beings from the underdark. He traveled for a while before he was taken by surprise. He noticed a large pike with four significantly large spikes off the blade making it look almost scythe like but without the curve. mid air the pike broke and one spike tore off and became a arrow. This same thing happened three more times and it made 5 arrows flying at him. Archreise took out his crossbow and dropped down on the ground. he took aim noticed a faint shadow of a man running, through his scope took one shot and it clashed with the arrow. He took the cross bow and started dismantling it taking the bow off the stock then taking the bow apart into 2 blades then reorganizing the parts into a sword then took the stock and loaded it with ink bombs. Ink bombs are bombs made of tar whiskey and gun powder covered in flint caught by a stone on the stock. So he stepped back lunged at an arrow chopped it in half and did a flip on his way down. Now Archreise was much lighter on his feet then others of his kind because when his father was young he had disgraced a witch doctors daughter and the witchdoctor punished him by making his son lighter faster and able to jump higher now we see that as a blessing not a curse but in durgar culture a durgar is suposto be strong hard and able to hold there ground. He took a few more looked around then sprinted at a wall ran up the wall darted off and took out another arrow with the sword. The last one was coming straight for his head he was looking at the arrow and in behind it he saw a woman dressed completely in white and gold with 8 conspicuous rings and right before the arrow hit his head she stuck her hammer in front of the way and destroyed the arrow. the woman took the destroyed arrow and bent the metal and then took her helmet off. She had jet black hair with white streaks in it but not grey she did not look old at all she had a kind look to her yet she didn’t look as if she couldn’t fight she had gold and white armor and what looked like a staff except a hammer at the top. Archreise thought that she was quite a show off thou he found her attractive but he was to proud to admit it. What is your name said archreise. talismah what is your name?? my name is archreise bloodhammer son of oahrnahk malikhastira bloodhammer, how did you get to me so quickly??? My rings each let me do certain special things like as long as the person sees me I can be there if im needed but I need to be in sight range. Where did you get them ??? I made them im a black smith. how well do you hold up in battle. I don’t know that’s for you to decide. Talismah and archreise headed for great dale.

As a child talismah had no parents and lived with her uncle who was a black smith. She had to learn to be hard and strong. she went to fight with the boys everyday after lessons. She learned how to fight. Her and her brother once had to defend their home village from a rampage. she was 15 and her brother was 23. They were in an army of 500 by the end of the battle they were the only ones left by the end of the battle. Her brothers name is xade. He has buzzed blonde hair with sideburns and a small pach on his chin he has one blue eye and one brown eye a strong beak like nose. xade asked to be a chosen for bane. His wish was granted but what xade didn’t know was that bane was going to let him be a chosen for a year and then kill him off so talismah came in and asked that xade could live until he dies of old age and when he dies bane can have his soul. if he dies in a noble battle he pass normally. What bane didn’t know was that xade had an amulet that lets him stop getting older once he has turned 25. Once bane agreed he did all in the negotiation. Once he realized he had been tricked he took xade back and put him in banes domain to fight for 3 years. Archreise and talismah went to the black smith shop. Archreise said I only know how to use a crossbow and I can barely handle a blade. Well I can only use a hammer, but my brother is strong with a blade. Where is your brother. That’s not relevant, il get started on making you some weapons. Meanwhile Middlemine trollybadger was wondering around the forest looking for a certain kind of mushroom for his potion. No one really knows what middlemine actually looked like when he was born all we know is that sometime he got what he calls a sprinkle touch witch lets him by touch mimic whoever he pleases but he has an amazingly extraordinary talent for magic. he always caries a small bag for his library the bag looks as if It could Carrie about 6 books yet he carries his library which has about 647 books in it. Sprinkle touch lets him trade appearances with someone he touches witch also lets them trade in racial advantages and weaknesses. for now he appeared to be a giant yet with extremely blue eyes with a fat nose and a small mark on his left jaw and his hair was red brown it was long and curly.