No one would believe if something said that the Dwarves were one of the strongest races in the Tower at one point of time.
They would say things like: "Those tiny, undeveloped troglodytes were ranked amongst the strongest of the Tower's races?! Do you take me for a fool?", and other similar expressions of ridicule.
'But that's the truth,' Tony told himself, after all, he had learned these truths from his tribe's Chief who spoke of secrets long forgotten from time immemorial.
He remembered back to his youth, to the stories he heard from the Chief.