Dwarves

In general, dwarves are treated with wariness. They are seen by many as bad luck. Though centuries distant this is a long rippling after-effect of the cataclysm of Thane-Haig, widely regarded as caused by dwarven greed an hubris. The common farmer may not know why he distrusts dwarves, or sees them as an ill-omen... but the dwarves remember.