Editing Valaya (section)

==The Legend==
Valaya is the third (and least important, because...[[Fail|reasons]]) of the trio of ancestor gods to the Dawi race despite being the most important to their development. The other two, [[Grungni]] and [[Grimnir]] are both her husbands (polyandry is not uncommon as Dwarf females are only 10% of the Dwarf population, and marriage is more political to tie Clans and Guilds together than anything representing love; its been suggested in the fanbase that the females find love among their husband's family rather than in the husband himself).

As a mortal in the ancient pre-[[Chaos]] era, Valaya personally founded most of the important Dwarf Holds including the Dwarf capital and later her holy city of Karaz-a-Karak and Karak Eight Peaks (although the founding is generally attributed to the kings, her sons with Grungni and Grimnir, instead). She also invented the Dwarf language including runes, although her hubby Grungni is the one that began imprinting her language into things to make magic. She also created the Dwarf culture as it is currently known, with hubby Grimnir taking over her system of control involving [[Book of Grudges|Grudgekeeping]] and Oaths. As a god she claims healing, unity, booze, home, and everything else not directly tied to Grimnir and Grungni. While she technically has a war aspect, where she trades a beer and baby for a magic axe named Kradskonti (Peacegiver) and shield, this has never been elaborated on. Her most important contribution is after Grungni predicted the collapse of the [[Warp Gates]] she created a special magic rune which repels Chaos influence as well as magic; this rune has been of extreme importance to Dwarfs ever since and provides much of their resistance to the Ruinous Powers and their strength in fighting Vampires, Chaos, Greenskins, and Elves.

Although by default females attain a high rank in society due to their scarcity and necessity for a Clan to exist, they can never achieve the highest ranks due to those being reserved for warriors (this is because Warhammer is a wargame, and one made by a company notorious for...difficulty and unwillingness in producing non-Elf female sculpts). In fact only a single [[Slotta|post-Slotta]] female, [[Queen Helgar Longplaits]] from [[The Grudge Of Drong]], ever had a model and the lore emphasizes how rare her position was. This is reflected in Valaya's lore. Despite being the goddess of home and Holds, as well as basically everything good and important other than Smithing and War, she is usually unmentioned and her people are always referred to by connection to her husbands despite her being the mother of the entire race (for perspective, imagine if Elves were referred to as the sons of [[Asuryan]] (god of magic) and [[Kurnous]] (god of war) with [[Isha]] (god of literally every other thing) almost never getting a mention despite being the only other Elf god). For a Dwarf god of alcohol in a pantheon of three to be as neglected is somewhat remarkable, to the degree that almost all information on her comes from [[Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay]] putting her on par with "relevant" gods like [[Ranald]].

Valaya and her priests wear purple and gold robes and gowns and usually chainmail. Symbols of brewing and harvest, the home, and children represent her. She herself appears as an attractive blond Dwarf woman who's plaits reach the ground and are as impressive as the beards of her husbands.

Her relationships are fairly standard for Dwarfs. Beloved kin of other Dwarfs, refuse to admit that [[Chaos Dwarfs]] exist, close friends with [[The Empire (Warhammer Fantasy)|humans of the Empire]], neutral to other humans, dislike [[High Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|Elves]] (only barely recognize there are more than one kind of Elf and attribute the actions of [[Dark Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|evil]] and [[Wood Elves (Warhammer Fantasy)|feral]] Elves to the whole race), hate Chaos in all forms, and '''HATE''' [[Orcs & Goblins|Greenskins]] and [[Skaven|"RAT FURRIES GOING FULL NORTH KOREA]]".