Dwarves

Dwarves in the The Ancient World are not all to common any longer, due to the fact, that many Dwarven clans have died out. The Dwarves worship their father and the maker of all dwarven clans, Ethendel, whom is often refered to as Allaz Taad or Taad Khuzd meaning All Father and/or Father Dwarf. He created the dwarves on the islands and there is no telling if there are more then the current known 7 clans.

Clans
There have been 7 dwarven clans in the Ancient Lands, and a dwarf is nothing without a clan.

Ironhammer
This Clan was created by Ethendel, and is one of the most known Dwarven clans to have ever existed. This clan has long since died out. Nonetheless, their contributions to the preservation of life, and Creation will never be forgotten. Where it not for this clan, most human life would have died out ages ago.

Lazuli City
Located Under the Red Mountains, this city was created to bring the remaining Dwarven clans together.

Lazuli Axes
One of the four clans to bring up Lazuli City, this clan was lead by Frabberter, and has long since died out.

Iron Brotherhood
Another of the Lazuli City Clans, this clan was lead by Taz_Royal, and has long since died out.

Painbringers
The third of the Lazuli City Clans, lead by Kelhawk9551, has long since died out.

Blackcavern.
The final of the Lazuli City Clans, was lead by TGGhosties, and has long since died out.

The Continents, and Ironguard
Ironguard was the only Dwarven clan to live on any of the continents, Dagon Fel. They continued to live there until Terth's rifts destroyed the island, and it was lost. Some Iron Guard dwarves survived this, as they worked on Minas Morgoth, on Bal Fel.

Blackheart Dwarves, and Morinidas
The Blackheart dwarves lived in the city, and mountain of the same name, Morinidas, on Orrostar. The only clan known to have ever lived on Orrostar. As of yet, this city, and mountain, have yet to be explored, and exact details on what happened to the clan are, for the most part, unknown. Until the bridge can be repaired, and the keys for the grand door found these secrets may just stay hidden.

Symbolism and Naming
Dwarves tend to use weapons or tools as there symbols, and their names come from what they do best. They tend to favor a tool or weapon like the Ironhammer, and Lazuli Axes clans.

Dwarven Language
The language of the dwarfs is called Khazdul and we use it from http://www.stormnexus.org/Dwarven_Language.