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The '''Sky-City Dwarves''' are Dwarves who have developed technology to live in airborne cities, safe from the dangers of the world below. Lightly armoured compared to other Dwarves, the Sky-City Dwarves rely on flight and ranged weapons to defeat their foes. 

The Sky-City Dwarves’ floating cities allowed them to escape the [[Orcs|Orcish armies]] that conquered their kin. These refugees built their small fleets into airborne cities, travelling through Tyria and surviving on trade as they slowly tried to rebuild some of what they had lost. However, when the other Dwarves were freed, the Sky-Dwarves were scorned as cowards and treated as outsiders.

==Background Story==
The [[Dwarves|Dwarven tribes]] were once spread throughout Tyria, but as the plains were settled by humanity and Orcs and [[Giant Tribes|Giants]] came to the grasslands, the Dwarves retreated into the mountains. They made their homes in their mountains, creating powerful fortresses surrounded by terrace farms on the heights, and dug mines deep below. For most of their history, Dwarves had to travel overland, often through hostile territory, to visit and trade with other Dwarfholds. 

They began to experiment with ways to travel safely, until they discovered powered flight, and their helicopter convoys became a common sight between the mountains of Tyria. In order to facilitate this travel, large ships held aloft by lighter than air balloons were built to serve as way-stations for helicopter convoys. These were the first Skyports, which offered fuel, supplies, and safety to any Dwarves who visited. 

When the Orcs conquered the mountain Dwarfholds, some Dwarves were already living and working in early Skyports. The inhabitants of these Skyports were workers, traders, and engineers with little arms or equipment. Without soldiers or weapons, the Dwarves living in the Skyports decided to take in what refugees they could find, before fleeing from the Orc armies. 

These Dwarves discovered new resources that could be sifted from the clouds, which allowed them to remain aloft indefinitely. The skyfairing Dwarves began to trade with others in order to get the metal, canvas, and wood they needed to maintain their ships and build new ones. Slowly as they amassed more wealth, Skyports continued to grow, until they formed self sustaining settlements called Sky-Cities. Though it took generations to become self-sustaining, the Sky-City Dwarves still remembered their conquered kin. They began to develop weapons to fight the Orcs and sought out allies to help them. 

The Sky-City Dwarves were still preparing their army when the Great Rift tore through Tyria. They retreated to the skies, only to discover that the Rift had damaged a number of the old Dwarfholds, and gave their kin the chance to rise up against the Orcs. They sent envoys, eager to reunite with their kin, but to their surprise, the Sky-City Dwarves were greeted with bitterness and hostility, as the other Dwarves felt that they had been abandoned. Now the Sky-City Dwarves have returned to the skies, leaving their estranged kinsfolk to rebuild the old holds, while they went back to their new way of life in the clouds. 

How will you follow the ever-shifting winds to prosperity?

==Play Style==
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==Similar To==

*Warhammer Fantasy: N/A (Thunder Barge)
*Age of Sigmar: Kharadron Overlords

==Miniatures==
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See Also: [[Sky-City Dwarves Miniatures]]

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