I always thought that dwarves deserved to be the bigger wizards than the elves.

Dwarves should be more academically inclined than the elves to account for their insane underground architectures and surprisingly modern-ish industry bases.

They clearly have sophisticated levels of scientific inquiry, and they're clearly more knowledgeable and advanced than any other race when it comes to this in most typical fantasy settings. It is 100x more impressive to hollow out the inside of a mountain. They’ve started the goddamn Industrial Revolution. The thing that put the white man ahead of everyone else.

Meanwhile elves live in tree forts or something. Also they’re stagnant just like China. Dwarves practically -need- magic to justify their very existence. You don't just shape earth like clay and pretend magic is gay and not manly.

Dwarves also have, y'know, BEARDS. What are wizards known for?