Dwarves

 are a race in Driftland.

Background
Dwarves are the youngest and yet the most inventive and technologically advanced race of Driftland. Incredibly stubborn by nature, they refuse to tame flying beasts, relying on aerial machines and firearms, constructed by their ingenious inventors.

Gameplay
The stubborn and inventive Dwarves refuse to tame flying beasts, preferring to rely on their aerial machines and firearms. As a result, they cannot purchase or tame mounts from captured nests. Instead, they may build a 3rd upgrade building for each of their unit types that allow them to build class specific flying machines for their military heroes to use.

In addition, they cannot build a House of Scholar. Their research points are instead accrued by assigning workers to Mines as well as the Mana Extractor. In addition, they may build these mines as early as T2 instead of T3, allowing them to begin collecting large quantities of gold much earlier than other races.