[Prince Charon]

Symbol Drawing (Dwarven)

Nouns

Air - Average - 2
Chance (Destiny/Fate) - Hard - 4
Earth - Average - 2
Dark (Cold/Secrets) - Average - 2
Fire (Light/Warmth) - Average - 2
Life - Hard - 3
Magic (Mystery/Spirit) - Hard - 4
Metal (Prosperity) - Average - 2
Thought (Emotion/Illusion/Will) - Hard - 3
Travel - Average - 2
Undead (Corruption) - Hard - 3
Water (Ice) - Average - 2

Verbs

Control (Communicate/Move) - Hard - 3
Create (Invoke) - Hard - 4
Destroy (Begone) - Hard - 3
Sense (Knowledge) - Easy - 0
Strengthen (Repair) - Average - 1
Transform (Heal/Protect/Sicken) - Hard - 3
Weaken (Break) - Average - 1

This style of magic is very common among dwarves, but is rare among non-dwarves. Though some of the gnomes use it, they are more inclined to use craft-based variants of the style, or some form of the Elven style, below. Many of the newcomers have learned these styles from the gnomes, particularly humans and goblins, and oddly enough, some kobolds (who prefer DX-based artistic/crafting styles); very few newcomers use the regular Dwarven Symbol Drawing style, or even know that it exists.

The traditional Symbol Drawing styles of the elves and the dwarves are fairly closely related to each other, to the point that it's often claimed that one style is a branch of the other, though the elves and the dwarves disagree as to which style is the original. The gnomes are of the opinion that both styles are descended from a third, now-extinct style, but this belief hasn't gotten much traction with either the elves or the dwarves.