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== The Clans & Their Origins ==
This list outlines each "born" clan and how they came to be. Explanation of their clan "personalities" comes from ancient runescript that is essentially astrology for dwarves.

=== Stoneborn ===
Stoneborn dwarves emerged out of stalactites which fell and crashed to the ground in various parts of Avo during an ancient earthquake. Despite only having 101 members, as Ferdurg says, he also suggests that the Stoneborn were the "most abundant" clan.

=== Marbleborn ===
Marbleborn dwarves were spit out of a high pressure fissure of limestone in eastern Iro. They are calm and collected.

=== Graniteborn ===
Graniteborn dwarves slowly congealed out of cooling magma underneath the Lionsrange in southeast Dorian (one of many magma chambers deep below the continent). Graniteborn are stoic and lacking emotion.

=== Basaltborn ===
Basaltborn dwarves also congealed out of magma, though they came from the northern Teeth of Kalempha, around where Gamaver Volcano is now. They are hardworking and master masons.

=== Obsidianborn ===
Obsidianborn dwarves were chipped off of the bottom of the Obsidian Sea in Phynsia, as the rock beneath it shifted. They are sharp-witted (get it?) and prone to violent outbursts.

=== Ironborn ===
Ironborn dwarves are said to have stepped out of the deepest part of the earth, where it is so hot that all objects melt into the Big Magma. They are enigmatic and quiet.

=== Copperborn ===
Copperborn dwarves emerged fully formed when air from the surface rushed into a newly formed cave beneath modern day Letora, brushing past exposed copper ore and turning it green. They are jovial and outgoing.

=== Silverborn ===
Silverborn dwarves were created out of the droplets of silver that melted near the intense heat of the Blood Cauldron in Dorian. They are smart and keen-eyed.

=== Goldborn ===
Goldborn dwarves emerged fully formed from ore deep underneath southern Dorian (Morentar is known as the so-called "gold capital" of Avo). They are charismatic and open.

=== Leadborn ===
Leadborn dwarves emerged fully-formed out of lead ore veins in relatively shallow caverns beneath Honra (modern day Honn Island), but above what constitutes the Underdark. They are easily swayed but paranoid.

=== Platinumborn ===
Platinumborn dwarves were pulled from the veins underneath the south-central Teeth by the ancient dragon Kosorga, the mother of Vysavith. They are noble but docile and obedient (likely due to Kosorga's influence).

=== Tinborn ===
Tinborn dwarves were shaped out of tin ore underneath northeastern Valwyr. Ferdurg does not mention who, or what shaped them. They are obsequious and meek, known as the "lowliest" of clans.

=== Mercuryborn ===
Mercurborn dwarves emerged from the bottom of the Cirrel Hot Springs, located underneath the Cinder and surrounding area in Deneshae. They are slick and deadly, and are directly mentioned in the Epic as assassins.

=== Zincborn ===
Zincborn dwarves, like Stoneborn, arose in several places in Avo, typically around other clans. Their origins beyond that are unknown. Most Zincborn migrated to the Underdark beneath Arrow Island. They are helpful and kind.

=== Kohlborn ===
Kohlborn dwarves arose fully-formed within the mountains of southern Isoasar, particularly Mt. Sinasuba, making them arguably the only "born" dwarves to emerge above the surface of Avo. They are fashionable and erudite and most Kohlborn never left the mountain.

=== Bronzeborn ===
Bronzeborn dwarves were created out of the marriage of the Copperborn Orefather, Zerrund, and the Tinborn Oremother, Akalzha. They are the most gregarious and outgoing of the Born Clans, and the first to emerge to the surface of Avo.

=== Brassborn ===
Brassborn dwarves were created by marriage between the Copperborn Orefather's eldest son (also Copperborn), Zlund, and the Zincborn Oremother's eldest daughter, Urkiah. They married underneath Arrow Island. Brassborn are warlike and dominant.

=== Electrumborn ===
Electrumborn dwarves are the product of various interminglings between the Goldborn and Silverborn clans of Dorian. (Ferdurg alludes that the heat of the magma chambers produced a "heat within their loins.") Most Electrumborn left Dorian, traveling eastward into Isoasar. They are greedy and haughty.

=== Steelborn ===
Steelborn dwarves were Ironborn who left the clan and descended deep into the earth, returning as Steelborn. Ferdurg is unsure how they changed, but a commonly accepted theory is that the Ironborn were starving as they traveled and consumed coal from a deposit in order to survive. They are very cold and, you guessed it, steely.