Bauxite dwarves' aetherial power allows them to shape stone and see in the dark. Their resonant and hegnhic powers allow them to sense how much effort is required for a job, create protective charms, and judge perfect measurements. The resonance can be especially difficult to manage in great quantities, so they take up special projects to release it.

All dwarves are known for their steady feet, their inborn toughness, and their shrewdness.

Bauxite dwarves work in stone and wood and aluminum. Barrel-making became a central part of their economy when the world outside of their nations learned of their quality. Miners, metal workers, and masons are also major crafts. They are much interested in work, and they have powerful unions that protect the workers. Union leaders are elected by the workers, and the union leaders influence the town councils, which elect a thane every 100 years.

Bauxite dwarven families are craft-centered. Every family has a job they favor and train their children to do, and those who do not wish to do so are often adopted by other families. Union schools take up their education when they are ready to enter the workforce, usually at young ages. Civic duties, community needs, and anything outside the work of making things is left to special unions that have less power than those of the makers. Resonance comes from loyalty to one's union and family, and hegnh is gained when their works are used as protection for the community or for individuals.