Dredge

In the past the mole-like race called the  dredge  were a pitiable race, enslaved by the Stone Summit dwarves and ready to fight alongside any who would help free them from their masters' whips. After the Transformation of the Dwarves, the dredge gained their freedom once and for all, and established themselves as the heirs to the dwarven kingdom in the Shiverpeak Mountains, where they battle the displaced norn for control of dwarven territory. They have made their capital in Sorrow's Embrace, formerly the main mine of the Stone Summit dwarves.

Physiology
The dredge are intelligent and roughly humanoid with hunched postures and, due to their race's history beneath the surface, underdeveloped eyes, to the point of nearly being blind. They have a highly developed sense of hearing, and all their technology is sound-based, earning them the respect of the asura.

Living in darkness for generations and relying only on their hearing have made all dredge except those imbued by Flame Legion magics immune to blind condition.

Culture
Little is known of dredge culture, only that they value highly the freedom of their race—a fact that is ironically used by their government to limit personal freedoms, and keep the dredge subservient, much like the dwarves did centuries ago. As such, the dredge can be considered to be in a state of permanent revolution.

The dredge have, in the past, strived to remain independent, but were recently manipulated into cooperation with the Inquest. They have recently become increasingly xenophobic, and the kodan, who have fled south from Jormag into dredge territory, view them as expansionist, and see their presence on the surface a threat to their lands.

Government
The dredge, until recently were under the rule of the moletariate.