The adventurers thought that the statues they discovered deep in the temple ruins were of dwarves, maybe a long lost line of them, immortalized in the stone monoliths. Turns out, that the statues were more life-sized than they expected. Red-hued Dark-skinned giant dwarves that dwell deep within the ground, usually around volcanoes or volcanic activity. Their natural resistance to heat makes their guarding of such areas to be a natural fit. Those in service to fire elementals or with extraplanar contact of some sort have found bonding with the unlikliest of companions, hellhounds, to be easier than you'd expect. Instinct: to upkeep the ancient temples

• Guard locations of power in volcanic places
• Yell for help with intruders