Dwarves

Dwarves, or Dwarrows, are a hardy humanoid adapted to mining underground. They grow thick beards to filter out dust, their proportional strength could equal an orc, but they stand on average 1 or 2 whole feet shorter than the average human.

They tend to use heavy helms, with plate armor, wide tower shields, and heavy cleaver type weapons including falchions and axes. Much of their combat is tailored to countering orcish opponents, but is effective against humans as well as elves.

They are renowned for their forging skills in weapons, armor, tools, and architecture. They carve huge complexes out of the mountains and into valleys, and it's rumored that there are passageways connecting all the underground cities and fortresses throughout the whole kingdom.