The Dungeoneers (The Dungeoneers, #1)

by Jeffery Russell

“See, the place you’re born determines what type o’ fae you are. Meaning your environment. Dwarves is the fae o’ the mountains. Wood elves is forests, obviously. Then you got yer merfolk, yer harpies, trolls and whatnot. We all basically get crossed with our environment, or some with types of creatures. Pixies is the bug fae, goblins the rodents. But us bein’ related don’t exactly mean we see eye to eye on much. We has as much common ground in our thinkin’ as you humans do with monkeys. Forest elves is concerned with keeping the forest protected as if you cut down too many trees then you ain’t got a forest. Dwarves, on the other hand, ain’t too worried about a mountain going anywhere. We dig down in and pull out all the shiny bits. The forest elves see that as being exploitative, whereas we see them as being basically useless. Fortunately we don’t cross paths too often being as there ain’t too much in the way o’ forests under the mountains.”