Sorry, going back to quite an older post here.
But yes, Dwarves ARE in the world of Amalur, infact they just had a section of the official website reserved for their description. They're called Dvegre or something like that. The devs claimed the DLC will introduce other races, and the Dwarves are very high on that list, you can bet you'll be seeing them soon. And c'mon, R.A. Salvatore created the world... that guy LOVES dwarves.
Good news is, they're not tolkein inspired.
These Dwarves are brutal and violent raiders, more like vikings/pirates than Gimli. They are very much like the Dwarves in RA.'s demon wars books. And those dwarves are a huge step away from the generic mining dwarves, and are extremely intresting. They depart from their typical fantasy counterpart more than the elves and gnomes, THAT's for sure.
As a huge fan of Dwarves I'm freaking thrilled!
On a seperate note, I feel bad this game is being bashed so much. The reason being it seems so generic at first glance. But the VAST and incredibly detailed lore, the surprsingly intresting story, and awesome combat (in a genre that often lacks awesome combat) really deserve credit.
Another thing of note is the sidequests actually seem intresting. Which is something recent RPG's have really fallen short of recently. SIGH, I miss when games like Baldur's Gate 2 gave us side-quests that were nearly as intresting as the main story line.