The Bone Dwarves are native to the Corpse Continent. According to their own history they were created by Aeon the Shaper. Who or what they were created from remains unknown and the Bone Dwarves do not speak of it.
Bone Dwarf Culture is insular, pragmatic and egalitarian. They tend to keep to themselves, avoiding contact with other Cultures. There is little trade with the Bone Dwarves as they can produce everything they need from their environment.
Bone Dwarves possess a unique digestive system. They can eat almost anything and survive. Their diet is largely carnivorous, and although they prefer fresh meat, they can also survive quite well on carrion. It is a widely known fact that Bone Dwarves eat their dead as part of the funeral ritual. This gives talk of 'Grandmother's Soup' a very different connotation in Bone Dwarf society.
Their apperance is fearsome. All Bone Dwarves have chalk white skin, and both sexes are hairless. In adolescence, as part of their adulthood rites, Bone Dwarves undergo a ceremony where their teeth are ritually filed to points.
The Culture subsists by mining into the Corpse Continent and partaking of the dead flesh for sustenance. Everything they use comes from the land or each other. Occasionally a peddler or merchant will trade with the Bone Dwarves for manufactured goods, often exchanging exquisite bone carvings that fetch a high price in the urban marketplaces.
Very few Bone Dwarves leave their tribes. Those that do are considered unusual and, usually, have a violent background. As a result, it is the image of these Bone Dwarves that travel to other lands, working as mercenaries or assassins, that has helped to enhance the Culture's frightening reputation.
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