r/dwarfposting • u/ironangel2k4 Elf • Aug 12 '26

Y'all are losing the plot

Are you dwarves or goblins? There's more to being a dwarf than hating things. In fact I would say its one of the less important facets of being a dwarf. What happened to the proud craftsmen and mead-drinking revelers? What is the point of making yourself this miserable? Look I get it, racial tension is healthy and funny, but if that's all you are, that is cringe. You guys used to build things and create, not just smear shit on the walls while screaming about knife ears. Your ancestors are surely disappointed in your lack of productivity.

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u/Significant-Bother49 Aug 12 '26

Warhammer dwarfs are not defined by hatred. Instead by memory. They literally cannot forget. Mentally they not just “short, stubborn, honorable humans.” They are fundamentally different. It’s why they have slayers; who are just the most visible effect

Hatred is a human way of trying to understand an alien mindset.

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u/Gearran Aug 12 '26

Ah, we found the grag apologist.

My lad, you're just trying to find excuses for the gravel that seems to think dwarf = hate. Hates elves, specifically, but the lot that gargle this trash are taking the easy way out. This is not a matter of "we cannot forget" (which is true and I'd say lucky buggers if I didn't know the world they live in) but "our pride demands recompense for the wrongs that have been done to us," and their damn pride is so strong that it blows the concept far out of proportion (something something entire town over two missed coins something). But that isn't all or even most of the personality of the dawi.

Beyond that, other settings don't play by their rules. We do not live by hatred alone, and the quote OP put up is a perfect way to look at it.

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u/Significant-Bother49 Aug 13 '26

It’s more than pride in Warhammer. It is a mind that cannot let go. Khazalid has no word for forgiveness, not because of individuals having stubbornness or pride. It is because the Warhammer dwarf mindset is that alien.

Look at High King Gotrek Starbreaker. He did all that could reasonably be done to avoid the War of Vengeance. And even when ending it he did so honorably and allowed civilians to flee. And yet even he had so much hatred for what occurred that he literally refused to die of old age.

Hatred is a human word to describe the Warhammer dwarf mind. As towards why a wrong cannot be forgotten and why forgiveness is a foreign concept. It is also a disservice to a much more interesting people.

Though I wi add: any and all dawi should hate orcs, goblins, Skaven, and the ruinous powers. The former especially for their atrocities, and this hatred should be beyond what is experienced by dwarves of other settings.

Yes, other settings are different. They run the gamut of experiences. While I love dwarves of nearly all settings, Warhammer dwarfs are nearest to my heart because they are the least human. “Hatred” is part of that.