Haku-Dweka (Proto-Dwarves)

The Haku-Dweka were the proto-dwarves, one of the Haku-Prota ancestral peoples that branched from Aradaea’s first humans. Around 150,000 years ago the lands their ancestors settled began to set them apart, and from them came every dwarf of Aradaea. The heritage itself is long extinct.

Appearance

Proto-dwarves were stout, standing around four and a half feet tall and weighing about 150 pounds. Their hair was thick and curly and came in many colors, beards were common, and their skin covered the natural range of tones.

Homeland

No single region is recorded as their home; they belong to Aradaea’s deep past as a whole. The History of Aradaea tells how, in the eras of regrowth after the Rending, the dwarves came to carve great kingdoms beneath the mountains and were shaped by the shelter those mountains gave them.

Life Cycle

A proto-dwarf could expect to live around 250 years, as their descendants still do. They could already sense movement through the ground out to about 20 feet, a trait every dwarf has inherited.

Relations

The Dwek descend from them. The Dwek-Maka and Dwek-Haku trace their line directly to the proto-dwarves, and the Dwek-Droki later broke away from the mountain dwarves. Their cousins among the proto-races were the Haku-Elda, Haku-Greka and Haku-Grana. The proto-dwarves are not a playable heritage.

Heritage Facts

Home Plane

Aradaea

Category

Prota (Ancestors)

Ancestor Race(s)

Haku-Aradae (True Humans)

Home Region

Aradaea

Racial Abilities

Wisdom, Constitution

Years of Existence

150,000 years

Average Lifespan

250 years

Average Weight

150 lbs

Average Height

4.5 ft

Skin Tones

Natural Melanin Range

Playable?

No

Extinct?

Yes

Size Category

Medium

Speed

25

Movement Types

None

Hair

Thick, Varied Color, Curly, Bearded

Body Features

Stout

Divergence Cause

Region

Average Generation

50 years

Vision Type

Tremorsense

Vision Distance

20 ft

The compendium entry lists the heritage’s features in full.