“Long ago, my people knew the secrets of advanced technology. The archaeological evidence proves that. But I wonder where it came from? And where did it all go? I guess some questions will never be answered...”
— Dwarf
Dwarf is a valley resident who lives in The Mines. Initially the way is blocked off by an unbreakable rock, just inside the entrance. After upgrading to a steel pickaxe the stone can be broken. A cherry bomb also works.
Dwarf will start out speaking Dwarvish, which is unreadable by the player. In order to understand Dwarf you must acquire the 4 Dwarvish scrolls from within the mines. After donating them to the museum, Gunther will give you a language scroll to use which allows the player to understand Dwarf's speech. This must be obtained for the player to access Dwarf's shop or raise Dwarf's friendship level.
Dwarf is apparently one of a race of Dwarves. They were once powerful and advanced but now only relics remain as artifacts. Krobus describes a 1000 year war between the dwarves and the shadow people, as such Dwarf is sometimes suspicious of the player of being a spy sent by the shadow people.
The Dwarf and Krobus are both in The Sewers and get into a fight based on their races' history. The player enters and gets between them, and then the Wizard appears and stops the fight. He gets them to agree to stop fighting and casts a spell to seal the agreement.
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Dwarf lives just to the east of the entrance to the mines and does not move from there.