Demesnedenoir
Myth Weaver
First the answer to the heading: Yes, but once you call a people dwarfs or dwarves, you are fighting headwinds. It’s similar with orcs... but orcs are interesting because you could just as well call orcs Nazis, terrorists, Imperial Stormtroopers, etc. So, it depends on the level of cliche one looks for.
So much depends on definition... I have a wild multitude of races based on alternative lines of evolution with “magical” genetic manipulation by beings called “gods”. There is a culture (short-mannish, but not a “race”) who hang in the mountains, but they could just be Swiss? Heheh. I nibble around the edges of classic races. Culture is heavily influenced by natural resources, and their mountains supply ore, so mining is common. Most of these Kingdomers live outdoors, but a large % commute under the mountain to work and worship, as the religion requires pilgrimages to the eight primary shrines of the relgion, all of which are located on/in eight peaks in the mountain chain.
So much depends on definition... I have a wild multitude of races based on alternative lines of evolution with “magical” genetic manipulation by beings called “gods”. There is a culture (short-mannish, but not a “race”) who hang in the mountains, but they could just be Swiss? Heheh. I nibble around the edges of classic races. Culture is heavily influenced by natural resources, and their mountains supply ore, so mining is common. Most of these Kingdomers live outdoors, but a large % commute under the mountain to work and worship, as the religion requires pilgrimages to the eight primary shrines of the relgion, all of which are located on/in eight peaks in the mountain chain.