Gray dwarves are one of the few races that can compete with the Drow for the title as the dominant species of the underworld.
As their name suggest, gray dwarves all have gray skin in varying shades. Men are almost always bald. Both men and women tend to have beards, ranging in color from white to black. A gray dwarf is somewhere in between 3' 4" to 5'2" tall and very broadshouldered. They are strong, extremely tough and possess great endurance.
The society of Gray Dwarves is extremely rigid and regimented with each gray dwarf being born into a caste and into a guild to which his family belongs within that caste. It is almost impossible to be a social climber in a society like this, but is is alsom virtually impossible to be robbed of one's place.
A gray dwarf realm usually concists of one large city, a few smaller cities, shared great caves for farming or herding and a large number of mines. Every realm is ruled by a Monarch (male of female, depending on who's the oldest and/or most competent in the royal family) aided by a council made up of the heads for each caste, the clergy, the military and governors from the smaller cities. In the end, however, the Monarch has final say.
Gray dwarves are perfectionists by nature and thus are usually exceptionlly skilled at everything they do.