There may or may not be a method to this madness.

nd43taags:

@thatsgayleon  what about genderfluid dwarves

There are a couple of ways a dwarf may show they are gender fluid

• Rebraiding their beard more frequently than the once-a-season average (high maintenance, but effective if the dwarf tends to stay within an aspect of the trinary for long periods of time)
• Using smaller braids to create one larger braid (using a 3-strand braid and a 4-strand braid to make a 2-strand twist, for example).  The overall shape of the primary braid denotes pronoun preference.  This was originally a style that trans Dwarves created, but it is easily adapted to more fluid genders.
  
• Using a non-standard 5-strand braid or a Fishtail braid as the Primary Braid (an uncommon braid form is Dwarven shorthand for “Ask my pronouns,” this could be because they change a lot or they wish to use an uncommon form like “ze”).
• Maintaining no primary braid for an extended period of time (traditionally this means a dwarf is in a transitional period of life and should be referred to as “they” but some may choose to take on that identity indefinitely)

If a dwarf changes their beard, everyone must respect that change!  Failing to call another dwarf by their correct pronoun is a huge embarrassment in dwarven society because it shows you do not value others and also you have poor observational skills (a la “don’t you have eyes clearly Korrin is enby how dare you call them a “he” look at their beard!  Their gender is as plain as the beard on their face!”).