Darkspawn. Grey Wardens. Dany nods, making mental notes of the advice.

"I can understand their keeping to themselves," Dany remarks of the dwarves, looking out at the horizon. "It isn't easy to abandon the old ways, or to leave home."

If they've lived underground nearly forever, for religious reasons or otherwise, then it can't be easy or appealing to come to the surface where they are likely not treated with the same regard as humans.