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			[[Haefdweorg]]es share the compact, stout physique common to their [[Dweorg]]en kin, generally standing at roughly three-quarters the height of an average human. Their bodies are well suited to the demanding work of shipboard life, where strength, endurance, and the ability to work in confined spaces are more valuable than height. Like other [[Dweorg]]es, they can vary considerably in girth and build, though even the largest [[Haefdweorg]] remains unmistakably [[Dweorg]]en.

			What truly distinguishes the [[Haefdweorg]] is not their appearance but their relationship with water. They are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for extraordinary lengths of time, allowing them to work beneath the surface for periods that would be impossible for most land-dwellers. In extremely rare cases, a [[Haefdweorg]] may even possess the ability to breathe underwater.

			Years spent aboard ships have also made them remarkably self-sufficient. A [[Haefdweorg]] vessel may contain smiths, craftsmen, engineers, spellcasters, and sailors capable of repairing much of what they use without returning to shore. Salt water may be hard on metal, but the [[Haefdweorg]]es have had plenty of time to learn how to fight back.
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	== [[Haefdweorg]] Culture ==		== [[Haefdweorg]] Culture ==
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			[[Haefdweorg]] society is built around the fleet. Their ships are not merely vessels but homes, workplaces, workshops, and communities that may remain at sea for months at a time. Life aboard requires an unusual degree of self-sufficiency, with shipboard smithies maintaining pulleys, masts, weapons, armor, and machinery while other craftsmen keep the vessels functioning far from shore.

			The sea is both workplace and marketplace. [[Haefdweorg]]es trade openly with coastal communities and are also known to engage in smuggling, moving goods between ports when the opportunity is profitable. Their taverns are famous for bawdy sea shanties, strong drink, and sailors willing to make a deal after a few rounds. Their reputation for stubbornness extends to combat, where [[Haefdweorg]] crews are considered formidable and are not particularly concerned with fighting cleanly.

			Their relationship with the sea is not purely practical. [[Haefdweorg]] [[Shaman]]s help protect crews from the enormous creatures that inhabit the deep, while [[Warlock]]s are sufficiently valued that large vessels are reluctant to sail without one aboard. [[Divine]]s likewise accompany voyages, calling upon [[Thor]] to protect their people and ensure that their journeys go according to plan. For the [[Haefdweorg]]es, the gods are not distant figures above the clouds. They are part of the crew.

			The [[Haefdweorg]]es are also the transport specialists of [[Dweorg]]en society. While [[Oradweorg]]es extract the riches of the deep earth, [[Fyldweorg]]es work the land, and [[Beodweorg]]es protect the mountains, [[Haefdweorg]]es move people and materials across the water. Their fleets bring the products of the [[Dweorg]]en industrial machine back to [[Diamond City]] and the wider world, making the sea an extension of the [[Quarrylands]]' workshops rather than a barrier between them.
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	== [[Haefdweorg]] Geography ==		== [[Haefdweorg]] Geography ==
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			[[Haefdweorg]]es are concentrated along the southern coast of the [[Quarrylands]], where the [[Dweorg]]en realm meets the open ocean. [[Un]]like their land-dwelling cousins, they have little reason to remain tied to a particular settlement. Their true territory is the water itself, and their industrial fleets may spend most of their lives far from shore while remaining firmly within [[Dweorg]]en waters.

			Their vessels function as mobile settlements scattered across the southern ocean. Mining barges and Forge Barges travel to productive areas, dredging the sea floor for minerals, gems, and other resources before processing much of what they recover aboard ship. Some vessels are equipped for deep-sea operations, while magical and mechanical innovations have allowed the [[Haefdweorg]]es to experiment with submersibles capable of working at depths that would otherwise be inaccessible.

			[[Diamond City]] remains the great gathering place of the [[Haefdweorg]]es. Three or four times each year, the scattered fleets converge on the capital to sell their processed materials, acquire supplies, and exchange goods before dispersing once again. For a few days, the harbor becomes a forest of industrial vessels, ironwork, machinery, and [[Dweorg]]en sailors before the fleets disappear back over the horizon.

			The [[Haefdweorg]]es rarely travel far beyond [[Dweorg]]en waters except when trade requires it. Their world is therefore both enormous and strangely contained: an immense southern ocean filled with resources, dangers, and opportunity, bounded by the familiar coastline of the [[Quarrylands]]. They have conquered neither the sea nor the land. They have simply decided that the sea is another mine, and built ships large enough to prove the point.
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The [[Haefdweorg]]es (Homo Mechanicus Marinus), also known as the sea dwarves, represent the industrial naval power of the [[Dweorg]]en strain. [[Un]]like their land-bound kin, the [[Haefdweorg]]es spend the vast majority of their lives at sea, inhabiting massive vessels that resemble floating industrial barges rather than traditional sailing ships.

These industrial fleets operate as mobile colonies, "mining" the ocean's depths for a diverse array of resources ranging from whale oil and food to precious natural gems like pearls and abalone. This lifestyle has fostered a culture of profound maritime expertise, where the rhythmic clanging of machinery is as constant as the rolling of the waves.

The hallmark of [[Haefdweorg]]en ingenuity is their deep-sea dredging operations and the use of specialized Forge Barges. These massive floating refineries allow the [[Haefdweorg]]es to harvest polymetallic nodules from the sea floor and process the raw metals into usable ingots before ever touching dry land.

While they maintain steady trade relations with various coastal towns, the heart of their commerce remains the capital, [[Diamond City]]. Three to four times a year, the disparate industrial fleets converge upon the capital to sell off their processed hauls and refresh their supplies, momentarily transforming the city's harbor into a dense forest of iron masts and smokestacks before returning to the isolation of the open sea.

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Robyn.Blaber at 06:33, 15 September 2026