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Old 04-06-2018, 02:36 PM   #70
David Johnston2
 
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Default Re: Stretching the bounds of typical fantasy races -OR- What makes an elf?

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Originally Posted by Flyndaran View Post
They weren't short that I remember. Wikis even list their species as slightly taller than human on average. The first individual we see in the original series was slightly short, but that's all.
And I don't think you can have Dwarves that aren't short.
Memory Alpha and Star Trek Online both describe them as "short". I can't find any first page references that suggest they are taller than human on average and the first example tends to set the stereotype. Even apart from that, "bearded", "stubborn", "hard-drinking" and "doesn't like elves" do seem to cover a lot of dwarf territory. Not to mention that they first appear as parties to a mining dispute.
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