Deep Gnome

Hidden in the forest of Deepwood lives an entirely self-sufficient gnomish culture. Their physiology has diverged significantly from their more numerous cousins, and their own name for themselves is the svirfneblin; everyone else refers to them as the much easier to pronounce deep gnomes. They might have remained uncontacted and unknown to the rest of the races of Fulcrum if not for a few stray references in an ancient text, some persistent explorers, and a lot of dumb luck.

The deep gnomes, while reclusive and on the whole unconcerned with the doings of the other races, live within the territory claimed by the city-states of the Nineward Coalition and have been treated as an unofficial member race since they were discovered. Occasionally, deep gnomes afflicted by wanderlust leave the forest and find their way to the cities where, owing to the incredible faculty the race has for staying hidden, they often find work as spies, scouts, infiltrators, or investigators.