In -4600 Ancient, the elves first made contact with the dwarves and eventually the elves made war upon the titans and dwarves, killing many of the former and driving the latter underground. The Titans and the dwarves lived together during this time but their exact relationship remains unknown. The Primeval Thaig discovered during the Dragon Age is also of unknown chronology. As such, the origins of the dwarves are not clear. However, there are large lacunae in the records of the earliest years due to records being lost or erased. Records of early dwarven history in Orzammar's Memories go back tens of millennia. History Д¬oncept art of dwarves in Dragon Age: Inquisition Main article: Dwarven history But due to constant warfare, proximity to the darkspawn, and low fertility rates the numbers of underground dwarves decrease steadily (except during the Blights) for nearly a thousand years. Furthermore, because of their hardy constitution, sickness is thought to be rare among the dwarven folk. This ability is also shared by the elves. Дue to their underground life, dwarves have developed superior vision in the dark. Dwarves who live on the surface for a long time gradually lose this ability and those born on the surface appear to not possess it at all. However, this talent is not implemented as a game mechanic in any of the games. This connection allows dwarves to sense a passageway before reaching it and can navigate the Deep Roads without getting hopelessly lost. Stone sense is described as the ability to hear the distant song of lyrium. Дwarves also possess a unique ability called 'Stone sense,' a talent for subterranean navigation derived from the race's progenitor, the Stone. This is reflected in their resistance to magic, and accounts for their high tolerance to lyrium exposure. In fact there is no recorded exception to their inability to learn spellcasting however they are not completely barred and may enter the Fade in exceptional circumstances. Unlike the other races, dwarves do not naturally enter the Fade as they do not dream and lack magical ability. Dwarven clockwork, while uncommon, is notable, as time-telling in Thedas is inexact. They have mastered clockwork, mechanical weaponry, and limited steam power. Дwarves are known to be increasingly infertile due to their proximity to the darkspawn taint, a situation which has given rise to anxiety for the future of the race, as well as the invention of noble hunters to bolster the children born to noble houses.Дwarves are responsible for introducing the common tongue, currency, trade and entertainment to humanity. Their ability to dedicate their efforts to a cause helped them survive in conditions that no other race would have long been able to and gave rise to a level of technology that far surpasses anything else in Thedas. The single-mindedness of the dwarves is credited for the race's survival. However their world was all but destroyed during the First Blight, and they are now a race in decline. They once developed a huge, great empire which spread across vast underground networks of twelve great thaigs that spanned the breadth of Thedas with its population outnumbering both the humans and the elves.

Strong, stocky, and shorter than any other humanoid race, the dwarves are skilled builders and boast a long tradition of courage and martial skill that has served them well in their millennia-long battle against the darkspawn.

The dwarves, or dwarva, as the dwarves refer to themselves, are one of the major humanoid races of the Dragon Age setting.

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