Haefdweorg

Haefdweorg

Substrain of Dweorg

The Haefdweorges (🔊 AF-dworg) are born with sea legs. These stout folk make their livings on or below the deep ocean. The jewels of the sea are their quarry and they stop at little to acquire the riches there for the taking.

Scientific Name	Homo Pumilius Pelagicus
Plural	Haefdweorges
Possessive	Haefdweorgen

The Haefdweorges (Homo Mechanicus Marinus), also known as the sea dwarves, represent the industrial naval power of the Dweorgen strain. Unlike their land-bound kin, the Haefdweorges 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 Haefdweorgen ingenuity is their deep-sea dredging operations and the use of specialized Forge Barges. These massive floating refineries allow the Haefdweorges 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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