Dragon Age - Editorial @ Greywardens

Greywardens.com has penned another article discussing Dragon Age lore, this time looking at the hard lives of Orzammar's dwarves:

Trapped on the lowest rung of the social ladder, the casteless have only two ways of escaping the fate that awaits them, lost among the crumbling tunnels of Orzammar. If casteless women are fortunate enough to bear a child of a higher caste, then they are automatically elevated to the rank of their child’s father. We see this in-game with Rica, the Warden’s sister.

The other option is of course to enlist in the Legion of the Dead, joining that fabled band of fearless warriors and seeking your death at the hands of the darkspawn, in exchange for clearing your family name. But when prostitution or death are your only options out of a miserable life, the only question that remains is why more casteless haven’t abandoned Orzammar entirely.