Originally posted by Lecherous Lychee 🐸:

The greydwarves remind me of the apes in Princess Mononoke. This is their description:

Apes are peaceably creatures, but the humans destroy their living space by cutting down woods of the Cedar Forest. As they don't really have much intelligence, they start to believe that in order to become smarter and more powerful, they must eat humans.

https://ghibli.fandom.com/wiki/Apes

It did mention something about Odin is looking for warriors to rid the domain of mighty evils. Perhaps they are such minions of the evil things? Or maybe they just want to eat you. Perhaps both?

Yeah they give off the vibe of forest guardians who suck at fighting... maybe their AI is like this on purpose, might be important for the lore later :)